1939 in the Soviet Union

Decades:	; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	History of the Soviet Union; List of years in the Soviet Union;

The following lists events that happened during 1939 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

January 6 — Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager (d. 2002)
January 28
- Viktor Shustikov, Russian footballer
- Valeri Kosenkov, Russian actor (d. 2013)
January 31 — Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Russian actor and film director (d. 2012)
February 1 — Ekaterina Maximova, Soviet and Russian ballerina (d. 2009)
February 15 — Akbar Mirzoyev, 2nd Prime Minister of Tajikistan
March 8 — Lidiya Skoblikova, Soviet and Russian speed skater and coach
March 31 — Zviad Gamsakhurdia, 1st President of Georgia (d. 1993)
May 19 — Kateryna Boloshkevich, Ukrainian weaver and statesperson (d. 2018)
May 20 — Roman Kartsev, Soviet and Russian actor (d. 2018)
May 26 — Merab Kostava, Georgian dissident, musician and poet (d. 1989)
July 7 — Elena Obraztsova, Soviet and Russian opera singer (d. 2015)
August 16 — Valery Ryumin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2022)
July 14 — Utkir Tukhtamurodovich Sultonov, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (d. 2015)
August 28 — Vladimir Ivashov, Soviet and Russian actor (d. 1995)
September 7 — Stanislav Petrov, Soviet Air Defence Forces official (d. 2017)
September 17 — Vladimir Menshov, actor and film director (d. 2021)
October 2 — Yuri Glazkov, Soviet Air Force officer and cosmonaut (d. 2008)
November 9 — Suimenkul Chokmorov, Kyrgyz film actor (d. 1992)
November 28 — Gennadi Volnov, Russian basketball player (d. 2008)
December 30 — Elena Tchaikovskaia, Russian figure skating coach and choreographer

February 2 – Vladimir Shukhov, engineer.
February 22 – Grigory Khakhanyan, corps commander.
February 23
- Pyotr Smirnov, naval officer and politician.
- Alexander Ilyich Yegorov, army officer.
February 26
- Stanislav Kosior, politician.
- Vlas Chubar, politician.
- Pavel Postyshev, politician.
- Ivan Fedko, army officer.
March 3 – Georgy Bazilevich, corps commander.
March 7 – Matvei Berman, security officer.
March 10 – Georgy Bondar, corps commander.
April 1 – Anton Makarenko, educator and writer.
May 19 – Karl Radek, politician.
May 21 – Grigori Sokolnikov, economist and politician.
September 11 – Konstantin Korovin, painter.