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In the year 1938
430 Notable deaths
Aleksandar Malinov
Bulgarian politician (1867-1938).
Born May 3rd, 1867 in Orikhivka.
Died March 20th, 1938 at 70 years old in Sofia.
Alexander Andreyevich Svechin
Imperial russian army and soviet general.
Born August 29th, 1878 in Odesa.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 59 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Otto Warburg
German botanist (1859-1938).
Born July 20th, 1859 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1938 at 78 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Cecilio Apóstol
Filipino writer (1877–1938).
Born November 22nd, 1877 in Manila.
Died September 8th, 1938 at 60 years old in Caloocan.
Józef Unszlicht
Soviet politician (1879-1938).
Born December 31st, 1879 in Mława.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 58 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Joseph Bédier
French philologist and writer (1864-1938).
Born January 28th, 1864 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 29th, 1938 at 74 years old in Le Grand-Serre. [ref]
Emile Vandervelde
Belgian politician (1866-1938).
Born January 25th, 1866 in Ixelles - Elsene. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1938 at 72 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Ernest William Brown
English-american astronomer and mathematician.
Born November 29th, 1866 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died July 23rd, 1938 at 71 years old in New Haven.
Mirza Davud Huseynov
Soviet politician (1894–1938).
Born March 10th, 1894 in Baku.
Died March 21st, 1938 at 44 years old in Baku.
Jānis Rudzutaks
Soviet politician (1887-1938).
Born August 15th, 1887 in Kursīši Parish.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 50 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 201 to 210 of 430
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht