Famous People Who Died In 1939
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1939. This list includes people like Sigmund Freud, Amelia Earhart, James Naismith, Havelock Ellis, Norman Bethune and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, journalists, poets and playwrights who died in 1939. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Russia & Austria and many more countries.
Sigmund FreudAustrian
Neurologist
Amelia EarhartAmerican
Aviator, Pilot
James NaismithCanadian, American
Invented Basketball
Howard CarterBritish
Archaeologist
Pope Pius XIItalian
Religious Leader
Charles M. SchwabAmerican
American Steel Magnate & Businessman
Norman BethuneCanadian
Physician
Havelock EllisBritish
Physician
Anthony FokkerDutch
Dutch aviation pioneer and an aircraft
William James MayoAmerican
Physician and Surgeon
Charles Horace MayoAmerican
Surgeon
W B YeatsIrish
Poet & Dramatist
Harvey Williams CushingAmerican
Neurosurgeon
Oscar MiloszFrench
Poet
Ma RaineyAmerican
Street artist, Musician
Anton FerdinandBritish
Footballer
Zane GreyAmerican
Novelist
Louis WainBritish
Artist, Painter
Arthur RackhamBritish
Painter, Illustrator
Ford Madox FordBritish
Novelist
Carl LaemmleGerman, American
Filmmaker
William Butler YeatsIrish
Poet
Harvey CushingAmerican
Physician, Neuroscientist, Neurosurgeon, Academic,
Hans LangsdorffGerman
Soldier
Werner von FritschSoldier, Military personnel
Otto RankAustrian
Psychologist
Antonio MachadoSpanish
Poet, Writer, Playwright
Chick WebbAmerican
Musician
Karl RadekAustrian, Polish
Politician, University teacher, Journalist
Edward SapirPolish, American
Anthropologist, Linguist, Sociolinguist,
Joseph Force CraterAmerican
Lawyer, Judge
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Alice BradyAmerican
Actress
Joseph RothAustrian
Writer, Journalist
Philipp ScheidemannGerman
Politician
Benjamin TuckerAmerican
Journalist, Philosopher, Economist, Translator,
Sidney HowardAmerican
Playwright
Prince Valdemar of DenmarkDanish
Military personnel
Richard HalliburtonAmerican
Author
Eugen BleulerSwiss
Psychiatrist, Physician, University teacher
Ernst TollerGerman
Playwright, Politician, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Joseph LyonsAustralian
Politician, Teacher, Trade unionist
Otto WelsGerman
Politician
Har DayalIndian
Revolutionary
Roman DmowskiDiplomat, Politician
Wu PeifuChinese
Warlord
Gerardo MachadoCuban
Politician
Stanisław Ignacy WitkiewiczPolish
Writer
Lois WeberAmerican
Actress
Wilhelm GroenerGerman
General
PolaireFrench
Actor, Singer, Stage actor
Margaret Floy WashburnAmerican
Psychologist
Gwen JohnWelsh
Painter, Visual artist, Model
Edvard WestermarckFinnish
Philosopher
Vladimir ShukhovRussian
photographer, architect, civil engineer, engineer
Ambroise VollardFrench, Réunionese
Art Dealer
Frank Johnson GoodnowAmerican
Educator
Anton MakarenkoRussian, Russian
Educator
John R. LynchAmerican
politician, lawyer
Kuzma Petrov-VodkinRussian
Painter
Armand CălinescuRomanian
prime minister of Romania
Grace AbbottAmerican
Social Worker
Alfons MuchaCzech
Painter
Edmund Beecher WilsonAmerican
Geneticist
Pavel PostyshevRussian
Politician
Lucien Lévy-BruhlFrench
Scholar
Ernest LawsonCanadian
Painter
Jiří MahenCzech
Writer, Librarian, Playwright, Journalist, Poet
Charles R. WalgreenAmerican
American pharmacologist
Kelly MillerAmerican
American mathematician
Edward Sandford MartinAmerican
Journalist,
Douglas FairbanksAmerican
Actor
James A. NaismithCanadian
Coach, Inventor
S.S. Van DineAmerican
Art Critic
Nadezhda Konstantinovna KrupskayaRussian
Revolutionary
Maurice FreehillBritish
Alexander YegorovRussian
Military leader
Heywood Campbell BrounAmerican
DOHERTY, HENRY LATHAMAmerican
Kyōka IzumiJapanese
Writer, Playwright, Novelist