In the year 1938
515 Notable deaths
Raymond Sabouraud
French dermatologist (1864-1938).
Born November 24th, 1864 in Nantes.
Died April 2nd, 1938 at 73 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Edvard Gylling
Finnish politician, soviet statesman.
Born November 30th, 1881 in Kuopio.
Died June 14th, 1938 at 56 years old in Moscow.
Mikhail Levandovsky
Soviet komandarm 2nd rank (1890–1938).
Born May 15th, 1890 in Tbilisi.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 48 years old in Moscow.
Albertson Van Zo Post
American fencer and author (1866–1938).
Born July 28th, 1866 in Cincinnati.
Died January 23rd, 1938 at 71 years old in New York City.
Nikolai Antipov
Soviet politician (1894–1938).
Born December 15th, 1894 in Lisichkino.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 43 years old in Moscow.
Adalbert Seitz
German entomologist (1860-1938).
Born February 24th, 1860 in Mainz.
Died March 5th, 1938 at 78 years old in Darmstadt.
Gustave Le Rouge
French writer (1867-1938).
Born July 22nd, 1867 in Valognes.
Died February 24th, 1938 at 70 years old in Paris (prostate cancer).
Helena Westermarck
Finnish artist, editor (1857-1938).
Born November 20th, 1857 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1938 at 80 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Kaarlo Castrén
Finnish politician and prime minister (1860-1938).
Born February 28th, 1860 in Pello.
Died November 19th, 1938 at 78 years old in Helsinki.
Gustav Heinrich Tammann
Baltic german metallurgist (1861-1938).
Born June 9th, 1861 in Kingisepp.
Died December 17th, 1938 at 77 years old in Göttingen.
Alexander Amfiteatrov
Russian writer and historian (1862–1938).
Born December 26th, 1862 in Kaluga.
Died February 26th, 1938 at 75 years old in Levanto.
Ángel Arocha
Spanish footballer.
Born June 23rd, 1907 in Granadilla de Abona.
Died September 2nd, 1938 at 31 years old in Balaguer.
Carlotta Brianza
Italian ballerina (1865-1938).
Born April 1st, 1865 in Milan.
Died June 25th, 1938 at 73 years old in Clichy. [ref]
Thomas Gann
British physician and archaeologist (1867–1938).
Born May 13th, 1867 in Murrisk.
Died February 24th, 1938 at 70 years old in London.
Jean-Marie Degoutte
French general (1866-1938).
Born April 18th, 1866 in Charnay.
Died October 31st, 1938 at 72 years old in Charnay.
Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran
Icelandic writer (1859-1938).
Born December 6th, 1859 in Vallanes.
Died May 21st, 1938 at 78 years old in Reykjavík.
Otto Dempwolff
German linguist and anthropologist (1871–1938).
Born May 25th, 1871 in Baltiysk.
Died November 27th, 1938 at 67 years old in Hamburg.
Giacomo Grosso
Italian painter (1860-1938).
Born May 23rd, 1860 in Cambiano.
Died January 14th, 1938 at 77 years old in Turin.
Rafael Arnaiz Barón
Spanish saint of the roman catholic church (1911-1938).
Born April 9th, 1911 in Burgos.
Died April 26th, 1938 at 27 years old in San Isidro de Dueñas (diabetes).
Hryhoriy Hrynko
Soviet politician.
Born November 30th, 1890 in Shtepivka.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 47 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Vahan Totovents
Armenian activist and writer (1894–1938).
Born July 18th, 1894 in Elazığ.
Died July 18th, 1938 at 44 years old in Yerevan.
Nikolay Nekrasov
Russian writer and esperantist (1900-38).
Born December 18th, 1900 in Moscow.
Died October 4th, 1938 at 37 years old in Soviet Union.
Herbert Jamison
American sprinter (1875–1938).
Born July 19th, 1875 in Peoria.
Died November 22nd, 1938 at 63 years old in Peoria. [ref]
Alexander Samoylovich
Russian academic.
Born December 29th, 1880 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died February 13th, 1938 at 57 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 326 to 350 of 515
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk