In the year 1938
515 Notable deaths
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.
Claude Montefiore
British jewish religious leader and scholar (1858–1938).
Born June 6th, 1858 in London.
Died July 9th, 1938 at 80 years old in Portman Square. [ref]
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
Polish economist, politician and academic (1874–1938).
Died March 1st, 1938 at 63 years old in Warsaw (carcinoma).
Mary Fraser Tytler
British artist (1849-1938).
Born November 25th, 1849 in India.
Died September 6th, 1938 at 88 years old in Compton.
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.
Died August 26th, 1938 at 79 years old in Kraków.
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.
Died January 12th, 1938 at 70 years old in Massachusetts.
Jānis Rudzutaks
Soviet politician (1887-1938).
Born August 15th, 1887 in Kursīši Parish.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 50 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
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 (1870–1938).
Born September 7th, 1870 in Narovchat.
Died August 25th, 1938 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg (cancer).
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).
Émile Vandervelde
Belgian politician (1866-1938).
Born January 25th, 1866 in Ixelles.
Died December 27th, 1938 at 72 years old in 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 (1901–1938).
Born July 17th, 1901 in Klimontów. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1938 at 37 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Otto Warburg
German botanist (1859-1938).
Born July 20th, 1859 in Hamburg.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 78 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Pedro Figari
Uruguayan painter and politician (1861-1938).
Born June 29th, 1861 in Montevideo.
Died July 24th, 1938 at 77 years old in Montevideo.
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I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits. Gabriel García Márquez