The following lists events that happened during 1939 in Pahlavi Iran.
Incumbents Shah: Reza Shah Prime Minister: Mahmoud Djam (until October 26), Ahmad Matin-Daftari (starting October 26)
Events 1939 Iranian legislative election.
Births January 3 – Javad Fakoori, Iranian military officer. January 11 – Ali Rafie, Theatre, cinema director and stage designer. February 2 – Kambiz Atabay, President of AFC. February 3 – Esfandiar Lari, Iranian sports shooter. February 5 – Iraj Safdari, Iranian make-up artist. February 7 – Hassan Habibi (footballer), Iranian association football player. February 9 – Ali Adjalli, Founder of the "Gol Gasht" school of calligraphy. March 5 – Iraj Nazerian, Iranian artist. March 9 – Nader Ardalan, Iranian and American architect, urban planner, writer. March 11 – Bahman Salehnia, Iranian football manager. March 25 – Jalal Keshmiri, Olympic athlete. March 27 – Leila Kasra, Iranian contemporary poet and lyricist. March 28 – Manouchehr Esmaeili, Iranian voice actor and artist. March 31 – Gholamali Raisozzakerin, poet. April 19 – Ali Khamenei, cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026. April 22 – Mahmoud Yavari, Iranian football coach. April 30 – Ali Yachkaschi, Iranian scientist. May 17 – Kourosh Zaim, Iranian translator. June 12 – Marzieh Hadidchi, Iranian politician. June 20 – Feizollah Bandali, Iranian skier. June 24 – Samad Behrangi, Iranian writer and social critic. June 26 – Mohammad Poursattar, Iranian actor. July 10 – Siah Armajani, American sculptor and architect. July 21 – Nematollah Aghasi, Iranian singer. July 24 – Anoushiravan Rohani, Iranian Accordion, pianist and songwriter. August 4 – Akbar Babakhanloo, Iranian sprinter. September 1 – Abdul Majid Arfaei, Iranian archaeologist and linguist. October 3 – Akbar Radi, Iranian playwright. October 6 – Parviz Jalayer, weightlifter. October 10 – Goli Taraghi, Iranian writer. October 12 – Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani, Iranian poet, literary critic, editor and translator. October 14 – Javad Mojabi, Iranian writer. December 2 – Jaleh Amouzgar, Iranian Iranologist and university professor. December 7 – Abbas Ali Akhtari, Iranian Ayatollah. December 8 – Dariush Mehrjui, Iranian filmmaker. December 16 – Naser Tahmasb, Iranian voice actor, actor, writer and screenwriter. December 17 – Mehdi Fat'hi, Iranian actor. ? – Ahmad Alizadeh, Iranian politician. ? – Ahmad Khoshouei, Iranian amateur wrestler. ? – Ali Akbar Aboutorabi Fard, Iranian politician.
Deaths March 10 – Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar, an early twentieth century Iranian Marxist revolutionary and leader of the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic. ? – Keikhosrow Shahrokh, Iranian politician. ? – Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma, Qajar prince.
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