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In the year 1938
443 Notable deaths
Edwin Hall
American physicist (1855–1938).
Born November 7th, 1855 in Gorham.
Died November 20th, 1938 at 83 years old in Cambridge.
Nicola Romeo
Italian businessman (1876-1938).
Born April 28th, 1876 in Sant'Antimo.
Died August 15th, 1938 at 62 years old in Magreglio.
Cevat Çobanlı
Ottoman army general and turkish politician (1870-1938).
Born September 14th, 1870 in Istanbul.
Died March 13th, 1938 at 67 years old in Istanbul.
Anatoly Pepelyayev
Russian general.
Born July 15th, 1891 in Tomsk.
Died January 14th, 1938 at 46 years old in Novosibirsk (ballistic trauma).
Charles Sumner Hamlin
American politician (1861-1938).
Born August 30th, 1861 in Boston. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1938 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C..
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]
Nikolai Krestinsky
Soviet diplomat (1883-1938).
Born October 25th, 1883 in Mogilev.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 54 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Robert Hale Merriman
American academic; republican volunteer killed during spanish civil war (1908–1938).
Born November 17th, 1908 in Eureka.
Died April 2nd, 1938 at 29 years old in Gandesa.
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.
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić
Croatian writer (1874-1938).
Born April 18th, 1874 in Ogulin. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1938 at 64 years old in Zagreb.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 443
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