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In the year 1938
444 Notable deaths
Armando Palacio Valdés
Spanish writer (1853-1938).
Born October 4th, 1853 in Entrialgo.
Died January 29th, 1938 at 84 years old in Madrid.
Valerian Osinski
Russian politician (1887-1938).
Born April 6th, 1887 in Byki, Kursk Oblast.
Died September 1st, 1938 at 51 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
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).
Karl von Plettenberg
German general (1852–1938).
Born December 18th, 1852 in Paderborn.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 85 years old in Bückeburg.
Sergey Vinogradov
Russian painter (1869-1938).
Born July 1st, 1869 in Nekrasovskoye. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1938 at 68 years old in Riga (pneumonia). [ref]
Raymond Sabouraud
French dermatologist (1864-1938).
Born November 24th, 1864 in Nantes.
Died April 2nd, 1938 at 73 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Edvard Gylling
Finnish politician, soviet statesman.
Born November 30th, 1881 in Kuopio.
Died June 14th, 1938 at 56 years old in Moscow.
Mikhail Levandovsky
Soviet komandarm 2nd rank.
Born May 15th, 1890 in Tbilisi.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 48 years old in Moscow.
Albertson Van Zo Post
American fencer and author.
Born July 28th, 1866 in Cincinnati.
Died January 23rd, 1938 at 71 years old in New York City.
Nikolai Antipov
Soviet politician (1894–1938).
Born December 15th, 1894 in Lisichkino.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 43 years old in Moscow.
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