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In the year 1938
462 Notable deaths
Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick
British countess (1861–1938).
Born December 10th, 1861 in 27 And 28, Berkeley Square W1. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1938 at 76 years old in Easton Lodge. [ref]
Florence Lawrence
Canadian-american actress (1886-1938).
Born January 2nd, 1886 in Hamilton.
Died December 27th, 1938 at 52 years old in Beverly Hills (intoxication). [ref]
Joseph Strauss
American structural engineer (1870–1938).
Born January 9th, 1870 in Cincinnati.
Died May 16th, 1938 at 68 years old in Los Angeles.
Hans Litten
German lawyer.
Born June 19th, 1903 in Halle (Saale).
Died February 5th, 1938 at 34 years old in Dachau concentration camp (hanging).
Reginald Johnston
British diplomat and academic (1874–1938).
Born October 13th, 1874 in Edinburgh.
Died March 6th, 1938 at 63 years old in Edinburgh.
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
British politician (1868-1938).
Born May 31st, 1868 in Marylebone.
Died May 6th, 1938 at 69 years old in Derbyshire.
Lev Sedov
Son of leon trotsky, communist oppositionist and writer (1906–1938).
Born February 24th, 1906 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 16th, 1938 at 31 years old in Paris.
Feodor Chaliapin
Russian opera singer and actor (1873-1938).
Born February 13th, 1873 in Lisitsyn-Emelin House.
Died April 12th, 1938 at 65 years old in Paris (leukemia).
Edward Mandell House
American diplomat (1858-1938).
Born July 26th, 1858 in Houston. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1938 at 79 years old in New York City.
Vasily Blyukher
Soviet marshal (1889–1938).
Born December 1st, 1889 in Barschinka.
Died November 9th, 1938 at 48 years old in Moscow (thrombosis).
Lev Shestov
Russian existentialist philosopher (1866 – 1938).
Born February 5th, 1866 in Kyiv.
Died November 19th, 1938 at 72 years old in Paris.
Max Factor
American businessman (1872–1938).
Born September 15th, 1877 in Zduńska Wola.
Died August 30th, 1938 at 60 years old in Beverly Hills.
César Vallejo
Peruvian writer.
Born March 16th, 1892 in Santiago de Chuco.
Died April 15th, 1938 at 46 years old in Paris.
Pearl White
American actress (1889–1938).
Born March 4th, 1892 in Green Ridge. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1938 at 46 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (liver cirrhosis).
Richard Bruno Heydrich
German opera singer, composer, singer and music educator (1865-1938).
Born February 23rd, 1865 in Leuben.
Died August 24th, 1938 at 73 years old in Halle (Saale).
Steve Bloomer
English footballer and manager (1874-1938).
Born January 20th, 1874 in West Midlands.
Died April 16th, 1938 at 64 years old in Derby.
Alfonsina Storni
Argentine writer.
Born May 29th, 1892 in Capriasca. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1938 at 46 years old in Mar del Plata. [ref]
Jean Longuet
French politician (1876-1938).
Born May 10th, 1876 in London. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1938 at 62 years old in Aix-les-Bains (traffic collision). [ref]
Lampião
Brazilian bandit leader (1897-1938).
Born February 12th, 1900 in Serra Talhada.
Died July 28th, 1938 at 38 years old (gunshot wound).
Robert Wiene
German film director.
Born April 24th, 1873 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1938 at 65 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
Dorothy Hale
American socialite, actress (1905–1938).
Born January 11th, 1905 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 21st, 1938 at 33 years old in New York City.
Anna Marie Hahn
American serial killer.
Born July 7th, 1906 in Bavaria.
Died December 7th, 1938 at 32 years old in Ohio Penitentiary (electrocution).
Gaganendranath Tagore
Indian painter and cartoonist of the bengal school (1867-1938).
Born September 18th, 1867 in Kolkata.
Died February 14th, 1938 at 70 years old in Kolkata.
Ynes Mexia
Mexican-american botanist (1870-1938).
Born May 24th, 1870 in Georgetown.
Died July 12th, 1938 at 68 years old in Berkeley (breast cancer).
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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather