Famous Deaths Happened In 1939
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Jan 02 In the year 1939 death of roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864)
Jan 05 Amelia Earhart, American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937. (b. 1897) died on this day in history.
Jan 06 Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies in the year 1939.
Jan 09 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 on this day in history.
Jan 10 Jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at 50 on this day in history.
Jan 13 On this day in history jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies
Jan 16 On this day in history death of albert Fish, mass murderer, executed
Jan 19 On this day in history death of cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898)
Jan 23 On this day in history death of matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide
Jan 24 On this day in history death of maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867)
Jan 26 On this day in history death of armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard
Jan 28 In the year 1939 william Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73
Jan 31 In the year 1939 george Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies
Feb 04 Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 in the year 1939.
Feb 07 In the year 1939 death of boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886)
Feb 10 On this day in history pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81
Feb 11 In the year 1939 franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64
Feb 15 In the year 1939 foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47
Feb 16 On this day in history jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26
Feb 17 On this day in history death of willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)
Feb 18 On this day in history ludwig Bonvin, composer, dies at 89
Feb 22 Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (b. 1875) died in the year 1939.
Feb 27 In the year 1939 nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70
Mar 02 On this day in history howard Carter, Brit archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), dies at 65
Mar 06 [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician, dies at 86 on this day in history.
Mar 07 Amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 38 in the year 1939.
Mar 18 Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader (b. 1859) died in the year 1939.
Mar 19 Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist died in the year 1939.
Mar 21 In the year 1939 evald Aav, composer, dies at 39
Mar 27 Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57 in the year 1939.
Mar 28 On this day in history death of francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
Apr 05 In the year 1939 william Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies
Apr 06 In the year 1939 robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies
Apr 07 In the year 1939 death of joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
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