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In the year 1938
462 Notable deaths
Leopoldo Lugones
Argentinian lyricist and storyteller.
Born June 13th, 1874 in Villa de María del Río Seco. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1938 at 63 years old in Tigre (cyanide poisoning). [ref]
Nikolai Krestinsky
Soviet diplomat (1883-1938).
Born October 25th, 1883 in Mogilev.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 54 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Robert Hale Merriman
American academic; republican volunteer killed during spanish civil war (1908–1938).
Born November 17th, 1908 in Eureka.
Died April 2nd, 1938 at 29 years old in Gandesa.
Christian Lous Lange
Norwegian diplomat and nobel peace prize recipient (1869-1938).
Born September 17th, 1869 in Stavanger.
Died December 11th, 1938 at 69 years old in Oslo.
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić
Croatian writer (1874–1938).
Born April 18th, 1874 in Ogulin.
Died September 21st, 1938 at 64 years old in Zagreb.
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko
Prominent soviet bolshevik leader/diplomat (1883-1938).
Born March 21st, 1883 in Chernihiv.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 54 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Yakov Agranov
Nkvd officer (1893–1938).
Born October 24th, 1893 in Chachersk.
Died August 1st, 1938 at 44 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Khadija Gayibova
Azerbaijani musician.
Born May 24th, 1893 in Tbilisi.
Died October 27th, 1938 at 45 years old in Baku (ballistic trauma).
Arthur Barclay
President of liberia (1854-1938).
Born July 31st, 1854 in Bridgetown.
Died July 10th, 1938 at 83 years old in Monrovia.
Richard A. Whiting
American composer and songwriter (1891–1938).
Born November 12th, 1891 in Peoria.
Died February 19th, 1938 at 46 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Sholem Schwarzbard
Russian-born french yiddish poet of jewish descent and anarchist (1886-1938).
Born August 18th, 1886 in Izmail.
Died March 3rd, 1938 at 51 years old in Cape Town (myocardial infarction).
Heinrich Held
German politician (1868-1938).
Born June 6th, 1868 in Erbach.
Died August 4th, 1938 at 70 years old in Regensburg.
Pauline Frederick
American actress (1883-1938).
Born August 12th, 1883 in Boston. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1938 at 55 years old in Beverly Hills (asthma). [ref]
May Irwin
Actress and singer (1862-1938).
Born June 27th, 1862 in Whitby.
Died October 22nd, 1938 at 76 years old in New York City.
Gillis Grafström
Swedish figure skater.
Born June 7th, 1893 in Hedvig Eleonora parish. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1938 at 44 years old in Potsdam (sepsis). [ref]
Miguel Llobet
Catalan composer and guitarist (1878–1938).
Born October 18th, 1878 in Barcelona.
Died February 22nd, 1938 at 59 years old in Barcelona.
Lascelles Abercrombie
English poet, academic, literary critic (1881-1938).
Born January 9th, 1881 in Ashton upon Mersey.
Died October 27th, 1938 at 57 years old in Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth.
Robert Woolsey
American comedian.
Born August 14th, 1888 in Oakland.
Died October 31st, 1938 at 50 years old in Malibu (kidney failure).
Tang Shaoyi
First premier of the republic of china (1862-1938).
Born January 2nd, 1862 in Zhuhai.
Died September 30th, 1938 at 76 years old
Axel Paulsen
Norwegian figure skater and speed skater.
Born July 18th, 1855 in Aker. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1938 at 82 years old in Nesodden.
Royal S. Copeland
American politician (1868–1938).
Born November 7th, 1868 in Dexter.
Died June 17th, 1938 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C..
Georges Rochegrosse
French painter (1859-1938).
Born August 2nd, 1859 in Versailles. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1938 at 78 years old in El Biar. [ref]
Hovhannes Katchaznouni
Armenian politician (1867-1938).
Born February 14th, 1868 in Akhaltsikhe.
Died January 15th, 1938 at 69 years old in Yerevan (political repression).
Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia
Prince (1859-1938).
Born April 17th, 1859 in Timișoara.
Died October 19th, 1938 at 79 years old in Paris.
Edward Meyrick
English entomologist and schoolmaster (1854-1938).
Born November 24th, 1854 in Ramsbury.
Died March 31st, 1938 at 83 years old in Marlborough.
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