In the year 1938
515 Notable deaths
Lida Howell
American archer.
Born August 28th, 1859 in Lebanon.
Died December 20th, 1938 at 79 years old in Norwood. [ref]
Camillo Laurenti
Catholic cardinal (1861-1938).
Born November 20th, 1861 in Monte Porzio Catone.
Died September 6th, 1938 at 76 years old in Rome.
Ferdinand Brunot
French linguist (1860-1938).
Born November 6th, 1860 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges.
Died January 7th, 1938 at 77 years old in Paris. [ref]
John Derbyshire
British swimmer, olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder (1878-1938).
Born November 29th, 1878 in Manchester. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1938 at 59 years old in St Pancras. [ref]
Vladimir Kirshon
Soviet playwright (1902–1938).
Born August 19th, 1902 in Nalchik.
Died July 28th, 1938 at 35 years old in Moscow.
Rudolf Biebrach
German actor and film director (1866-1938).
Born November 24th, 1866 in Leipzig.
Died September 5th, 1938 at 71 years old in Berlin.
Mammad Yusif Jafarov
Azerbaijani politician (1885–1938).
Died May 15th, 1938 at 53 years old in Baku.
Francis G. Pease
American astronomer (1881–1938).
Born January 14th, 1881 in Cambridge.
Died February 7th, 1938 at 57 years old
Charles Dufresne
French painter (1876-1938).
Born November 23rd, 1876 in Millemont.
Died August 8th, 1938 at 61 years old in La Seyne-sur-Mer.
Stepan Smal-Stotskyi
Ukrainian linguist and economist (1859-1938).
Born January 8th, 1859 in Nemyliv. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1938 at 79 years old in Prague.
Ferdinand-Jean Darier
Dermatologist, pathologist (1856-1938).
Born April 26th, 1856 in Pest.
Died June 4th, 1938 at 82 years old in Longpont-sur-Orge. [ref]
Vladimir Varankin
Russian writer (1902–1938).
Born November 12th, 1902 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died October 3rd, 1938 at 35 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Harry Myers
American actor (1882–1938).
Born September 5th, 1882 in New Haven.
Died December 25th, 1938 at 56 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Alfred Barton Rendle
British botanist (1865-1938).
Born January 19th, 1865 in London.
Died January 11th, 1938 at 72 years old in Leatherhead.
Richard Roland Holst
Dutch writer, artist, performance artist and painter (1868–1938).
Born December 4th, 1868 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1938 at 70 years old in Bloemendaal. [ref]
Ruhulla Akhundov
Azerbaijani soviet politician (1897-1938).
Born January 13th, 1897 in Shuvalan.
Died April 21st, 1938 at 41 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (gunshot wound).
A. W. Sandberg
Danish film director and screenwriter (1887-1938).
Born May 22nd, 1887 in Viborg.
Died March 27th, 1938 at 50 years old in Bad Nauheim.
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar
Portuguese politician (1865-1938).
Born December 8th, 1865 in São Pedro.
Died November 30th, 1938 at 72 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Valerian Osinski
Russian politician (1887-1938).
Born April 6th, 1887 in Byki, Kursk Oblast.
Died September 1st, 1938 at 51 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (execution by shooting).
Mikhail Babushkin
Soviet polar aviator (1893–1938).
Born October 6th, 1893 in Moscow.
Died May 18th, 1938 at 44 years old in Arkhangelsk.
Michel Giacobini
French astronomer (1873-1938).
Born September 10th, 1873 in Pancheraccia.
Died March 6th, 1938 at 64 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
František Udržal
Czech member of czech council and politician (1866–1938).
Born January 3rd, 1866 in Dolní Roveň. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1938 at 72 years old in Podolí (heart failure). [ref]
Robert Bourne
British rower (1888-1938).
Born July 15th, 1888 in London.
Died August 7th, 1938 at 50 years old in Strontian.
Ervin Bauer
Hungarian biologist (1890-1938).
Born October 19th, 1890 in Levice.
Died January 11th, 1938 at 47 years old in Saint Petersburg (execution by shooting).
Deaths 376 to 400 of 515
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