List of Famous people who died in 1939

Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman was a British colonial administrator.

Enrique Fernández Arbós was a Spanish violinist, composer and conductor who divided much of his career between Madrid and London. He originally made his name as a virtuoso violinist and later as one of Spain's greatest conductors.

Wendell Phillips Smalley was an American silent film director and actor.

Isidore Singer was an editor of The Jewish Encyclopedia and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man.

John Harron was an American actor. He appeared in 167 films between 1918 and 1940. Born in New York, New York, he was the brother of actor Robert Harron and of actress Mary Harron. Harron died in Seattle, Washington from spinal meningitis.

Henry Chandler Cowles was an American botanist and ecological pioneer. A professor at the University of Chicago, he studied ecological succession in the Indiana Dunes of Northwest Indiana. This led to efforts to preserve the Indiana Dunes. One of Cowles' students, O. D. Frank continued his research.

Jack Kahane was a writer and publisher who founded the Obelisk Press in Paris in 1929.

James Parrott was an American actor and film director; and the younger brother of film comedian Charley Chase.