In the year 1938
444 Notable deaths
Georg Schrimpf
Artist (1889-1938).
Born February 13th, 1889 in Munich. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1938 at 49 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Viktor Kosenko
Ukrainian composer, pianist, and educator (1896–1938).
Born November 23rd, 1896 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 3rd, 1938 at 41 years old in Kyiv.
Konstantin Kalinin
World war i aviator and soviet aircraft designer (1887–1938).
Born February 5th, 1887 in Warsaw.
Died October 22nd, 1938 at 51 years old in Voronezh.
Samuel Maykapar
Russian composer (1867-1938).
Born December 18th, 1867 in Kherson.
Died May 8th, 1938 at 70 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Anastasia Bitsenko
Politician (1875–1938).
Born October 29th, 1875 in Bakhmutsky Uyezd.
Died June 16th, 1938 at 62 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Oskar Böhme
German composer and trumpeter.
Born February 24th, 1870 in Dresden.
Died October 23rd, 1938 at 68 years old in Orenburg.
Susan Macdowell Eakins
American photographer (1851-1938).
Born September 21st, 1851 in Philadelphia.
Died December 27th, 1938 at 87 years old in Philadelphia.
Miguel Fleta
Spanish operatic tenor (1897–1938).
Born December 1st, 1897 in Albalate de Cinca. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1938 at 40 years old in A Coruña (uremia). [ref]
Vilhelm Knorin
Soviet historian.
Born August 29th, 1890 in Līgatne.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 47 years old in Moscow, Kommunarka shooting ground.
Turar Ryskulov
Kazakhstani politician (1894–1938).
Born December 26th, 1894 in Verny Uyezd.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 43 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Deaths 231 to 240 of 444
I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits. Gabriel García Márquez