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In the year 1938
444 Notable deaths
Vladimir Ivanovich Ivanov
Soviet politician (1893-1938).
Born March 23rd, 1893 in Tula.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 44 years old in Moscow Oblast.
Rudolf Biebrach
German actor and film director (1866-1938).
Born November 24th, 1866 in Leipzig.
Died September 5th, 1938 at 71 years old in Berlin.
Mammad Yusif Jafarov
Azerbaijani politician.
Born March 14th, 1885 in Baku.
Died May 15th, 1938 at 53 years old in Baku.
Francis G. Pease
American astronomer (1881–1938).
Born January 14th, 1881 in Cambridge.
Died February 7th, 1938 at 57 years old
Charles Dufresne
French painter (1876-1938).
Born November 23rd, 1876 in Millemont.
Died August 8th, 1938 at 61 years old in La Seyne-sur-Mer.
Stepan Smal-Stotskyi
Ukrainian linguist and economist (1859-1938).
Born January 9th, 1859 in Nemyliv. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1938 at 79 years old in Prague.
Vladimir Varankin
Russian writer (1902–1938).
Born November 12th, 1902 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died October 3rd, 1938 at 35 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Harry Myers
American actor (1882–1938).
Born September 5th, 1882 in New Haven.
Died December 25th, 1938 at 56 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Alfred Barton Rendle
British botanist (1865-1938).
Born January 19th, 1865 in London.
Died January 11th, 1938 at 72 years old in Leatherhead.
Edward Anseele
Belgian politician (1856-1938).
Died February 18th, 1938 at 81 years old in Ghent. [ref]
Deaths 351 to 360 of 444
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