In the year 1938
462 Notable deaths
Edmund Charles Tarbell
American impressionist painter (1862-1938).
Born April 26th, 1862 in Groton. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1938 at 76 years old in New Castle. [ref]
Samuel Alexander
Australian-born british philosopher (1859-1938).
Born January 6th, 1859 in Sydney.
Died September 13th, 1938 at 79 years old in Manchester.
Conway Tearle
Actor (1878-1938).
Born May 17th, 1878 in New York City. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1938 at 60 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Millosh Gjergj Nikolla
Albanian writer, poet (1911–1938).
Born October 13th, 1911 in Shkodër.
Died August 26th, 1938 at 26 years old in Turin, Bari (tuberculosis).
Patrick Joseph Hayes
(1867-1938) american cardinal and archbishop of new york.
Born November 20th, 1867 in Manhattan.
Died September 4th, 1938 at 70 years old in Manhattan.
James Scott
American ragtime composer (1885–1938).
Born February 12th, 1885 in Neosho.
Died August 30th, 1938 at 53 years old in Kansas City.
Mehmed Ziyaeddin
Son of sultan mehmed v.
Born August 26th, 1873 in Ortaköy.
Died January 30th, 1938 at 64 years old in Alexandria.
Egon Friedell
Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, cabaret performer (kabarettist) and theatre critic (1878–1938).
Born January 21st, 1878 in Vienna.
Died March 16th, 1938 at 60 years old in Vienna (falling).
Zona Gale
American author and playwright.
Born August 26th, 1874 in Portage. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1938 at 64 years old in Chicago. [ref]
George Charles Beresford
British photographer and author (1864-1938).
Born July 10th, 1864 in County Leitrim. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1938 at 73 years old in Brighton.
Prince Georgy Konstantinovich of Russia
Russian prince (1903-1938).
Born May 6th, 1903 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 7th, 1938 at 35 years old in New York City.
Calvin Bridges
American scientist (1889-1938).
Born January 11th, 1889 in Schuyler Falls.
Died December 27th, 1938 at 49 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Sahachiro Hata
Japanese bacteriologist (1873-1938).
Born March 23rd, 1873 in Masuda.
Died November 22nd, 1938 at 65 years old in Tokyo.
William Henry Pickering
American astronomer (1858–1938).
Born February 15th, 1858 in Boston.
Died January 17th, 1938 at 79 years old in Mandeville. [ref]
William Wallace Campbell
American astronomer (1862–1938).
Born April 11th, 1862 in Hancock County.
Died June 14th, 1938 at 76 years old in San Francisco (falling).
Václav Klement
Czech entrepreneur (1868–1938).
Born October 16th, 1868 in Velvary.
Died August 13th, 1938 at 69 years old in Mladá Boleslav.
Gösta Ekman
Swedish actor (1890–1938).
Born December 28th, 1890 in Klara Church Parish. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1938 at 47 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish. [ref]
Martin Latsis
Latvian communist politician (1888-1938).
Born December 16th, 1888 in Vecpiebalga Parish.
Died March 20th, 1938 at 49 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Prince Johann Georg of Saxony
Saxon prince.
Born July 10th, 1869 in Dresden. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1938 at 69 years old in Altshausen. [ref]
Al Ernest Garcia
American actor (1887-1938).
Born March 11th, 1887 in San Francisco.
Died September 4th, 1938 at 51 years old in Los Angeles.
John Jacob Abel
American biochemist and pharmacologist.
Born May 19th, 1857 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1938 at 81 years old in Baltimore. [ref]
David Riazanov
Russian-soviet political revolutionary, marxist theoretician, and archivist.
Born March 10th, 1870 in Odesa.
Died January 21st, 1938 at 67 years old in Saratov (gunshot wound).
Oscar Apfel
Actor, film director (1878-1938).
Born January 17th, 1878 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1938 at 60 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Thomas Dewing
American artist (1851-1938).
Born May 4th, 1851 in Boston. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1938 at 87 years old in New York City. [ref]
Ante Trumbić
Croatian politician (1864-1938).
Born May 17th, 1864 in Split. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1938 at 74 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 175 of 462
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht