Famous people and celebrities who died in March 1939

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

• March 2 Howard Carter

  British archaeologist/egyptologist (king tut), dies at age 65.

• March 3 Edmund Beecher Wilson
• March 5 Amando Bahlmann
• March 5 Moses Gaster
• March 5 John Garibaldi Sargent
• March 6 Ferdinand von Lindemann

  German mathematician and academic (b. 1852).

• March 6 Serafino Belfanti
• March 6 Prosper Bruggeman
• March 13 Otto Rahn
• March 13 Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
• March 13 Giacomo Ponzio
• March 13 James Usilton
• March 15 Eric E. Westbury
• March 17 Federico Cammeo
• March 17 Fritz Ullmann
• March 18 Henry Simpson Lunn

  English businessman, founded lunn poly (b. 1859).

• March 18 Henry Lunn
• March 19 Charles-François-Prosper Guérin
• March 21 Ali Hikmet Ayerdem

  Turkish general and politician (b. 1877).

• March 21 Evald Aav
• March 21 Konrad Rieger
• March 22 Alice Zimmern
• March 24 Gwyn Nicholls
• March 25 Jack Abeillé
• March 27 Gus Leonard
• March 27 Ferdinand von Quast
• March 31 Ioannis Tsangaridis

  Greek general (b. 1887).

• March 31 Johan Petter Åhlén