WHO ALL DIED IN 1939.
See all who died in 1939.

American dentist and author Zane Grey died 23. October 1939. (born 1872)

American actress and singer Alice Brady died 28. October 1939. (born 1892)

American historian and academic Dwight B. Waldo died 29. October 1939. (born 1864)

Austrian psychologist, author, and educator Otto Rank died 31. October 1939. (born 1884)

French organist and composer Charles Tournemire died 3. November 1939. (born 1870)

American author and activist Bob Marshall died 11. November 1939. (born 1901)

Czech student and activist Jan Opletal died 11. November 1939. (born 1915)

Canadian physician and humanitarian Norman Bethune died 12. November 1939. (born 1890)

American lawyer and jurist Pierce Butler died 16. November 1939. (born 1866)

Canadian-American creator of basketball James Naismith died 28. November 1939. (born 1861)

German politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany Philipp Scheidemann died 29. November 1939. (born 1865)

Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise died 3. December 1939. (born 1848)

American gymnast John Grieb died 10. December 1939. (born 1879)

American actor, producer, and screenwriter Douglas Fairbanks died 12. December 1939. (born 1883)

German captain Hans Langsdorff died 19. December 1939. (born 1894)

American singer Ma Rainey died 22. December 1939. (born 1886)

Indonesian-Dutch aircraft designer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII Anthony Fokker died 23. December 1939. (born 1890)