List of Famous people who died at 39

Katharina Lindner was a German academic and footballer who played as a striker for Glasgow City F.C. from 2005 to 2011. She was also a lecturer at University of Stirling on gender, sports, queer theory, and how women's images are presented in the media.

Daniel Fredrick Sartain was an American musician from Center Point, Alabama. His music encompasses a variety of genres, including rockabilly, punk rock and the blues.

Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi, known professionally as Khalid Al Qasimi, was an Emirati royal and fashion designer in London who founded the Qasimi fashion label. He was the second son of Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, who has been ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah since 1972. Al Qasimi died on 1 July 2019 in London as a result of drug overdose.

Robert Opel was an American photographer and art gallery owner most famous as the man who streaked during the 46th Academy Awards in 1974.

Richard Philip Nicoll was an English fashion designer, best known for his work on modernist classics with the coined term "night-to-day" versatility.

Harry Raymond Eastlack, Jr. was the subject of the most recognized case of FOP from the 1900s. His case is also particularly acknowledged, by scientists and researchers, for his contribution to medical advancement. After suffering from a rare, disabling, and currently incurable genetic disease, Eastlack decided to have his skeleton and medical history donated to the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in support of FOP research. His skeleton is one of the few FOP-presenting, fully articulated ones in existence, and it has proved valuable to the study of the disease.

Samuel Kanyon Doe was a Liberian politician who served as the Liberian leader from 1980 to 1990, first as a military leader and later as a civilian. While a master sergeant in the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL), Doe staged a violent coup d'etat in April 1980 that left him de facto head of state. During the coup, then president William Tolbert, and much of the True Whig Party leadership were executed. Doe then established the People's Redemption Council, assuming the rank of general.

Ellison Shoji Onizuka was an American astronaut and engineer from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, on which he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. He was the first Asian American and the first person of Japanese ancestry to reach space.

Hisayasu Nagata was a Japanese politician born in Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture. He is well known for falsely accusing the former Livedoor CEO Takafumi Horie of bribing the Liberal Democratic Party.

Kenyatta Lapoleon Jones was an American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at South Florida.