In the year 1938
430 Notable deaths
Willem Kloos
Dutch poet.
Born May 6th, 1859 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1938 at 78 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Louis de La Vallée-Poussin
Indologist, scholar.
Born January 1st, 1869 in Liège. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1938 at 69 years old in Brussels metropolitan area. [ref]
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]
Rosa Mayreder
Austrian artist and writer (1858-1938).
Born November 30th, 1858 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1938 at 79 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Mihrengiz Kadın
Consort of ottoman sultan (1869–1938).
Born October 15th, 1869 in Sochi.
Died December 12th, 1938 at 69 years old in Alexandria.
Džemaludin Čaušević
4th reisu-l-ulema.
Born December 28th, 1870 in Arapuša. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1938 at 67 years old in Sarajevo.
Cyril Rootham
English organist, teacher, conductor and composer.
Born October 5th, 1875 in Redland.
Died March 18th, 1938 at 62 years old in Cambridge.
Walter Migula
German botanist (1863-1938).
Born November 4th, 1863 in Żyrowa.
Died June 23rd, 1938 at 74 years old in Eisenach.
Isaak Zelensky
Politician (1890-1938).
Born June 22nd, 1890 in Saratov.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 47 years old in Moscow.
Theodor Fischer
German architect (1862-1938).
Born May 28th, 1862 in Schweinfurt. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1938 at 76 years old in Munich. [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 430
They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Banksy