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In the year 1938
462 Notable deaths
Andrej Hlinka
Slovak roman catholic priest and politician (1864-1938).
Born September 27th, 1864 in Ružomberok.
Died August 16th, 1938 at 73 years old in Ružomberok.
Otto von Lossow
German general (1868–1938).
Born January 15th, 1868 in Hof.
Died November 25th, 1938 at 70 years old in Munich.
Olivia Shakespear
British writer.
Born March 17th, 1863 in Isle of Wight.
Died October 3rd, 1938 at 75 years old in London.
Cao Kun
Chinese general and warlord (1862–1938).
Born December 12th, 1862 in Tianjin.
Died May 15th, 1938 at 75 years old in Tianjin.
Ernst Barlach
German expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer (1870–1938).
Born January 2nd, 1876 in Wedel.
Died October 24th, 1938 at 62 years old in Rostock (heart failure).
Otto Bauer
Austrian social democrat (1881-1938).
Born September 5th, 1881 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1938 at 56 years old in Paris. [ref]
Yevhen Konovalets
Military commander of the unr army and political leader of the ukrainian nationalist movement (1891-1938).
Born June 14th, 1891 in Zhovkva.
Died May 23rd, 1938 at 46 years old in Rotterdam.
Nikolai Trubetzkoy
Russian linguist (1890-1938).
Born April 16th, 1890 in Moscow.
Died June 25th, 1938 at 48 years old in Vienna (myocardial infarction).
Jukums Vācietis
Soviet army commander (1873-1938).
Born November 23rd, 1873 in Jaunlutriņi.
Died July 28th, 1938 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Ödön von Horváth
Austro-hungarian writer (1901–1938).
Born December 9th, 1901 in Rijeka.
Died June 1st, 1938 at 36 years old in Paris, avenue des Champs-Élysées.
Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
Indian writer (1864-1938).
Born May 5th, 1864 in Raebareli district. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1938 at 74 years old [ref]
Branislav Nušić
Serbian writer.
Born October 20th, 1864 in Belgrade.
Died January 19th, 1938 at 73 years old in Belgrade.
Leo Frobenius
German ethnologist and archaeologist (1873-1938).
Born June 29th, 1873 in Berlin. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1938 at 65 years old in Verbania. [ref]
William James Glackens
Painter from the united states (1870-1938).
Born March 13th, 1870 in Philadelphia.
Died May 22nd, 1938 at 68 years old in Westport.
Ramón Franco Bahamonde
Spanish aviation pioneer (1896-1938).
Born February 2nd, 1896 in Ferrol. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1938 at 42 years old in Mediterranean Sea (aviation accident). [ref]
Marianne von Werefkin
Russian-german-swiss expressionist painter (1860–1938).
Born September 11th, 1860 in Tula.
Died February 6th, 1938 at 77 years old in Ascona.
Hatice Sultan
Ottoman princess, daughter of murad v.
Born May 4th, 1870 in Istanbul.
Died March 13th, 1938 at 67 years old in Beirut.
Alexandru Averescu
Marshal and former prime minister of romania (1859-1938).
Born March 21st, 1859 in Ozerne.
Died October 2nd, 1938 at 79 years old in Bucharest.
Silouan the Athonite
Monk of russian origin.
Born January 17th, 1866 in Lebedyanskiy Uyezd.
Died September 24th, 1938 at 72 years old in Agiou Panteleimonos monastery.
Zheng Xiaoxu
Chinese politician (1860-1938).
Born April 2nd, 1860 in Suzhou.
Died March 28th, 1938 at 77 years old in Changchun.
Edwin Hall
American physicist (1855–1938).
Born November 7th, 1855 in Gorham.
Died November 20th, 1938 at 83 years old in Cambridge.
Nicola Romeo
Italian businessman (1876-1938).
Born April 28th, 1876 in Sant'Antimo.
Died August 15th, 1938 at 62 years old in Magreglio.
Cevat Çobanlı
Ottoman army general and turkish politician (1870-1938).
Born September 14th, 1870 in Istanbul.
Died March 13th, 1938 at 67 years old in Istanbul.
Anatoly Pepelyayev
Russian general.
Born July 15th, 1891 in Tomsk.
Died January 14th, 1938 at 46 years old in Novosibirsk (ballistic trauma).
Charles Sumner Hamlin
American politician (1861-1938).
Born August 30th, 1861 in Boston. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1938 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C..
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