In the year 1938
414 Notable deaths
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.
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]
Khadija Gayibova
Azerbaijani musician.
Born May 24th, 1893 in Tbilisi.
Died October 27th, 1938 at 45 years old in Baku (ballistic trauma).
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.
Yevhen Konovalets
Military commander of the unr army and political leader of the ukrainian nationalist movement (1891-1938).
Born June 14th, 1891 in Zhovkva.
Died May 23rd, 1938 at 46 years old in Rotterdam.
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]
Christian Lous Lange
Norwegian diplomat and nobel peace prize recipient (1869-1938).
Born September 17th, 1869 in Stavanger.
Died December 11th, 1938 at 69 years old in Oslo.
Charles Édouard Guillaume
Swiss physicist (1861-1938).
Born February 15th, 1861 in Fleurier. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1938 at 77 years old in Sèvres. [ref]
Leopoldo Lugones
Argentinian lyricist and storyteller.
Born June 13th, 1874 in Villa de María del Río Seco. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1938 at 63 years old in Tigre (cyanide poisoning). [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 414
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot