James Naismith (1861-1939)
Doctor
1
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Psychiatrist
2
Howard Carter (1874-1939)
Archeologist
3
Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
Blues Singer
4
Princess Louise (1848-1939)
Princess
5
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (1883-1939)
Movie Actor
6
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Poet
7
Joseph Morris (1867-1939)
Politician
8
Pope Pius XI (1857-1939)
Religious Leader
9
Tommy Ladnier (1900-1939)
Trumpet Player
10
Louis Wain (1860-1939)
Illustrator
11
Deacon White (1847-1939)
Baseball Player
12
Kelly Miller (1863-1939)
Essayist
13
Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939)
Political Wife
14
Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939)
Entrepreneur
15
Bob Marshall (1901-1939)
Activist
16
Zane Grey (1872-1939)
Novelist
17
Norman Bethune (1890-1939)
18
Grace Abbott (1878-1939)
19
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)
Painter
20
Celebrities Born in 1939
Deaths by Year
Tom Ricketts (1853-1939)
21
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939)
22
Anna Johnson Gates (1889-1939)
23
Henry Chandler Cowles (1869-1939)
Biologist
24
Mary Quinn Sullivan (1877-1939)
25
Margaret Campbell (1883-1939)
Movie Actress
26
Robert Edgren (1874-1939)
Cartoonist
27
Anthony Fokker (1890-1939)
Pilot
28
Alice Brady (1892-1939)
29
Joe Young (1889-1939)
Songwriter
30
Ford Sterling (1883-1939)
31
Chick Webb (1905-1939)
Drummer
32
Charlie Bull (1909-1939)
Cricketer
33
Sirkka Sari (1920-1939)
34
Antonio Machado (1875-1939)
35
William James Mayo (1861-1939)
36
Sidney Howard (1891-1939)
Screenwriter
37
Mikayil Mushfig (1908-1939)
38
Franklin Wheeler Mondell (1860-1939)
39
George R. Mann (1856-1939)
Architect
40
SS Vandine (1888-1939)
41
Joseph Lyons (1879-1939)
World Leader
42
Harvey Cushing (1869-1939)
43
Joseph Carr (1880-1939)
44
Vivian Fuchs (1908-1939)
Explorer
45
Abner Dalrymple (1857-1939)
46
Richard Seaman (1913-1939)
Race Car Driver
47
Heywood Broun (1888-1939)
Journalist
48
