Quote Authors Who Died in 1939

Antonio Machado

Spanish Poet

Jul 26, 1875 - Feb 22, 1939

Benjamin Tucker

American Activist

Apr 17, 1854 - Jun 22, 1939

Charles Eastman

Author

Feb 19, 1858 - Jan 8, 1939

Charles M. Schwab

American Businessman

Feb 18, 1862 - Oct 18, 1939

Douglas Fairbanks

American Actor

May 23, 1883 - Dec 12, 1939

Edward Sapir

American Scientist

Jan 26, 1884 - Feb 4, 1939

Ernst Toller

German Playwright

Dec 1, 1893 - May 22, 1939

Frederick Carl Frieseke

American Artist

Apr 7, 1874 - Aug 24, 1939

Grace Abbott

American Activist

Nov 17, 1878 - Jun 19, 1939

Gwen John

Welsh Artist

Jun 22, 1876 - Sep 18, 1939

Harvey Cushing

American Scientist

Apr 8, 1869 - Oct 7, 1939

Havelock Ellis

British Psychologist

Feb 2, 1859 - Jul 8, 1939

Heywood Broun

American Journalist

Dec 7, 1888 - Dec 18, 1939

Howard Carter

English Scientist

May 9, 1874 - Mar 2, 1939

Jacob Ruppert

American Businessman

Aug 5, 1867 - Jan 13, 1939

James Naismith

Canadian Inventor

Nov 6, 1861 - Nov 28, 1939

Karl Radek

Ukrainian Politician

Oct 31, 1885 - May 19, 1939

Kelly Miller

American Sociologist

Jul 23, 1863 - Dec 29, 1939

Ma Rainey

American Musician

Apr 26, 1886 - Dec 22, 1939

Otto Rank

Austrian Psychologist

Apr 22, 1884 - Oct 31, 1939

Sigmund Freud

Austrian Psychologist

May 6, 1856 - Sep 23, 1939

William Butler Yeats

Irish Poet

Jun 13, 1865 - Jan 28, 1939

William J. Mayo

American Scientist

Jun 29, 1861 - Jul 28, 1939

Zane Grey

American Author

Jan 31, 1872 - Oct 23, 1939