In the year 1938
462 Notable deaths
John Aasen
American actor (1890–1938).
Born March 5th, 1890 in Minneapolis.
Died August 1st, 1938 at 48 years old in Mendocino (pneumonia).
Edmund Landau
German jewish mathematician (1877-1938).
Born February 14th, 1877 in Berlin.
Died February 19th, 1938 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Nikolai Krylenko
Russian revolutionary, politician and chess organiser (1885-1938).
Died July 29th, 1938 at 53 years old in Moscow.
Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Prince of liechtenstein (1853-1938).
Born August 28th, 1853 in Mödling.
Died July 25th, 1938 at 84 years old in Valtice.
Émile Cohl
French caricaturist (1857-1938).
Born January 4th, 1857 in Paris.
Died January 20th, 1938 at 81 years old in Paris, Villejuif (bronchopneumonia).
Henry Newbolt
English writer (1862–1938).
Born June 6th, 1862 in Bilston. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1938 at 75 years old in London. [ref]
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
British liberal politician and governor of new south wales (1872-1938).
Born February 20th, 1872 in London.
Died November 14th, 1938 at 66 years old in Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (cancer).
Bernd Rosemeyer
German racecar driver and icon of national-socialism.
Born October 14th, 1909 in Lingen.
Died January 28th, 1938 at 28 years old in Mörfelden-Walldorf.
Leopold Godowsky
American pianist, composer, and teacher (1870–1938).
Born February 13th, 1870 in Vilnius, Žasliai.
Died November 21st, 1938 at 68 years old in New York City (cancer).
E. V. Lucas
British writer (1868-1938).
Born June 12th, 1868 in London.
Died June 26th, 1938 at 70 years old in Marylebone.
Bruno Taut
German architect.
Born May 4th, 1880 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1938 at 58 years old in Istanbul. [ref]
Nikolai Kondratiev
Soviet economist (1892-1938).
Born March 16th, 1892 in Galuevskaya.
Died September 17th, 1938 at 46 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (execution by shooting).
George Ellery Hale
American solar astronomer.
Born June 29th, 1868 in Chicago. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1938 at 69 years old in Pasadena.
Alma Gluck
American singer.
Born May 11th, 1884 in Bucharest.
Died October 27th, 1938 at 54 years old in Manhattan (liver failure).
George Foster Peabody
American banker and philanthropist.
Born July 27th, 1852 in Columbus.
Died March 4th, 1938 at 85 years old in Warm Springs.
William Stern
German psychologist (1871-1938).
Born April 29th, 1871 in Berlin. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1938 at 66 years old in Durham. [ref]
Owen Wister
American writer.
Born July 14th, 1860 in Germantown. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1938 at 78 years old in Kingston. [ref]
Pavel Dybenko
Soviet admiral (1889-1938).
Born February 28th, 1889 in Novozybkov. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1938 at 49 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground. [ref]
Wage Rudolf Soepratman
Indonesian composer and songwriter.
Born March 9th, 1903 in Jakarta. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1938 at 35 years old in Surabaya.
Octavian Goga
Romanian poet and politician (1881–1938).
Born April 1st, 1881 in Rășinari.
Died May 7th, 1938 at 57 years old in Ciucea.
William McDougall
British psychologist (1871–1938).
Born June 22nd, 1871 in Lancashire. [ref]
Died November 28th, 1938 at 67 years old in Durham. [ref]
Valery Chkalov
Soviet aviator, hero of the soviet union (1904-1938).
Born February 2nd, 1904 in Chkalovsk. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1938 at 34 years old in Moscow.
May Morris
British artisan, embroidery designer, jeweler, socialist and editor (1862-1938).
Born March 25th, 1862 in Red House.
Died October 17th, 1938 at 76 years old in Kelmscott Manor, Kelmscott.
Frigyes Karinthy
Hungarian writer.
Born June 25th, 1887 in Budapest. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1938 at 51 years old in Siófok (stroke). [ref]
Miguel Cabanellas
Spanish general (1872–1938).
Born January 1st, 1872 in Cartagena. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1938 at 66 years old in Málaga. [ref]
Deaths 76 to 100 of 462
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