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In the year 1938
443 Notable deaths
Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
Indian writer (1864-1938).
Born May 5th, 1864 in Raebareli district. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1938 at 74 years old [ref]
Branislav Nušić
Serbian writer.
Born October 20th, 1864 in Belgrade.
Died January 19th, 1938 at 73 years old in Belgrade.
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]
William James Glackens
Painter from the united states (1870-1938).
Born March 13th, 1870 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1938 at 68 years old in Westport. [ref]
Ramón Franco Bahamonde
Spanish aviation pioneer (1896-1938).
Born February 2nd, 1896 in Ferrol. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1938 at 42 years old in Mediterranean Sea (aviation accident). [ref]
Marianne von Werefkin
Russian-german-swiss expressionist painter (1860–1938).
Born September 11th, 1860 in Tula.
Died February 6th, 1938 at 77 years old in Ascona.
Hatice Sultan
Ottoman princess, daughter of murad v.
Born May 4th, 1870 in Istanbul.
Died March 13th, 1938 at 67 years old in Beirut.
Alexandru Averescu
Marshal and former prime minister of romania (1859-1938).
Born March 21st, 1859 in Ozerne.
Died October 2nd, 1938 at 79 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Silouan the Athonite
Monk of russian origin.
Born January 17th, 1866 in Lebedyanskiy Uyezd.
Died September 24th, 1938 at 72 years old in Agiou Panteleimonos monastery.
Zheng Xiaoxu
Chinese politician (1860-1938).
Born April 2nd, 1860 in Suzhou.
Died March 28th, 1938 at 77 years old in Changchun.
Deaths 111 to 120 of 443
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