Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1939

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

• Feb. 1 Angelo Zamboni
• Feb. 2 Bernhard Gregory

  Estonian-german chess player (d. 1939).

• Feb. 2 Amanda McKittrick Ros

  Irish author and poet (d. 1860).

• Feb. 4 Edward Sapir
• Feb. 5 Teresa Mañé Miravet
• Feb. 5 Cecil Wingfield-Stratford
• Feb. 7 Boris Grigoriev

  Russian painter and illustrator (d.1939).

• Feb. 7 Antonio Callea
• Feb. 7 Carl Joseph Schröter
• Feb. 7 Anselmo Polanco Fontecha
• Feb. 10 Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
• Feb. 10 Torkom I Koushagian
• Feb. 10 Papa Pio XI
• Feb. 12 George Harrison
• Feb. 12 Mariano Cittadini
• Feb. 15 Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

  Russian painter and author (b. 1878).

• Feb. 15 Henri Jaspar
• Feb. 16 Josef Moroder-Lusenberg
• Feb. 16 Martin Schiele
• Feb. 16 Jura Soyfer
• Feb. 16 Ferdinand Vach
• Feb. 18 Alice Simpson Pickering
• Feb. 18 Kanoko Okamoto
• Feb. 20 Giampaolo Dionisi Piomarta
• Feb. 20 Pakubuwono X
• Feb. 20 Marie Tannæs
• Feb. 22 Antonio Machado

  Spanish poet and leader of the generation of 98 spanish literary movement.

• Feb. 26 Vlas Jakovlevič Čubar'