In the year 1938
515 Notable deaths
Lyda Roberti
Actress (1906-1938).
Born May 20th, 1906 in Warsaw.
Died March 12th, 1938 at 31 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Prince Johann Georg of Saxony
Saxon prince (1869–1938).
Born July 10th, 1869 in Dresden.
Died November 24th, 1938 at 69 years old in Altshausen.
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 (1857–1938).
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).
Laurence Waddell
British explorer (1854-1938).
Born May 29th, 1854 in Cumbernauld. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1938 at 84 years old in Rothesay. [ref]
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]
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 (1878–1938).
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.
Died May 31st, 1938 at 28 years old in Roman (Pott disease).
Con Conrad
American songwriter, record producer (1891-1938).
Born June 18th, 1891 in Manhattan.
Died September 28th, 1938 at 47 years old in Van Nuys.
R. Tait McKenzie
Canadian artist (1867–1938).
Born May 26th, 1867 in Mississippi Mills.
Died April 28th, 1938 at 70 years old in Philadelphia.
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
Croatian 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.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine