Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1939
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Jul 28 William j mayo: Us surgeon/co-founder mayo clinic, 


Aug 02 Harvey spencer lewis: American rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883) 


Aug 03 Eugust enna: Composer, 


Aug 11 Jean bugatti: Italian automobile designer (b. 1909) 


Aug 16 Ron oxenham: Cricketer (7 tests for australia, 14 wickets), 


Aug 23 Sidney coe howard: Playwright (silver cord, pulitzer 1925), 


Aug 24 W h moule: Cricketer (australia v england 1880)/high court judge, 


Aug 25 Babe siebert: Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904) 


Sep 05 Cornelis j "cor" van ast: Dutch actor/director (two boys), 


Sep 06 Arthur rackham: Artist/illustrator (grimm's fairy tales), 


Sep 07 Kyoka izumi: Japanese novelist (b. 1873) 


Sep 09 S m tretjakow: Writer, 


Sep 18 Stanisław ignacy witkiewicz: Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. 1885) 


Sep 20 Paul bruchési: French canadian catholic archbishop of montreal (b. 1855) 


Sep 21 Armand calinescu: Premier of romania, murdered 


Sep 23 Sigmund freud: Created psychoanalysis, 


Sep 24 Carl laenmie: Film producer, 


Sep 28 Felicjan szopski: Composer, 


Sep 29 Dickstein: Mathematician, 


Oct 07 Harvey (william) cushing: Us neurologist, 


Oct 10 Eleanor rigby: A real person whose name may have suggested the title to the beatles song (b. 1895) 


Oct 16 Carl henrik ludolf nielsen: Composer, 


Oct 21 Nummy deane: Cricketer (628 runs in 17 tests for south africa), 


Oct 23 Zane grey: Us western writer (spirit of the border), 


Oct 25 Cornelis jk van aalst: President dutch business society, 


Oct 28 Alice brady: Actress (my man godfrey, gay divorcee), 


Oct 29 Dwight b. waldo: American educator and historian (b. 1864) 


Oct 31 Otto rank: [rosenfeld], austria psychoanalyst (trauma of geburt), 


Nov 04 Charles arnold tournemire: Composer, 


Nov 06 Adolphe max: Belgian liberal mp, 


Nov 09 Dirk klop: Dutch intelligence lt, shot by german abwehr 


Nov 11 Jan opletal: Czech student, victim of nazi violence in prague 


Nov 12 (ernest yy) oscar tourniaire: Actor (bluejackets), 


Nov 13 George nicholls jr: Actor (finishing school), 


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