In the year 1938
430 Notable deaths
James Scott
American ragtime composer.
Born February 12th, 1885 in Neosho.
Died August 30th, 1938 at 53 years old in Kansas City.
Max Blecher
Romanian writer (1909-1938).
Born September 8th, 1909 in Botoșani. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1938 at 28 years old in Roman (disease).
R. Tait McKenzie
Canadian artist.
Born May 26th, 1867 in Mississippi Mills. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1938 at 70 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Prince Johann Georg of Saxony
Saxon prince.
Born July 10th, 1869 in Dresden. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1938 at 69 years old in Altshausen. [ref]
David Riazanov
Russian-soviet political revolutionary, marxist theoretician, and archivist.
Born March 10th, 1870 in Odesa.
Died January 21st, 1938 at 67 years old in Saratov (ballistic trauma).
John Jacob Abel
American biochemist and pharmacologist.
Born May 19th, 1857 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1938 at 81 years old in Baltimore. [ref]
Oscar Apfel
Actor, film director (1878-1938).
Born January 17th, 1878 in Cleveland.
Died March 21st, 1938 at 60 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Boris Pilnyak
Soviet writer (1894-1938).
Born October 11th, 1894 in Mozhaysk.
Died April 21st, 1938 at 43 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Eva Dickson
Swedish explorer, rally driver and writer (1905-1938).
Born March 8th, 1905 in Steninge Palace. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1938 at 33 years old in Baghdad (traffic collision). [ref]
Con Conrad
American songwriter, record producer (1891-1938).
Born June 18th, 1891 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1938 at 47 years old in Van Nuys. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 430
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman