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In the year 1938
443 Notable deaths
William Stern
German psychologist (1871-1938).
Born April 29th, 1871 in Berlin. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1938 at 66 years old in Durham. [ref]
Owen Wister
American writer.
Born July 14th, 1860 in Germantown. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1938 at 78 years old in Kingston. [ref]
Pavel Dybenko
Soviet admiral (1889-1938).
Born February 28th, 1889 in Novozybkov. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1938 at 49 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground. [ref]
Wage Rudolf Soepratman
Indonesian composer and songwriter.
Born March 9th, 1903 in Jakarta.
Died August 17th, 1938 at 35 years old in Surabaya.
Octavian Goga
Romanian politician and poet.
Born April 1st, 1881 in Rășinari.
Died May 7th, 1938 at 57 years old in Ciucea.
William McDougall
British psychologist (1871–1938).
Born June 22nd, 1871 in Lancashire. [ref]
Died November 28th, 1938 at 67 years old in Durham. [ref]
Valery Chkalov
Soviet aviator, hero of the soviet union (1904-1938).
Born February 2nd, 1904 in Chkalovsk. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1938 at 34 years old in Moscow.
May Morris
English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweler, socialist, and editor (1862-1938).
Born March 25th, 1862 in Red House.
Died October 17th, 1938 at 76 years old in Kelmscott Manor.
Frigyes Karinthy
Hungarian writer.
Born June 25th, 1887 in Budapest. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1938 at 51 years old in Siófok (stroke). [ref]
Miguel Cabanellas
Spanish general (1872–1938).
Born January 1st, 1872 in Cartagena. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1938 at 66 years old in Málaga. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 443
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson