In the year 1938
515 Notable deaths
Agustín Magaldi
Argentinian singer-songwriter (1898–1938).
Born December 1st, 1898 in Casilda.
Died September 8th, 1938 at 39 years old in Buenos Aires (peritonitis).
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
Turkish general and statesperson (1870–1938).
Born September 14th, 1870 in Istanbul.
Died March 13th, 1938 at 67 years old in Istanbul.
Anatoly Pepelyayev
Russian general (1891–1938).
Born August 3rd, 1891 in Tomsk.
Died January 14th, 1938 at 46 years old in Novosibirsk (gunshot wound).
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..
Leopoldo Lugones
Argentine poet.
Born June 13th, 1874 in Villa de María del Río Seco.
Died February 18th, 1938 at 63 years old in Tigre (cyanide poisoning).
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).
Hugh Trumble
Australian cricketer (1867-1938).
Born May 12th, 1867 in Collingwood.
Died August 14th, 1938 at 71 years old in Hawthorn.
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 (1893–1938).
Born May 24th, 1893 in Tbilisi.
Died October 27th, 1938 at 45 years old in Baku (political repression).
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 moldovan-french yiddish poet of jewish descent and anarchist (1886-1938).
Born August 18th, 1886 in Balta, Izmail, Smolensk.
Died March 3rd, 1938 at 51 years old in Cape Town (myocardial infarction).
C. J. Dennis
Australian poet (1876–1938).
Born September 7th, 1876 in South Australia.
Died June 22nd, 1938 at 61 years old in Melbourne.
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.
Died September 19th, 1938 at 55 years old in Beverly Hills (asthma).
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 (1893-1938).
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 16th, 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).
Deaths 126 to 150 of 515
Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø