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In the year 1938
443 Notable deaths
Edmund Husserl
German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology.
Born April 8th, 1859 in Prostějov. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1938 at 79 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Nikolai Bukharin
Russian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938).
Born October 9th, 1888 in Moscow.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 49 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (gunshot wound).
Faustina Kowalska
Nun and saint from poland.
Born August 25th, 1905 in Głogowiec, Łęczyca County. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1938 at 33 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Alexei Rykov
Premier of russia and the soviet union (1881-1938).
Born February 25th, 1881 in Saratov.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 57 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Italian writer.
Born March 12th, 1863 in Pescara. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1938 at 74 years old in Gardone Riviera (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Zitkala-Sa
Yankton dakota writer (1876-1938).
Born February 22nd, 1876 in Yankton Indian Reservation.
Died January 28th, 1938 at 61 years old in Washington, D.C..
Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Countess of strathmore and kinghorne (1862-1938); mother of queen elizabeth the queen mother; maternal grandmother of elizabeth ii.
Born September 11th, 1862 in London.
Died June 23rd, 1938 at 75 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Kanō Jigorō
Japanese educator and judoka (1860–1938).
Born December 10th, 1860 in Kobe. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1938 at 77 years old in at sea (pneumonia).
Yakov Yurovsky
Chief executioner of tsar nicholas ii (1878-1938).
Born June 19th, 1878 in Kuybyshev.
Died August 2nd, 1938 at 60 years old in Moscow (ulcer).
Jane Toppan
American serial killer.
Born March 31st, 1854 in Boston.
Died October 29th, 1938 at 84 years old in Taunton.
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