page_title: 1939
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: 1939 / Deaths / September
caption_attribution_description: English: Prince Joachim Albert of Prussia, of the House of Hohenzollern
context_page_description: 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1939th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 939th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1930s decade.
  This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
context_section_description: September 6 – Arthur Rackham, British artist (b. 1867)
  September 7 – Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author (b. 1873)
  September 8 – Swami Abhedananda, Indian mystic (b. 1866)
  September 10 – Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German Waffen SS general, first general killed in action during World War II (b. 1888)
  September 11 – Marion De Vries, American politician (b. 1865)
  September 12
  Fyodor Raskolnikov, Soviet revolutionary, writer, journalist, naval commander, and diplomat (assassinated) (b. 1892)
  Eliodoro Villazón, 32nd President of Bolivia (b. 1848)
  September 16
  Ludwig R. Conradi, German evangelist, missionary (b. 1856)
  Józef Kustroń, Polish general (killed in action) (b. 1892)
  Nikolaos Triantafyllakos, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1855)
  Otto Wels, German politician, chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) (b. 1873)
  September 18 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter (b. 1885)
  September 20
  Paul Bruchesi, Canadian prelate (b. 1855)
  Hermann Brunn, German mathematician (b. 1862)
  Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, French astronomer (b. 1865)
  September 21
  Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist, politician and 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893)
  Park Yeong-hyo, Korean politician, diplomat (b. 1861)
  September 22
  Mikołaj Bołtuć, Polish army general (killed in battle) (b. 1893)
  Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński, Polish general (b. 1890)
  Werner von Fritsch, German general (killed in action) (b. 1880)
  September 23
  Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychoanalyst (b. 1856)
  Eugeniusz Kazimirowski, Polish painter (b. 1873)
  Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican diplomat, political figure, and acting President of Mexico (b. 1863)
  September 24
  James P. Boyle, American politician (b. 1885)
  Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro (b. 1871)
  Carl Laemmle, German film producer (b. 1867)
  September 28 – Samuel Dickstein, Polish mathematician (b. 1851)
  September 30 – Yusuf Abu Durra, Palestinian revolt leader (b. 1900)
caption: Prince Joachim Albert of Prussia
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