In the year 1938
430 Notable deaths
Friedrich Glauser
Swiss writer (1896-1938).
Born February 4th, 1896 in Vienna. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1938 at 42 years old in Nervi. [ref]
Myrtle Stedman
American actress.
Born March 3rd, 1885 in Chicago.
Died January 8th, 1938 at 52 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Yakov Yakovlev
Soviet politician (1896-1938).
Born June 21st, 1896 in Hrodna.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 42 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen
Faroese/danish writer (1900–1938).
Born November 29th, 1900 in Tórshavn.
Died March 24th, 1938 at 37 years old in Vejle.
Matvei Petrovich Bronstein
Soviet physicist (1906-1938).
Born December 2nd, 1906 in Vinnytsia.
Died February 18th, 1938 at 31 years old in Saint Petersburg (gunshot wound).
Turar Ryskulov
Kazakhstani politician.
Born December 26th, 1894 in Verny Uyezd.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 43 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Lev Schnirelmann
Russian mathematician.
Born January 15th, 1905 in Gomel.
Died September 24th, 1938 at 33 years old in Moscow.
Milan Rakić
Serbian poet (1876-1938).
Born September 18th, 1876 in Belgrade.
Died June 30th, 1938 at 61 years old in Zagreb.
Nikolai Antipov
Soviet politician (1894–1938).
Born December 15th, 1894 in Lisichkino.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 43 years old in Moscow.
Christen C. Raunkiær
Danish scientist (1860-1938).
Born March 29th, 1860 in Lyne.
Died March 11th, 1938 at 77 years old in Frederiksberg.
Deaths 241 to 250 of 430
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett