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In the year 1938
515 Notable deaths
Ğalimcan İbrahimof
Soviet writer (1887-1938).
Born March 12th, 1887 in Sultanmuratovo. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1938 at 50 years old in Kazan.
Vaclau Lastouski
Belarusian academic and politician.
Born November 8th, 1883 in Kaliesniki.
Died January 23rd, 1938 at 54 years old in Saratov.
Aubert Coté
Olympic wrestler (1880–1938).
Born March 22nd, 1881 in Beaumont.
Died May 27th, 1938 at 57 years old in Provo.
Gavriil Ksenofontov
Russian historian (1888-1938).
Born January 4th, 1888 in Khangalassky District.
Died August 28th, 1938 at 50 years old in Kommunarka.
Osman Nuri-Asan oğlu Aqçoqraqlı
Crimean tatar writer, journalist, historian, archaeologist, ethnographer, and teacher.
Born January 15th, 1879 in Van, Bakhchysarai.
Died April 17th, 1938 at 59 years old in Simferopol.
Charles Édouard Guillaume
Swiss physicist (1861-1938).
Born February 15th, 1861 in Fleurier.
Died June 13th, 1938 at 77 years old in Sèvres. [ref]
Gustav Heinrich Tammann
Baltic german metallurgist (1861-1938).
Born June 9th, 1861 in Kingisepp.
Died December 17th, 1938 at 77 years old in Göttingen.
Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich
Soviet aircraft designer (1883–1938).
Born February 6th, 1883 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1938 at 55 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Frédéric Macler
French armenologist (1869-1938).
Born May 16th, 1869 in Mandeure.
Died July 12th, 1938 at 69 years old in Montbéliard.
Oscar Dessomville
Belgian rower (1876-1938).
Born August 19th, 1876 in Ghent.
Died August 30th, 1938 at 62 years old in Ghent.
Veronika Chernyakhivska
Ukrainian writer (1900-1938).
Born May 8th, 1900 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1938 at 38 years old in Kyiv.
Phil Bryant
American archer (1878–1938).
Born February 22nd, 1878 in Melrose.
Died April 18th, 1938 at 60 years old in Marshfield.
Adomas Jakštas-Dambrauskas
Lithuanian esperantist.
Born September 8th, 1860 in Kuronys.
Died February 19th, 1938 at 77 years old in Kaunas. [ref]
Józef Unszlicht
Soviet politician (1879-1938).
Born December 31st, 1879 in Mława.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 58 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Sergéi Nevski
Botanist (1908-1938).
Born September 24th, 1908 in Tver Governorate.
Died July 2nd, 1938 at 29 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Deaths 501 to 515 of 515
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. J.K. Rowling