In the year 1938
462 Notable deaths
Édouard-Alfred Martel
French cave explorer.
Born July 1st, 1859 in Pontoise. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1938 at 78 years old in Montbrison.
Yakov Alksnis
Commander of red army air forces 1931–1937 (1897–1938).
Born January 26th, 1897 in Naukšēni Parish.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 41 years old in Moscow.
Volodymyr Zatonsky
Ukrainian politician.
Born August 8th, 1888 in Lisec.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 49 years old in Kyiv (ballistic trauma).
John Pepper
Hungarian politician (1886-1938).
Born November 8th, 1886 in Budapest.
Died February 8th, 1938 at 51 years old in Moscow.
Yakov Yakovlev
Soviet politician (1896-1938).
Born June 21st, 1896 in Hrodna.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 42 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Georg Schrimpf
German artist (1889-1938).
Born February 13th, 1889 in Munich.
Died April 19th, 1938 at 49 years old in Berlin.
Viktor Kosenko
Ukrainian composer, pianist, and educator (1896–1938).
Born November 23rd, 1896 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 3rd, 1938 at 41 years old in Kyiv.
Konstantin Kalinin
World war i aviator and soviet aircraft designer (1887–1938).
Born February 5th, 1887 in Warsaw.
Died October 22nd, 1938 at 51 years old in Voronezh.
Samuel Maykapar
Russian composer (1867-1938).
Born December 18th, 1867 in Kherson.
Died May 8th, 1938 at 70 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Anastasia Bitsenko
Politician (1875–1938).
Born October 29th, 1875 in Bakhmutsky Uyezd.
Died June 16th, 1938 at 62 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Oskar Böhme
German composer and trumpeter (1870–1938).
Born February 24th, 1870 in Dresden.
Died October 23rd, 1938 at 68 years old in Orenburg.
Susan Macdowell Eakins
American photographer (1851-1938).
Born September 21st, 1851 in Philadelphia.
Died December 27th, 1938 at 87 years old in Philadelphia.
Miguel Fleta
Spanish operatic tenor (1897–1938).
Born December 1st, 1897 in Albalate de Cinca. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1938 at 40 years old in A Coruña (uremia). [ref]
Vilhelm Knorin
Soviet historian.
Born August 29th, 1890 in Līgatne.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 47 years old in Moscow, Kommunarka shooting ground.
Turar Ryskulov
Kazakhstani politician (1894–1938).
Born December 26th, 1894 in Verny Uyezd.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 43 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Thelma Hill
American actress (1906-1938).
Born December 12th, 1906 in Emporia.
Died May 11th, 1938 at 31 years old in Culver City (stroke).
Max Wien
German physicist (1866–1938).
Born December 25th, 1866 in Königsberg.
Died February 24th, 1938 at 71 years old in Jena.
Isaak Zelensky
Politician (1890-1938).
Born June 22nd, 1890 in Saratov.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 47 years old in Moscow.
Milan Rakić
Serbian poet (1876-1938).
Born September 18th, 1876 in Belgrade.
Died June 30th, 1938 at 61 years old in Zagreb.
Frederick George Jackson
British polar explorer (1860–1938).
Born March 6th, 1860 in Alcester.
Died March 13th, 1938 at 78 years old in London.
Landon Ronald
British musician (1873-1938).
Born June 7th, 1873 in London. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1938 at 65 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Myrtle Stedman
American actress (1883-1938).
Born March 3rd, 1883 in Chicago.
Died January 8th, 1938 at 54 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Aleksander Kakowski
Polish catholic cardinal and archbishop (1862–1938).
Born February 5th, 1862 in Dębiny.
Died December 30th, 1938 at 76 years old in Warsaw.
John G. Blystone
1892–1938; american film director (1892–1938).
Born December 2nd, 1892 in Rice Lake.
Died August 6th, 1938 at 45 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Valery Mezhlauk
Soviet political activist (1893–1938).
Born February 7th, 1893 in Kharkiv.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 45 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 462
What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller