James Naismith (1861-1939)
Doctor
1
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Psychiatrist
2
Howard Carter (1874-1939)
Archeologist
3
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Poet
4
Princess Louise (1848-1939)
Princess
5
Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
Blues Singer
6
Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939)
Entrepreneur
7
Joe Young (1889-1939)
Songwriter
8
Zane Grey (1872-1939)
Novelist
9
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (1883-1939)
Movie Actor
10
Louis Wain (1860-1939)
Illustrator
11
Grace Abbott (1878-1939)
Activist
12
Kelly Miller (1863-1939)
Essayist
13
Otto Blathy (1860-1939)
Engineer
14
Antonio Machado (1875-1939)
15
Pope Pius XI (1857-1939)
Religious Leader
16
Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939)
Political Wife
17
Oton Ivekovic (1869-1939)
Painter
18
William James Mayo (1861-1939)
19
Yevgeny Miller (1867-1939)
War Hero
20
Joseph Morris (1867-1939)
Politician
21
Horace Goldin (1873-1939)
Magician
22
Richard Seaman (1913-1939)
Race Car Driver
23
Chick Webb (1905-1939)
Drummer
24
Celebrities Born in 1939
Deaths by Year
Anthony Fokker (1890-1939)
Pilot
25
Tom Ricketts (1853-1939)
26
Deacon White (1847-1939)
Baseball Player
27
Sirkka Sari (1920-1939)
Movie Actress
28
Mykolas Slezevicius (1882-1939)
29
Alice Brady (1892-1939)
30
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939)
31
Joseph Lyons (1879-1939)
World Leader
32
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)
33
Norman Bethune (1890-1939)
34
SS Vandine (1888-1939)
35
Ford Sterling (1883-1939)
36
Vivian Fuchs (1908-1939)
Explorer
37
Anna Johnson Gates (1889-1939)
38
Mary Quinn Sullivan (1877-1939)
39
Joseph Carr (1880-1939)
40
Bob Marshall (1901-1939)
41
Sidney Howard (1891-1939)
Screenwriter
42
Tommy Ladnier (1900-1939)
Trumpet Player
43
Harvey Cushing (1869-1939)
44
Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939)
45
Abner Dalrymple (1857-1939)
46
Heywood Broun (1888-1939)
Journalist
47
Robert Edgren (1874-1939)
Cartoonist
48
