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