Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1939

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 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

• May 3 Madeleine Desroseaux

  French author and poet (b. 1873)

• May 3 [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener

  German general, dies at age 71.

• May 6 Konstantin Somov

  Russian-french painter and illustrator (b. 1869)

• May 11 Evgenii Miller

  Russian counter-revolutionary (born 1867)

• May 19 Ahmet Ağaoğlu

  Azerbaijani-turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)

• May 20 Joe Carr

  Nfl hall of famer/nfl president (1921-1939), dies at the age of 59

• May 22 Ernst Toller

  German playwright and author (b. 1893)

• May 22 Jiří Mahen

  Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)

• May 22 Jiri Mahen

  Czech author (born 1882)

• May 24 Fanny Searls

  American biologist (b. 1851)

• May 25 Frank Watson Dyson

  English astronomer and academic (b. 1868)

• May 26 Charles Horace Mayo

  American physician, co-founded mayo clinic (b. 1865)

• May 26 Cornelis J Cutters

  The supreme commander of the navy (1910-18), dies.

• May 27 Joseph Roth

  Austrian-french journalist and author (b. 1894)

• May 29 Ursula Ledóchowska

  Polish-austrian saint and nun founded the congregation of the ursulines of the agonizing heart of jesus (d. 1939).

• May 30 Floyd Roberts

  American race care driver (born 1904)