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In the year 1939
1,331 Notable birthdays
Florin Halagian
Romanian footballer (1939-2019).
Born March 7th, 1939 in Bucharest.
Died August 12th, 2019 at 80 years old [ref]
Zenon Grocholewski
Catholic cardinal.
Born October 11th, 1939 in Bródki, Greater Poland Voivodeship. [ref]
Died July 17th, 2020 at 80 years old in Rome. [ref]
Oleg Stepanov
Russian judoka (1939–2010).
Born December 10th, 1939 in Moscow.
Died February 27th, 2010 at 70 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Oscar Fulloné
Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017).
Born April 4th, 1939 in La Plata.
Died May 22nd, 2017 at 78 years old in Casablanca (respiratory arrest). [ref]
Roman Kartsev
Russian actor and stand-up comic.
Died October 2nd, 2018 at 79 years old in Moscow (cardiac arrest).
Hannelore Hoger
German actress.
Born August 20th, 1939 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died December 21st, 2024 at 85 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Walter J. Gehring
Swiss scientist (1939-2014).
Born March 20th, 1939 in Zurich.
Died May 29th, 2014 at 75 years old in Basel (traffic collision).
Mary-Dell Chilton
American biologist (born 1939).
Born February 2nd, 1939 (age 87 years) in Indianapolis. [ref]
Marc Simenon
French film director (1939–1999).
Born August 19th, 1939 in Uccle.
Died October 24th, 1999 at 60 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris (falling from height).
Jonas Trinkūnas
Lithuanian ethnologist (1939-2014).
Born February 28th, 1939 in Klaipėda.
Died January 20th, 2014 at 74 years old in Vilnius.
Dezső Novák
Hungarian association footballer, trainer (1939–2014).
Born February 3rd, 1939 in Ják.
Died February 26th, 2014 at 75 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Arkady Severny
Russian musician (1939-1980).
Born March 12th, 1939 in Ivanovo.
Died April 12th, 1980 at 41 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Zbigniew Namysłowski
Polish jazz musician (1939–2022).
Born September 9th, 1939 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died February 7th, 2022 at 82 years old [ref]
François Ponchaud
French missionary.
Born February 8th, 1939 in Sallanches. [ref]
Died January 17th, 2025 at 85 years old in Aix-en-Provence. [ref]
Jens Okking
Danish actor, singer and politician. (1939-2018).
Born December 18th, 1939 in Copenhagen.
Died January 21st, 2018 at 78 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Jean-François Laguionie
French animator and film director.
Born October 4th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Besançon.
Alessandra Panaro
Italian actress (1939–2019).
Born December 14th, 1939 in Rome.
Died May 1st, 2019 at 79 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Mikhail Kolesnikov
Former chief of the general staff of the armed forces of the russian federation (1939-2007).
Born June 30th, 1939 in Yeysk.
Died March 26th, 2007 at 67 years old in Moscow (cerebrovascular disease).
Eva Pilarová
Czech singer (1939-2020).
Born August 9th, 1939 in Brno. [ref]
Died March 14th, 2020 at 80 years old in Monastery in Řepy (kidney failure). [ref]
Egon Zimmermann
Austrian alpine skier (1939–2019).
Born February 8th, 1939 in Lech.
Died August 23rd, 2019 at 80 years old in Lech (multiple sclerosis). [ref]
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