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In the year 1938
430 Notable deaths
Ante Trumbić
Croatian politician (1864-1938).
Born May 17th, 1864 in Split. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1938 at 74 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Han Ryner
French individualist anarchist philosopher, activist, and novelist (1861-1938).
Born December 7th, 1861 in Nemours.
Died January 6th, 1938 at 76 years old in Paris.
Eduard Berzin
Latvian nkvd officer.
Born February 19th, 1894 in Riga.
Died August 1st, 1938 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Kazimierz Twardowski
Polish philosopher, psychologist and logician (1866–1938).
Born October 20th, 1866 in Vienna.
Died February 11th, 1938 at 71 years old in Lviv.
Antonia Pozzi
Italian poet.
Born February 13th, 1912 in Milan. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1938 at 26 years old in Milan (drug overdose). [ref]
Georgy Langemak
Soviet rocket scientist (1898-1938).
Born July 20th, 1898 in Starobilsk.
Died January 11th, 1938 at 39 years old in Moscow.
Ludwig Borchardt
German egyptologist (1863–1938).
Born October 5th, 1863 in Berlin.
Died August 25th, 1938 at 74 years old in Paris.
Jack Judge
British songwriter and music hall entertainer (1878-1938).
Born December 3rd, 1878 in Oldbury.
Died July 25th, 1938 at 59 years old in West Bromwich (disease).
Sholem Schwarzbard
Russian-born french yiddish poet of jewish descent and anarchist (1886-1938).
Born August 18th, 1886 in Izmail.
Died March 3rd, 1938 at 51 years old in Cape Town (myocardial infarction).
Paolo Troubetzkoy
Russian sculptor (1866-1938).
Born February 15th, 1866 in Intra.
Died February 12th, 1938 at 71 years old in Pallanza.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 430
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown