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In the year 1938
462 Notable deaths
Francis Jammes
French poet (1868-1938).
Born December 2nd, 1868 in Tournay.
Died November 1st, 1938 at 69 years old in Hasparren.
Oscar Florianus Bluemner
American painter (1867-1938).
Born June 21st, 1867 in Prenzlau. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1938 at 70 years old in Massachusetts. [ref]
Józef Unszlicht
Soviet politician (1879-1938).
Born December 31st, 1879 in Mława.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 58 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Jānis Rudzutaks
Soviet politician (1887-1938).
Born August 15th, 1887 in Kursīši Parish.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 50 years old in Moscow.
Boris Shumyatsky
Soviet film producer (1886-1938).
Born November 16th, 1886 in Ulan-Ude.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 51 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (gunshot wound).
Han Ryner
French individualist anarchist philosopher, activist, and novelist (1861-1938).
Born December 7th, 1861 in Nemours.
Died January 6th, 1938 at 76 years old in Paris.
Aleksandr Kuprin
Russian writer.
Born September 7th, 1870 in Narovchat. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1938 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg (cancer). [ref]
José Luis Tejada Sorzano
President of bolivia (1882–1938).
Born January 12th, 1882 in La Paz.
Died October 4th, 1938 at 56 years old in Arica.
Elizabeth Nourse
American artist (1859-1938).
Born October 26th, 1859 in Mount Healthy. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1938 at 78 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (breast cancer).
Emile Vandervelde
Belgian politician (1866-1938).
Born January 25th, 1866 in Ixelles.
Died December 27th, 1938 at 72 years old in City of Brussels.
Paul Olaf Bodding
Norwegian academic (1865–1938).
Born November 2nd, 1865 in Gjøvik Municipality.
Died October 1st, 1938 at 72 years old in Odense.
Erik Werenskiold
Norwegian artist (1855-1938).
Born February 11th, 1855 in Eidskog Municipality.
Died November 23rd, 1938 at 83 years old in Oslo.
Bruno Jasieński
Polish writer.
Born July 17th, 1901 in Klimontów, Sandomierz County. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1938 at 37 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Otto Warburg
German botanist (1859-1938).
Born July 20th, 1859 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1938 at 78 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Pedro Figari Solari
Uruguayan painter and politician (1861-1938).
Born June 29th, 1861 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1938 at 77 years old in Montevideo.
Alexander Andreyevich Svechin
Imperial russian army and soviet general.
Born August 29th, 1878 in Odesa.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 59 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Cecilio Apóstol
Filipino writer (1877–1938).
Born November 22nd, 1877 in Manila.
Died September 8th, 1938 at 60 years old in Caloocan.
Joseph Bédier
French philologist and writer (1864-1938).
Born January 28th, 1864 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 29th, 1938 at 74 years old in Le Grand-Serre (stroke).
Alice Bailly
Swiss artist (1872–1938).
Born February 25th, 1872 in Geneva.
Died January 1st, 1938 at 65 years old in Lausanne (tuberculosis).
Jēkabs Peterss
Latvian revolutionary (1886–1938).
Born December 3rd, 1886 in Aizpute.
Died April 25th, 1938 at 51 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Ernest William Brown
English-american astronomer and mathematician.
Born November 29th, 1866 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died July 23rd, 1938 at 71 years old in New Haven.
Emil Fey
Austrian politician and warrior (1886-1938).
Born March 23rd, 1886 in Vienna.
Died March 16th, 1938 at 51 years old in Vienna (gunshot wound). [ref]
Robert McWade
American actor (1872–1938).
Born January 25th, 1872 in Buffalo.
Died January 19th, 1938 at 65 years old in Culver City.
Osip Piatnitsky
Russian bolshevik (1882-1938).
Born January 29th, 1882 in Ukmergė.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 56 years old in Moscow.
Aleksander Michałowski
Polish musician.
Born May 17th, 1851 in Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Died October 17th, 1938 at 87 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
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