James Naismith (1861-1939)
Doctor
1
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Psychiatrist
2
Howard Carter (1874-1939)
Archeologist
3
Princess Louise (1848-1939)
Princess
4
Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
Blues Singer
5
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Poet
6
Joseph Lyons (1879-1939)
World Leader
7
Louis Wain (1860-1939)
Illustrator
8
Alice Brady (1892-1939)
Movie Actress
9
Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939)
Political Wife
10
Zane Grey (1872-1939)
Novelist
11
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)
Painter
12
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (1883-1939)
Movie Actor
13
Tom Ricketts (1853-1939)
14
Grace Abbott (1878-1939)
Activist
15
Vladimir Shukhov (1853-1939)
Architect
16
William James Mayo (1861-1939)
17
Kelly Miller (1863-1939)
Essayist
18
Sidney Howard (1891-1939)
Screenwriter
19
Chick Webb (1905-1939)
Drummer
20
Joe Young (1889-1939)
Songwriter
21
Pope Pius XI (1857-1939)
Religious Leader
22
Deacon White (1847-1939)
Baseball Player
23
SS Vandine (1888-1939)
24
Celebrities Born in 1939
Deaths by Year
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939)
25
Anna Johnson Gates (1889-1939)
Politician
26
Joseph Morris (1867-1939)
27
Mary Quinn Sullivan (1877-1939)
28
Sirkka Sari (1920-1939)
29
Norman Bethune (1890-1939)
30
Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939)
Entrepreneur
31
Antonio Machado (1875-1939)
32
Ford Sterling (1883-1939)
33
Joseph Carr (1880-1939)
34
Harvey Cushing (1869-1939)
35
Bob Marshall (1901-1939)
36
Anthony Fokker (1890-1939)
Pilot
37
Abner Dalrymple (1857-1939)
38
Heywood Broun (1888-1939)
Journalist
39
Vivian Fuchs (1908-1939)
Explorer
40
Margaret Campbell (1883-1939)
41
Kirtland Cutter (1860-1939)
42
Charlie Bull (1909-1939)
Cricketer
43
Mikayil Mushfig (1908-1939)
44
Benjamin Tucker (1854-1939)
45
Tommy Ladnier (1900-1939)
Trumpet Player
46
Suleyman Sani Akhundov (1875-1939)
Children's Author
47
Otto Blathy (1860-1939)
Engineer
48
