List of Famous people who died in 1939

Witold Maliszewski was a Polish composer, founder of Odessa Conservatory, and a professor of Warsaw Conservatory.

Robert Standish Sievier (1860–1939) was a British racehorse trainer, bookmaker, racehorse owner, gambler and journalist, who also became well-known in Australia. He was Champion Trainer in 1902. He was principally known for his training of the filly Sceptre, who he also owned during the 1902 season in which she became the only horse to win four English Classic Races outright.

Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya was a Russian revolutionary and the wife of Vladimir Lenin.

Miron Cristea was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian cleric and politician.

Spyridon Mercouris (1856-1939) was a Greek politician and long-serving Mayor of Athens in the early 20th century. He was born in Ermioni, Argolida, in 1856 to a prominent and wealthy family that had taken part in the Greek War of Independence in the 1820s.He was the son of Georgios Mercouris, captain and son of Spyridon Mercouris, and Theodora / Theodota, daughter of the chieftain of the Greek revolution and later MP of Ermionida and authorized representative in national assmblies Stamatis Mitsas, and sister of the military and also MP of Ermionida Antonios Mitsas. Through the Mitsa family, he was a close by marriage relative with the historical Zakynthian family of the Motsenigos.

Teodoro Rafael Yangco was a Filipino businessman who served in a variety of public and civic offices, and was considered to be the foremost Filipino philanthropist of his time. He was the longest serving president of the YMCA in the Philippines (1911–1925) and was called the "Father of the YMCA of the Philippines".

Sergey Ivanovich Gritsevets was a Soviet major and pilot who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Prince Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse was the first child of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and his second wife, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. He was a nephew of Empress Alexandra, wife of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia.