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In the year 1938
444 Notable deaths
John Flanagan
Irish-american hammer thrower.
Born January 28th, 1868 in County Limerick. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1938 at 70 years old in Kilmallock.
Aleksander Majkowski
Polish writer.
Born July 17th, 1876 in Kościerzyna.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 61 years old in Gdynia.
Nikolai Grigoriev
Russian chess player.
Born August 14th, 1895 in Moscow.
Died November 10th, 1938 at 43 years old in Moscow.
Maria Pavlova
Russian and soviet paleontologist (1854-1938).
Born June 27th, 1854 in Kozelets.
Died December 23rd, 1938 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Ovid Densusianu
Romanian writer (1873-1938).
Born December 29th, 1873 in Făgăraș.
Died June 8th, 1938 at 64 years old in Bucharest.
Juho Vennola
Finnish economist and politician (1872-1938).
Died December 3rd, 1938 at 66 years old in Helsinki.
Mikhail Viktorov
Commander in chief of the soviet navy.
Born December 24th, 1894 in Yaroslavl.
Died August 1st, 1938 at 43 years old in Soviet Union.
Ilyas Zhansugurov
Kazakhstani poet (1894-1938).
Born May 1st, 1894 in Kopalsky Uyezd.
Died February 26th, 1938 at 43 years old in Almaty.
Vera Ermolaeva
Russian painter (1893–1937).
Born November 2nd, 1893 in Klyuchi.
Died September 26th, 1938 at 44 years old in Karlag (gunshot wound).
Maurice d’Ocagne
French engineer and mathematician.
Born March 25th, 1862 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1938 at 76 years old in Le Havre.
Deaths 331 to 340 of 444
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