In the year 1938
515 Notable deaths
Jules Girardet
French painter (1856-1938).
Born April 10th, 1856 in Paris.
Died January 25th, 1938 at 81 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Ricardo Samper Ibáñez
Spanish author (1881-1938).
Born August 25th, 1881 in Valencia. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1938 at 57 years old in Switzerland, Geneva. [ref]
Manuel Carrasco Formiguera
Spanish politician.
Born April 3rd, 1890 in Barcelona.
Died April 9th, 1938 at 48 years old in Burgos (gunshot wound).
Carrie Daumery
American actress.
Born March 25th, 1863 in Amsterdam.
Died July 1st, 1938 at 75 years old in Los Angeles.
George Auriol
French musician, writer and artist (1863-1938).
Born April 26th, 1863 in Beauvais.
Died February 6th, 1938 at 74 years old in Paris. [ref]
Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
Azerbaijani actor (1893–1938).
Born March 22nd, 1893 in Shamakhi.
Died November 16th, 1938 at 45 years old in Baku (gunshot wound).
Carlo Alfonso Nallino
Italian islamicist and arabist (1872-1938).
Born February 16th, 1872 in Turin.
Died July 25th, 1938 at 66 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).
John Flanagan
Irish-american hammer thrower.
Born January 9th, 1873 in County Limerick. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1938 at 65 years old in Kilmallock.
Aleksander Majkowski
Polish writer.
Born July 17th, 1876 in Kościerzyna.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 61 years old in Gdynia.
Nikolai Grigoriev
Russian chess player (1895–1938).
Born August 14th, 1895 in Moscow.
Died November 10th, 1938 at 43 years old in Moscow.
Maria Pavlova
Russian and soviet paleontologist (1854-1938).
Born June 27th, 1854 in Kozelets.
Died December 23rd, 1938 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Ovid Densusianu
Romanian writer (1873-1938).
Born December 29th, 1873 in Făgăraș.
Died June 8th, 1938 at 64 years old in Bucharest.
Juho Vennola
Finnish economist and politician (1872-1938).
Died December 3rd, 1938 at 66 years old in Helsinki.
Vasily Sharangovich
Soviet politician (1897-1938).
Born March 4th, 1897 in Kačany.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 41 years old in Moscow.
Mikhail Viktorov
Commander in chief of the soviet navy.
Born December 24th, 1894 in Yaroslavl.
Died August 1st, 1938 at 43 years old in Soviet Union.
Ilyas Zhansugurov
Kazakhstani poet (1894-1938).
Born May 1st, 1894 in Kopalsky Uyezd.
Died February 26th, 1938 at 43 years old in Almaty.
Vera Ermolaeva
Russian painter (1893–1937).
Born November 2nd, 1893 in Klyuchi.
Died September 26th, 1938 at 44 years old in Karlag (gunshot wound).
Maurice d’Ocagne
French engineer and mathematician (1862–1938).
Born March 25th, 1862 in Paris.
Died September 23rd, 1938 at 76 years old in Le Havre.
Maksim Haretski
Belarusian writer (1893-1938).
Born February 18th, 1893 in Malaja Bahaćkaŭka.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 44 years old in Vyazma.
Paul Du Bois
Belgian sculptor and medalist (1859–1938).
Born September 23rd, 1858 in Aywaille. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1938 at 79 years old in Uccle.
Franz Riklin
Swiss physicist (1878-1938).
Born April 22nd, 1878 in St. Gallen. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1938 at 60 years old in Küsnacht. [ref]
Mikito Takayasu
Japanese ophthalmologist.
Born September 4th, 1860 in Hizen Province.
Died November 20th, 1938 at 78 years old in Beppu (colorectal cancer).
Momčilo Nastasijević
Serbian writer (1894-1938).
Born September 23rd, 1894 in Gornji Milanovac.
Died February 13th, 1938 at 43 years old in Belgrade.
Karl Sudhoff
German historian (1853–1938).
Born November 26th, 1853 in Frankfurt.
Died October 8th, 1938 at 84 years old in Salzwedel.
Nikolay Gikalo
Soviet politician (1897-1938).
Born March 20th, 1897 in Odesa.
Died April 25th, 1938 at 41 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Deaths 351 to 375 of 515
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs