In the year 1938
515 Notable deaths
Aleksandr Verkhovsky
Russian military personnel (1886-1938).
Born December 9th, 1886 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 19th, 1938 at 51 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Sergei Buturlin
Russian ornithologist (1872–1938).
Born September 22nd, 1872 in Montreux.
Died January 22nd, 1938 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Henryk Hryniewski
Polish-georgian artist (1869-1938).
Born November 6th, 1869 in Kutaisi.
Died March 4th, 1938 at 68 years old in Tbilisi.
Arturo Berutti
Argentinian composer (1862–1938).
Born March 27th, 1862 in San Juan.
Died January 3rd, 1938 at 75 years old in Buenos Aires.
Basil Bennett
Athletics competitor (1894–1938).
Born November 30th, 1894 in Edgar County.
Died August 19th, 1938 at 43 years old in Maywood.
William Eagle Clarke
British ornithologist (1853-1938).
Born March 16th, 1853 in Leeds. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1938 at 85 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Abdullo Rakhimbayev
Soviet politician (1896–1938).
Born June 1st, 1896 in Khujand.
Died May 7th, 1938 at 41 years old in Moscow.
Anders Donner
Finnish astronomer (1854–1938).
Born November 5th, 1854 in Kokkola.
Died April 15th, 1938 at 83 years old in Helsinki.
Alexandre Moret
French archaeologist, egyptologist and professor (1868-1938).
Born September 19th, 1868 in Aix-les-Bains.
Died February 2nd, 1938 at 69 years old in Paris.
Víctor Morales
Chilean footballer (1905–1938).
Born May 10th, 1905 in Santiago.
Died May 22nd, 1938 at 33 years old in Santiago.
Erik Andersen
Chess player (1904–1938).
Born April 10th, 1904 in Gentofte Municipality.
Died February 27th, 1938 at 33 years old in Copenhagen.
Stephen Troyte Dunn
British botanist (1868–1938).
Born December 26th, 1868 in Bristol. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1938 at 69 years old in Surrey. [ref]
Lau Lauritzen Sr.
Danish film director (1878–1938).
Born March 13th, 1878 in Silkeborg.
Died July 2nd, 1938 at 60 years old in Copenhagen.
George Gaidzik
Diver (1885–1938).
Born February 22nd, 1885 in Chicago.
Died August 25th, 1938 at 53 years old in Lake Michigan.
Friedrich Adler
Czech attorney, poet and translator (1857–1938).
Born February 13th, 1857 in Kosova Hora. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1938 at 80 years old in Prague.
Franz Kossmat
German geologist (1871-1938).
Born August 22nd, 1871 in Vienna.
Died December 1st, 1938 at 67 years old in Leipzig.
Nikolay Demyanov
Russian chemist (1861–1938).
Born March 27th, 1861 in Tver.
Died March 19th, 1938 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Chris Fridfinnson
Canadian ice hockey player (1898-1938).
Born June 14th, 1898 in Baldur.
Died November 10th, 1938 at 40 years old in Selkirk.
Arthur Hotaling
American film director (1873–1938).
Born February 3rd, 1873 in New York City.
Died July 13th, 1938 at 65 years old in California (myocardial infarction).
Maria Vérone
French suffragist (1874-1938).
Born June 20th, 1874 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 23rd, 1938 at 63 years old in Paris.
Gustaf Bergström
Swedish footballer (1884-1938).
Born July 4th, 1884 in Gothenburg.
Died February 9th, 1938 at 53 years old in Gothenburg.
Alexander Zahlbruckner
Austrian botanist and lichenologist (1860–1938).
Born May 31st, 1860 in Svätý Jur.
Died May 8th, 1938 at 77 years old in Vienna.
Georg Kuphaldt
German landscape architect and dendrologist (1853-1938).
Died April 14th, 1938 at 84 years old in Berlin.
Paluta Badunova
Politician (1885-1938).
Born September 7th, 1885 in Novaja Bielica.
Died November 29th, 1938 at 53 years old in Minsk.
Ğäziz Älmöxämmädev
Russian opera singer (1895-1938).
Born October 29th, 1895 in Novomuraptalovo, Orenburg Uyezd.
Died July 10th, 1938 at 42 years old in Ufa.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore