Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1939

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

May 1 Bautista Saavedra Mallea
May 1 Frank E. Woods
May 2 Luigi Sapienza
May 2 Phillips Smalley
May 2 Jessalyn Van Trump
May 3 Madeleine Desroseaux
French author and poet (b. 1873).
May 3 Wilhelm Groener
May 5 Giuseppe Angelillo
May 6 Konstantin Somov
Russian-french painter and illustrator (b. 1869).
May 13 Stanisław Leśniewski
May 14 Romolo Buni
May 19 Ahmet Ağaoğlu
Azerbaijani-turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869).
May 19 Karl Radek
May 22 Ernst Toller
German playwright and author (b. 1893).
May 22 Jiří Mahen
Czech author and playwright (b. 1882).
May 24 Fanny Searls
American biologist (b. 1851).
May 25 Frank Watson Dyson
English astronomer and academic (b. 1868).
May 25 Joseph Duveen
May 26 Charles Horace Mayo
American physician, co-founded mayo clinic (b. 1865).
May 27 Joseph Roth
Austrian-french journalist and author (b. 1894).
May 29 Ursula Ledóchowska
Polish-austrian saint and nun founded the congregation of the ursulines of the agonizing heart of jesus (d. 1939).
May 29 Joseph Grinnell
May 29 Åke Lundeberg
May 30 Floyd Roberts
American race care driver (born 1904).