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In the year 1938
455 Notable deaths
Jules-Alexandre Grün
French post-impressionist painter (1868-1938).
Born May 25th, 1868 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1938 at 69 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Karl Madsen
Danish painter, art historian and museum director (1855-1938).
Born March 22nd, 1855 in Copenhagen.
Died April 16th, 1938 at 83 years old in Copenhagen.
Paul Morgan
Austrian actor and comedian (1886-1938).
Born October 1st, 1886 in Vienna.
Died December 10th, 1938 at 52 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp.
Sultan Majid Afandiyev
Revolutionary, statesman (1887-1938).
Born May 26th, 1887 in Shamakhi.
Died April 21st, 1938 at 50 years old in Baku.
Theodor Fischer
German architect (1862-1938).
Born May 28th, 1862 in Schweinfurt. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1938 at 76 years old in Munich. [ref]
Zitkala-Sa
Yankton dakota writer (1876-1938).
Born February 22nd, 1876 in Yankton Indian Reservation.
Died January 28th, 1938 at 61 years old in Washington, D.C..
Adolf Jülicher
German scholar and biblical exegete (1857–1938).
Born January 26th, 1857 in Falkenberg.
Died August 2nd, 1938 at 81 years old in Marburg.
Olga Taratuta
Ukrainian anarchist (1876–1938).
Born January 21st, 1876 in Novodmytrivka Persha.
Died February 8th, 1938 at 62 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Friedrich Salomon Krauss
Austrian-jewish sexologist.
Born October 7th, 1859 in Požega.
Died May 30th, 1938 at 78 years old in Vienna.
Rudolf G. Binding
German writer and poet.
Born August 13th, 1867 in Basel. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1938 at 70 years old in Starnberg (tuberculosis). [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 455
Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black