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In the year 1938
403 Notable deaths
Octavian Goga
Romanian politician and poet.
Born April 1st, 1881 in Rășinari.
Died May 7th, 1938 at 57 years old in Ciucea.
Nikolai Trubetzkoy
Russian linguist (1890-1938).
Born April 16th, 1890 in Moscow. [ref]
Died June 25th, 1938 at 48 years old in Vienna (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ödön von Horváth
Austro-hungarian writer.
Born December 9th, 1901 in Rijeka. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1938 at 36 years old in avenue des Champs-Élysées. [ref]
Otto von Lossow
German general.
Born January 15th, 1868 in Hof.
Died November 25th, 1938 at 70 years old in Munich.
Miguel Cabanellas
Spanish general.
Born January 1st, 1872 in Cartagena. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1938 at 66 years old in Málaga. [ref]
Andrej Hlinka
Slovak roman catholic priest and politician (1864-1938).
Born September 27th, 1864 in Ružomberok. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1938 at 73 years old in Ružomberok. [ref]
Leo Frobenius
German ethnologist and archaeologist (1873-1938).
Born June 29th, 1873 in Berlin. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1938 at 65 years old in Verbania. [ref]
Otto Bauer
Austrian social democrat (1881-1938).
Born September 5th, 1881 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1938 at 56 years old in Paris. [ref]
Cao Kun
Chinese general (1862-1938).
Born December 12th, 1862 in Tianjin.
Died May 15th, 1938 at 75 years old in Tianjin.
Jukums Vācietis
Soviet army commander (1873-1938).
Born November 23rd, 1873 in Jaunlutriņi.
Died July 28th, 1938 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 403
Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare