In the year 1938
444 Notable deaths
Branislaw Tarashkyevich
Belarusian public figure, politician, and linguist (1892—1938).
Born February 1st, 1892 in Mačiuliškės.
Died November 29th, 1938 at 46 years old in Minsk.
Rudolf Stammler
German jurist, law theorist, philosopher (1856-1938).
Born February 19th, 1856 in Alsfeld. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1938 at 82 years old in Wernigerode.
Harvey Clark
American actor (1885–1938).
Born October 4th, 1885 in Chelsea.
Died July 19th, 1938 at 52 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Luis Altamirano
Chilean military officer.
Born June 7th, 1876 in Concepción.
Died July 25th, 1938 at 62 years old in Santiago.
Bart de Ligt
Dutch politician.
Born July 17th, 1883 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1938 at 55 years old in Nantes. [ref]
Çavuşzade Mehmed Cemâleddin Efendi
Turkish statesperson (1870–1938).
Born December 28th, 1870 in Arapuša. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1938 at 67 years old in Sarajevo. [ref]
Edith Anne Stoney
Anglo-irish medical physicist.
Born January 6th, 1869 in Ballsbridge.
Died June 25th, 1938 at 69 years old in Bournemouth.
Louis de La Vallée-Poussin
Indologist, scholar (1869–1938).
Born January 1st, 1869 in Liège.
Died February 18th, 1938 at 69 years old in Brussels metropolitan area.
Jules-Alexandre Grün
French post-impressionist painter (1868-1938).
Born May 25th, 1868 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1938 at 69 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Karl Madsen
Danish painter, art historian and museum director (1855-1938).
Born March 22nd, 1855 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1938 at 83 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 444
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche