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In the year 1939
362 Notable deaths
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]
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.
Swami Abhedananda
Indian hindu mystic (1866-1939).
Born October 2nd, 1866 in Kolkata.
Died September 8th, 1939 at 72 years old in Darjeeling.
Armand Călinescu
Romanian politician (1893-1939).
Born June 4th, 1893 in Pitești.
Died September 21st, 1939 at 46 years old in Bucharest.
S. S. Van Dine
American art critic and writer (1888–1939).
Born October 15th, 1887 in Charlottesville. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1939 at 51 years old in New York City. [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.
Bob Marshall
Wilderness activist.
Born January 2nd, 1901 in New York City.
Died November 11th, 1939 at 38 years old in New York City.
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]
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]
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.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 362
After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer