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In the year 1938
414 Notable deaths
Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Prince of liechtenstein (1853-1938).
Born August 28th, 1853 in Mödling.
Died July 25th, 1938 at 84 years old in Valtice.
Owen Wister
American writer.
Born July 14th, 1860 in Germantown. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1938 at 78 years old in Kingston. [ref]
George Foster Peabody
American banker and philanthropist.
Born July 27th, 1852 in Columbus.
Died March 4th, 1938 at 85 years old in Warm Springs.
Wage Rudolf Soepratman
Indonesian composer and songwriter.
Born March 9th, 1903 in Jakarta.
Died August 17th, 1938 at 35 years old in Surabaya.
Frigyes Karinthy
Hungarian writer.
Born June 25th, 1887 in Budapest. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1938 at 51 years old in Siófok (stroke). [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]
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.
Ernst Barlach
German expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer (1870-1938).
Born January 2nd, 1876 in Wedel. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1938 at 62 years old in Rostock (heart failure). [ref]
Olivia Shakespear
British writer.
Born March 17th, 1863 in Isle of Wight. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1938 at 75 years old in London. [ref]
Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
Indian writer (1864-1938).
Born May 5th, 1864 in Raebareli district. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1938 at 74 years old [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 414
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer