In the year 1938
454 Notable deaths
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko
Prominent soviet bolshevik leader/diplomat (1883-1938).
Born March 21st, 1883 in Chernihiv.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 54 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Yakov Agranov
Nkvd officer (1893–1938).
Born October 24th, 1893 in Chachersk.
Died August 1st, 1938 at 44 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Khadija Gayibova
Azerbaijani musician.
Born May 24th, 1893 in Tbilisi.
Died October 27th, 1938 at 45 years old in Baku (ballistic trauma).
Arthur Barclay
President of liberia (1854-1938).
Born July 31st, 1854 in Bridgetown.
Died July 10th, 1938 at 83 years old in Monrovia.
Richard A. Whiting
American composer and songwriter (1891–1938).
Born November 12th, 1891 in Peoria.
Died February 19th, 1938 at 46 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Sholem Schwarzbard
Russian-born french yiddish poet of jewish descent and anarchist (1886-1938).
Born August 18th, 1886 in Izmail.
Died March 3rd, 1938 at 51 years old in Cape Town (myocardial infarction).
Heinrich Held
German politician (1868-1938).
Born June 6th, 1868 in Erbach.
Died August 4th, 1938 at 70 years old in Regensburg.
Pauline Frederick
American actress (1883-1938).
Born August 12th, 1883 in Boston. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1938 at 55 years old in Beverly Hills (asthma). [ref]
May Irwin
Actress and singer (1862-1938).
Born June 27th, 1862 in Whitby.
Died October 22nd, 1938 at 76 years old in New York City.
Gillis Grafström
Swedish figure skater.
Born June 7th, 1893 in Hedvig Eleonora parish. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1938 at 44 years old in Potsdam (sepsis). [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 454
I want to be all used up when I die. George Bernard Shaw