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In the year 1939
349 Notable deaths
Alfredo Panzini
Italian lexicographer (1863-1939).
Born December 31st, 1863 in Senigallia. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1939 at 75 years old in Rome. [ref]
Johan Petter Åhlén
Olympic curler (1879-1939).
Born April 13th, 1879 in Insjön. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1939 at 59 years old in Atlantic Ocean. [ref]
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte
French fencer (1876-1939).
Born February 6th, 1876 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 23rd, 1939 at 63 years old in Bénodet.
Ettore Pais
Italian historian of classical antiquity and classical archaeologist (1856-1939).
Born July 27th, 1856 in Borgo San Dalmazzo. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1939 at 82 years old in Rome. [ref]
Siegfried Flesch
Austrian fencer (1872-1939).
Born March 11th, 1872 in Brno.
Died August 11th, 1939 at 67 years old
Lili Bech
Actress (1885-1939).
Born December 29th, 1885 in Denmark.
Died January 20th, 1939 at 53 years old in Aarhus.
Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman
United states economist.
Born April 25th, 1861 in New York City.
Died July 18th, 1939 at 78 years old in Lake Placid.
Magnus von Eberhardt
German general (1855–1939).
Born December 6th, 1855 in Berlin.
Died January 24th, 1939 at 83 years old in Berlin.
Marcel Buysse
Belgian road bicycle racer (1889–1939).
Born November 11th, 1889 in Wontergem.
Died October 3rd, 1939 at 49 years old in Ghent.
Ernest Arthur Gardner
English archaeologist (1862-1939).
Born March 16th, 1862 in Clapton. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1939 at 77 years old in Maidenhead. [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 349
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain