In the year 1939
335 Notable deaths
Matias zindelar
Austrian association football player (1903-1939).
Born February 10th, 1903 in Kozlov.
Died January 23rd, 1939 at 35 years old in Vienna (asphyxia).
Charles Horace Mayo
American physician.
Born July 19th, 1865 in Rochester.
Died May 26th, 1939 at 73 years old in Chicago (pneumonia).
Margaret Floy Washburn
American psychologist and scholar.
Born July 25th, 1871 in New York City.
Died October 29th, 1939 at 68 years old in Poughkeepsie.
Charlotte Maxeke
South african activist.
Born April 7th, 1871 in Fort Beaufort, Polokwane Local Municipality. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1939 at 68 years old
Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen
British art dealer (1869-1939).
Born October 14th, 1869 in Kingston upon Hull. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1939 at 69 years old in London. [ref]
Maximilian Bircher-Benner
Swiss physician (1867-1939).
Born August 22nd, 1867 in Aarau.
Died January 24th, 1939 at 71 years old in Zürich.
Wu Peifu
Chinese general.
Born April 22nd, 1878 in Penglai District. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1939 at 61 years old in Peiping (sepsis).
Kyōka Izumi
Japanese writer (1873-1939).
Born November 4th, 1873 in Kanazawa.
Died September 7th, 1939 at 65 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).
Swami Abhedananda
Indian hindu mystic (1866-1939).
Born October 2nd, 1866 in Kolkata.
Died September 8th, 1939 at 72 years old in Darjeeling.
Vladimir Shukhov
Russian engineer-polymath, scientist and architect (1853-1939).
Born August 28th, 1853 in Grayvoron. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1939 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 335
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk