In the year 1938
515 Notable deaths
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 (1867–1938).
Born August 13th, 1867 in Basel.
Died August 4th, 1938 at 70 years old in Starnberg (tuberculosis).
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.
Maria Tauscher
Catholic nun (1855–1938).
Born June 19th, 1855 in Sądów, Lubusz Voivodeship.
Died September 20th, 1938 at 83 years old in Sittard.
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 (political repression).
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 (1893–1938).
Born June 25th, 1893 in Petropavlovsky Uyezd.
Died March 19th, 1938 at 44 years old in Almaty.
Willem Kloos
Dutch poet (1859-1938).
Born May 6th, 1859 in Amsterdam.
Died March 31st, 1938 at 78 years old in The Hague.
John Savio
Norwegian sámi-kven painter (1902-1938).
Born January 28th, 1902 in Bugøynes.
Died April 9th, 1938 at 36 years old in Ullevål University Hospital.
André Lagache
Racing driver (1885–1938).
Born January 21st, 1885 in Pantin.
Died August 2nd, 1938 at 53 years old in Satory.
Matthew Betz
American actor (1881–1938).
Born September 13th, 1881 in St. Louis.
Died January 26th, 1938 at 56 years old in Sawtelle.
André Blondel
French physicist (1863–1938).
Born August 28th, 1863 in Chaumont.
Died November 15th, 1938 at 75 years old in Paris.
Armando Palacio Valdés
Spanish writer (1853-1938).
Born October 4th, 1853 in Entrialgo.
Died January 29th, 1938 at 84 years old in Madrid.
Robert Herrick
Novelist (1868-1938).
Born April 21st, 1868 in Cambridge.
Died December 23rd, 1938 at 70 years old in Charlotte Amalie.
Matvei Petrovich Bronstein
Soviet physicist (1906-1938).
Born December 2nd, 1906 in Vinnytsia.
Died February 18th, 1938 at 31 years old in Saint Petersburg (gunshot wound).
Karl von Plettenberg
German general (1852–1938).
Born December 18th, 1852 in Paderborn.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 85 years old in Bückeburg.
Sergey Vinogradov
Russian painter (1869-1938).
Born July 13th, 1869 in Nekrasovskoye.
Died February 5th, 1938 at 68 years old in Riga (pneumonia).
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht