Famous Deaths Happened In 1939

Jan 02 Roman dmowski: Polish politician (b. 1864)  

Jan 05 Amelia earhart: American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937. (b. 1897)  

Jan 06 Albert ward: Cricketer (england batsman in 7 tests 1893-95),  

Jan 09 Johann strauss: Austrian conductor/royal ball director,  

Jan 10 Jameson thomas: Actor (piccadilly, farmer's wife),  

Jan 13 Jacob ruppert: Ceo (ny yankees, 1915-39),  

Jan 16 Albert fish: Mass murderer, executed  

Jan 19 Cliff heathcote: American baseball player (b. 1898)  

Jan 23 Matthias sindelar: Austria soccer star, commits suicide  

Jan 24 Maximilian bircher-benner: Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867)  

Jan 26 Armand calinescu: Romania's pm, assassinated by the iron guard  

Jan 28 William butler yeats: Irish poet (nobel),  

Jan 31 George thornton: Cricketer (1 test for s africa 1902, 1* & 1-20),  

Feb 04 Edward sapir: Us linguist/cultural antropologist (indian),  

Feb 07 Boris grigoriev: Russian painter (b. 1886)  

Feb 10 Pius xi: [ambrogio d a ratti], italian pope (1922-39),  

Feb 11 Franz schmidt: Austrian composer,  

Feb 15 Foppe g scheltema: Dutch lawyer,  

Feb 16 Jura soyfer: Writer,  

Feb 17 Willy hess: German violinist (b. 1859)  

Feb 18 Ludwig bonvin: Composer,  

Feb 22 Antonio machado: Spanish poet (b. 1875)  

Feb 27 Nadezjda k krupskaya: Russian revolutionary/wife of lenin,  

Mar 02 Howard carter: Brit archaeologist/egyptologist (king tut),  

Mar 06 [carl l] ferdinand von lindemann: German mathematician,  

Mar 07 Amadeo roldan: Composer,  

Mar 18 Henry simpson lunn: English humanitarian and religious leader (b. 1859)  

Mar 19 Lloyd l. gaines: American civil rights activist  

Mar 21 Evald aav: Composer,  

Mar 27 Constance lindsay skinner: Author (rivers of america),  

Mar 28 Francis matthew john baker: Australian politician (b. 1903)  

Apr 05 William cooper: Cricketer (two tests for australia 1882-84),  

Apr 06 Robert courtneidge: British theater producer,  

Apr 07 Joseph lyons: Tenth prime minister of australia (b. 1879)  

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Jan 02 Jim bakker: Televangelist (ptl club)/rapist (jessica hahn)  

Jan 03 Bobby hull: Nhl forward (chicago blackhawk 1957-72)  

Jan 03 Nikos alefantos: Greek football manager  

Jan 03 Janice crosio: Australian politician  

Jan 04 Jon appleton: Composer  

Jan 05 Bridget parker: England, equestrian 3 day event (olympic-gold-1972)  

Jan 05 Peter struycken: Statues/computer expert/teacher  

Jan 06 Murray rose: Australian olympic swimmer