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In the year 1938
462 Notable deaths
Robert Johnson
American blues musician (1911–1938).
Born May 8th, 1911 in Hazlehurst.
Died August 16th, 1938 at 27 years old in Paris.
Muhammad Iqbal
South asian islamic philosopher, poet and politician (1877–1938).
Born November 9th, 1877 in Sialkot. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1938 at 60 years old in Lahore. [ref]
Typhoid Mary
Infected houseworker in new york city.
Born September 23rd, 1869 in Cookstown.
Died November 11th, 1938 at 69 years old in North Brother Island (pneumonia).
Thomas Wolfe
American writer.
Born October 3rd, 1900 in Asheville. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1938 at 37 years old in Baltimore (tuberculosis). [ref]
Georges Méliès
French filmmaker and illusionist (1861–1938).
Born December 8th, 1861 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1938 at 76 years old in Paris (cancer).
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer and leading member of the american civil liberties union (1857-1938).
Born April 18th, 1857 in Kinsman Township.
Died March 13th, 1938 at 80 years old in Chicago.
Maud of Wales
British princess (1869-1938), queen consort of norway from 1905 to 1938.
Born November 26th, 1869 in Marlborough House.
Died November 20th, 1938 at 68 years old in Sandringham House (myocardial infarction).
Marie of Romania
Last queen consort of romania (1875-1938; r. 1914-1927).
Born October 29th, 1875 in Eastwell Park.
Died July 18th, 1938 at 62 years old in Peleș Castle (liver cirrhosis).
Genrikh Yagoda
Soviet secret police official (1891–1938).
Born November 19th, 1891 in Rybinsk.
Died May 15th, 1938 at 46 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (gunshot wound).
Constantine Stanislavsky
Russian actor and theatre director (1863–1938).
Born January 17th, 1863 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1938 at 75 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Edmund Husserl
German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938).
Born April 8th, 1859 in Prostějov. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1938 at 79 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Nikolai Bukharin
Russian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938).
Born October 9th, 1888 in Moscow.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 49 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (gunshot wound).
Faustina Kowalska
Nun and saint from poland.
Born August 25th, 1905 in Głogowiec, Łęczyca County. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1938 at 33 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Alexei Rykov
Premier of russia and the soviet union (1881-1938).
Born February 25th, 1881 in Saratov.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 57 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Italian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938).
Born March 12th, 1863 in Pescara.
Died March 1st, 1938 at 74 years old in Gardone Riviera (cerebral hemorrhage).
Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Countess of strathmore and kinghorne (1862-1938); mother of queen elizabeth the queen mother; maternal grandmother of elizabeth ii.
Born September 11th, 1862 in London.
Died June 23rd, 1938 at 75 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Kanō Jigorō
Japanese educator and judoka (1860–1938).
Born December 10th, 1860 in Kobe. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1938 at 77 years old in at sea (pneumonia).
Yakov Yurovsky
Chief executioner of tsar nicholas ii (1878-1938).
Born June 19th, 1878 in Kuybyshev.
Died August 2nd, 1938 at 60 years old in Moscow (ulcer).
Jane Toppan
American serial killer (1854–1938).
Born March 31st, 1854 in Boston.
Died August 17th, 1938 at 84 years old in Taunton.
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Bengali novelist and short story writer (1876-1938).
Born September 15th, 1876 in Debanandapur.
Died January 16th, 1938 at 61 years old in Kolkata (liver cancer).
George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
Royal navy officer (1892–1938).
Born November 6th, 1892 in Altes Palais (Damstadt).
Died April 8th, 1938 at 45 years old in London (bone cancer).
James Weldon Johnson
American writer and activist.
Born June 17th, 1871 in Jacksonville. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1938 at 67 years old in Wiscasset (traffic collision). [ref]
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Romanian politician (1899-1938).
Born September 25th, 1899 in Huși.
Died November 30th, 1938 at 39 years old in Tâncăbești.
Bhupinder Singh of Patiala
Maharaja of patialia and indian cricketer (1891-1938).
Born October 12th, 1891 in Patiala.
Died March 23rd, 1938 at 46 years old in Patiala.
Karel Čapek
Czech writer (1890–1938).
Born January 9th, 1890 in Malé Svatoňovice. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1938 at 48 years old in Vinohrady (pneumonia). [ref]
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