In the year 1939
335 Notable deaths
Armand Călinescu
Romanian politician (1893-1939).
Born June 4th, 1893 in Pitești.
Died September 21st, 1939 at 46 years old in Bucharest.
Bob Marshall
Wilderness activist.
Born January 2nd, 1901 in New York City.
Died November 11th, 1939 at 38 years old in New York City.
Francisco León de la Barra
President of mexico (1863-1939).
Born June 16th, 1863 in Santiago de Querétaro. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1939 at 76 years old in Biarritz. [ref]
Anna Coleman Ladd
American sculptor (1878–1939).
Born July 15th, 1878 in Philadelphia.
Died June 3rd, 1939 at 60 years old in Santa Barbara.
Bronisława Dłuska
Polish physician, first director of the radium-institut in warsaw (1865-1939).
Born March 18th, 1865 in Warsaw.
Died April 15th, 1939 at 74 years old in Warsaw.
Anton Makarenko
Ukrainian and soviet educator and writer.
Born March 13th, 1888 in Bilopillia. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1939 at 51 years old in Golitsyno (heart failure). [ref]
Ferdinand von Lindemann
German mathematician.
Born April 12th, 1852 in Hanover.
Died March 6th, 1939 at 86 years old in Munich.
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
6th president of cuba (1871-1939).
Born August 12th, 1871 in New York City.
Died March 28th, 1939 at 67 years old in Vedado.
Willard Huntington Wright
American art critic and writer.
Born October 15th, 1888 in Charlottesville. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1939 at 50 years old in New York City. [ref]
Ambroise Vollard
French art dealer (1866-1939).
Born July 3rd, 1866 in Saint-Denis. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1939 at 73 years old in Versailles (traffic collision). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 335
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris