In the year 1938
464 Notable deaths
Luis Altamirano
Chilean military officer.
Born June 7th, 1876 in Concepción.
Died July 25th, 1938 at 62 years old in Santiago.
Bart de Ligt
Dutch politician.
Born July 17th, 1883 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1938 at 55 years old in Nantes. [ref]
Çavuşzade Mehmed Cemâleddin Efendi
Turkish statesperson (1870–1938).
Born December 28th, 1870 in Arapuša. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1938 at 67 years old in Sarajevo. [ref]
Edith Anne Stoney
Anglo-irish medical physicist.
Born January 6th, 1869 in Ballsbridge.
Died June 25th, 1938 at 69 years old in Bournemouth.
Louis de La Vallée-Poussin
Indologist, scholar (1869–1938).
Born January 1st, 1869 in Liège.
Died February 18th, 1938 at 69 years old in Brussels metropolitan area.
Jules-Alexandre Grün
French post-impressionist painter (1868-1938).
Born May 25th, 1868 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1938 at 69 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Karl Madsen
Danish painter, art historian and museum director (1855-1938).
Born March 22nd, 1855 in Copenhagen.
Died April 16th, 1938 at 83 years old in Copenhagen.
Paul Morgan
Austrian actor and comedian (1886-1938).
Born October 1st, 1886 in Vienna.
Died December 10th, 1938 at 52 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp.
Sultan Majid Afandiyev
Revolutionary, statesman (1887-1938).
Born May 26th, 1887 in Shamakhi.
Died April 21st, 1938 at 50 years old in Baku.
Theodor Fischer
German architect (1862-1938).
Born May 28th, 1862 in Schweinfurt. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1938 at 76 years old in Munich. [ref]
Hermann Köhl
German aviator (1888–1938).
Born April 15th, 1888 in Neu-Ulm.
Died October 7th, 1938 at 50 years old in Munich (kidney disease).
Zitkala-Sa
Yankton dakota writer (1876-1938).
Born February 22nd, 1876 in Yankton Indian Reservation.
Died January 28th, 1938 at 61 years old in Washington, D.C..
Adolf Jülicher
German scholar and biblical exegete (1857–1938).
Born January 26th, 1857 in Falkenberg.
Died August 2nd, 1938 at 81 years old in Marburg.
Olga Taratuta
Ukrainian anarchist (1876–1938).
Born January 21st, 1876 in Novodmytrivka Persha.
Died February 8th, 1938 at 62 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Friedrich Salomon Krauss
Austrian-jewish sexologist.
Born October 7th, 1859 in Požega.
Died May 30th, 1938 at 78 years old in Vienna.
Rudolf G. Binding
German writer and poet.
Born August 13th, 1867 in Basel. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1938 at 70 years old in Starnberg (tuberculosis). [ref]
Cyril Rootham
English organist, teacher, conductor and composer.
Born October 5th, 1875 in Redland.
Died March 18th, 1938 at 62 years old in Cambridge.
Josiah O. Wolcott
American politician and jurist (1877-1938).
Born October 31st, 1877 in Dover.
Died November 11th, 1938 at 61 years old in Dover.
John Kunkel Small
American botanist (1869-1938).
Born January 31st, 1869 in Harrisburg.
Died January 20th, 1938 at 68 years old in Manhattan.
Walter Migula
German botanist (1863-1938).
Born November 4th, 1863 in Żyrowa.
Died June 23rd, 1938 at 74 years old in Eisenach.
Julius von Schlosser
Austrian art historian (1866–1938).
Born September 23rd, 1866 in Vienna.
Died December 1st, 1938 at 72 years old in Vienna.
Gazanfar Musabekov
Azerbaijani politician (1888-1938).
Born July 26th, 1888 in Pirəbədil.
Died February 9th, 1938 at 49 years old in Moscow.
Rosa Mayreder
Austrian artist and writer (1858-1938).
Born November 30th, 1858 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1938 at 79 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Magzhan Zhumabayev
Kazakhstani writer.
Born June 25th, 1893 in Petropavlovsky Uyezd.
Died March 19th, 1938 at 44 years old in Almaty.
Willem Kloos
Dutch poet.
Born May 6th, 1859 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1938 at 78 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Deaths 276 to 300 of 464
If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word “freedom” out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X