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