James Naismith (1861-1939)
Doctor
1
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Psychiatrist
2
Princess Louise (1848-1939)
Princess
3
Howard Carter (1874-1939)
Archeologist
4
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Poet
5
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (1883-1939)
Movie Actor
6
Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
Blues Singer
7
Grace Abbott (1878-1939)
Activist
8
Norman Bethune (1890-1939)
9
Mary Quinn Sullivan (1877-1939)
10
Zane Grey (1872-1939)
Novelist
11
Louis Wain (1860-1939)
Illustrator
12
Kelly Miller (1863-1939)
Essayist
13
Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939)
Entrepreneur
14
Antonio Machado (1875-1939)
15
SS Vandine (1888-1939)
16
Anna Johnson Gates (1889-1939)
Politician
17
Tommy Ladnier (1900-1939)
Trumpet Player
18
Pope Pius XI (1857-1939)
Religious Leader
19
Alice Brady (1892-1939)
Movie Actress
20
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939)
21
Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939)
Political Wife
22
Joseph Morris (1867-1939)
23
Chick Webb (1905-1939)
Drummer
24
Celebrities Born in 1939
Deaths by Year
Tom Ricketts (1853-1939)
25
Joe Young (1889-1939)
Songwriter
26
William James Mayo (1861-1939)
27
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)
Painter
28
Joseph Carr (1880-1939)
29
Bob Marshall (1901-1939)
30
Heywood Broun (1888-1939)
Journalist
31
Joseph Lyons (1879-1939)
World Leader
32
Sidney Howard (1891-1939)
Screenwriter
33
Ford Sterling (1883-1939)
34
Deacon White (1847-1939)
Baseball Player
35
Charlie Bull (1909-1939)
Cricketer
36
Sirkka Sari (1920-1939)
37
Harvey Cushing (1869-1939)
38
Richard Seaman (1913-1939)
Race Car Driver
39
Anthony Fokker (1890-1939)
Pilot
40
Abner Dalrymple (1857-1939)
41
Robert Edgren (1874-1939)
Cartoonist
42
Vivian Fuchs (1908-1939)
Explorer
43
Margaret Campbell (1883-1939)
44
Mikayil Mushfig (1908-1939)
45
Kirtland Cutter (1860-1939)
Architect
46
Otto Blathy (1860-1939)
Engineer
47
Benjamin Tucker (1854-1939)
48
