List of Famous people who died at 39

Drago Grubelnik was Slovenian alpine skier and coach.

Xavier Saint-Macary was a French actor, brother of Hubert Saint-Macary.

Jonas Neubauer was an American Tetris player, 7-time champion at the Classic Tetris World Championship, and taproom manager.

Christopher Bernard Wilder, also known as the Beauty Queen Killer, was an Australian serial killer who abducted and raped at least 12 women, killing at least eight of them, during a six-week, cross-country crime spree in the United States in early 1984. Wilder's series of murders began in Florida on February 26, 1984, and continued across the country through Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nevada, and California, and attempted abductions in Washington and New York before he was killed during a struggle with police in New Hampshire on April 13, 1984.

Jefferson Fernandes Luiz, better known by his stage name MC Sapão or simply as Sapão, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter who reached fame in the mid-2000s with the hits "Diretoria" and "Eu Tô Tranquilão".

Álvaro Fayad Delgado "The Turk" was a Colombian guerrilla, co-founder and leader of the 19th of April movement (M-19), founded in 1970.

Saleh Ali al-Sammad was a Yemeni political figure from the Houthi movement who served as the president of Yemen's Supreme Political Council and the de facto President of Yemen until his assassination.

Juan Diego González Alzate was a Colombian footballer.

Namık Uğurlu, better known as Ankaralı Namık, was a Turkish singer. "Ankaralı" means from Ankara, denoting his musical style of Ankara's ethnic music. He is best known for his songs "Arabada Beş, Evde Onbeş", and "Dar Geldi Sana Ankara".

Maurice Rupert Bishop was a Grenadian revolutionary and the leader of New Jewel Movement – a Marxist–Leninist party which sought to prioritise socio-economic development, education, and black liberation – that came to power during the 13 March 1979 revolution that removed Eric Gairy from office. Bishop headed the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada from 1979 to 1983, when he was dismissed from his post and executed during the coup by Bernard Coard, leading to upheaval.