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In the year 1938
462 Notable deaths
Alexandre Beloborodov
Russian politician (1891-1938).
Born October 26th, 1891 in Alexandrovsk.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 46 years old in Moscow.
George Lyon
Amateur golfer (1858-1938).
Born July 27th, 1858 in Richmond Hill.
Died May 11th, 1938 at 79 years old in Toronto.
Boris Pilnyak
Soviet writer (1894-1938).
Born October 11th, 1894 in Mozhaysk.
Died April 21st, 1938 at 43 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Eduard Berzin
Latvian nkvd officer (1894–1938).
Born February 19th, 1894 in Riga.
Died August 1st, 1938 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Marie-Joseph Lagrange
French theologian (1855–1938).
Born March 7th, 1855 in Bourg-en-Bresse.
Died March 10th, 1938 at 83 years old in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume.
Eva Dickson
Swedish explorer, rally driver and writer (1905-1938).
Born March 8th, 1905 in Steninge Palace. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1938 at 33 years old in Baghdad (traffic collision). [ref]
Rafael Guízar y Valencia
Catholic bishop and saint.
Born April 26th, 1878 in Cotija de la Paz.
Died June 6th, 1938 at 60 years old in Mexico City.
Max Blecher
Romanian writer (1909-1938).
Born September 8th, 1909 in Botoșani. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1938 at 28 years old in Roman (disease).
Con Conrad
American songwriter, record producer (1891-1938).
Born June 18th, 1891 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1938 at 47 years old in Van Nuys. [ref]
R. Tait McKenzie
Canadian artist.
Born May 26th, 1867 in Mississippi Mills. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1938 at 70 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Kazimierz Twardowski
Polish philosopher, psychologist and logician (1866–1938).
Born October 20th, 1866 in Vienna.
Died February 11th, 1938 at 71 years old in Lviv.
Ante Pavelić
Albanian politician (1869-1938).
Born May 19th, 1869 in Gospić.
Died February 11th, 1938 at 68 years old in Zagreb.
Georgy Langemak
Soviet rocket scientist (1898-1938).
Born July 20th, 1898 in Starobilsk.
Died January 11th, 1938 at 39 years old in Moscow.
Jack Judge
British songwriter and music hall entertainer (1878-1938).
Born December 3rd, 1878 in Oldbury.
Died July 25th, 1938 at 59 years old in West Bromwich (disease).
Ludwig Borchardt
German egyptologist (1863–1938).
Born October 5th, 1863 in Berlin.
Died August 25th, 1938 at 74 years old in Paris.
Paolo Troubetzkoy
Russian sculptor (1866-1938).
Born February 15th, 1866 in Intra.
Died February 12th, 1938 at 71 years old in Pallanza.
Ahn Chang-ho
Korean independence activist (1878–1938).
Born November 9th, 1878 in Kangso.
Died March 10th, 1938 at 59 years old in Keijō Imperial University (disease).
Yan Karlovich Berzin
Russian politician and diplomat (1889-1938).
Born November 25th, 1889 in Jaunpils.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 48 years old in Lubyanka Building.
Aleksandar Malinov
Bulgarian politician (1867-1938).
Born May 3rd, 1867 in Orikhivka.
Died March 20th, 1938 at 70 years old in Sofia.
Abdulla Qodiriy
Uzbek and soviet poet, literary translator, and writer (1894–1938).
Born April 10th, 1894 in Tashkent.
Died October 4th, 1938 at 44 years old in Tashkent.
Władysław Grabski
Economist, polish politician and academic (1874-1938).
Born July 7th, 1874 in Borów, Łowicz County.
Died March 1st, 1938 at 63 years old in Warsaw (carcinoma).
Mirza Davud Huseynov
Soviet politician (1894–1938).
Born March 10th, 1894 in Baku.
Died March 21st, 1938 at 44 years old in Baku (political repression).
Antonia Pozzi
Italian poet (1912–1938).
Born February 13th, 1912 in Milan.
Died December 3rd, 1938 at 26 years old in Milan (drug overdose).
Sadao Yamanaka
Japanese film director (1909–1938).
Born November 7th, 1909 in Kyoto.
Died September 17th, 1938 at 28 years old in Manchuria.
Teodor Axentowicz
Polish artist (1859-1938).
Born May 13th, 1859 in Brașov. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1938 at 79 years old in Kraków.
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