Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1939

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in February 1939. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Feb. 2 Amanda McKittrick Ros

  Irish author and poet (d. 1860)

• Feb. 2 Bernhard Gregory

  Estonian-german chess player (d. 1939).

• Feb. 4 Edward Sapir

  At 55, a us linguist/cultural anthrologist (indian) dies.

• Feb. 4 Henri W A Deterding Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil

  Shell) dies at 72.

• Feb. 7 Boris Grigoriev

  Russian painter and illustrator (d.1939).

• Feb. 10 Pius XI [Ambrogio D A Ratti]

  Italian pope (1922-1939), dies at the age of 81.

• Feb. 10 Pope Pius

  Xi (born 1857)

• Feb. 11 Franz Schmidt

  Austrian cellist, pianist, and composer (d.1939).

• Feb. 15 Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

  Russian painter and author (b. 1878)

• Feb. 15 Henri Jaspar

  Premier of belgium (1926-31), is killed at the age of 68.

• Feb. 15 Foppe G Scheltema

  Dutch lawyer dies at 47

• Feb. 16 Jura Soyfer

  26.

• Feb. 17 Willy Hess

  German violinist and educator (d. 288)

• Feb. 18 Ludwig Bonvin

  Composer dies at 89

• Feb. 22 Antonio Machado

  Spanish poet and leader of the generation of 98 spanish literary movement.

• Feb. 27 Nadezjda K Krupskaya

  Russian revolutionary/wife lenin's, dies aged 70