In the year 1938
403 Notable deaths
Hans Christian Gram
Danish scientist (1853-1938).
Born September 13th, 1853 in Copenhagen.
Died November 14th, 1938 at 85 years old in Copenhagen.
Prince Arthur of Connaught
British prince (1883-1938).
Born January 13th, 1883 in Windsor Castle.
Died September 12th, 1938 at 55 years old in London (stomach cancer).
Suzanne Valadon
French painter.
Born September 23rd, 1865 in Bessines-sur-Gartempe. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1938 at 72 years old in Paris, 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
Prince of greece and denmark (1872-1938).
Born January 22nd, 1872 in Athens.
Died February 8th, 1938 at 66 years old in Athens.
Warner Oland
Swedish american actor (1879-1938).
Born October 3rd, 1879 in Västerbotten County. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1938 at 58 years old in Stockholm (pneumonia).
Karl Kautsky
Czech-austrian philosopher, journalist, and marxist theoretician (1854-1938).
Born October 16th, 1854 in Prague. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1938 at 84 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Béla Kun
Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician, the de facto leader of the hungarian soviet republic in 1919, people's commissar of foreign affairs.
Born February 20th, 1886 in Cehu Silvaniei. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1938 at 52 years old in Moscow (execution). [ref]
E. C. Segar
American cartoonist.
Born December 8th, 1894 in Chester. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1938 at 43 years old in Santa Monica (leukemia).
Joe Ball
American serial killer.
Born January 6th, 1892 in Texas.
Died September 24th, 1938 at 46 years old in Elmendorf (ballistic trauma).
Samuel Insull
American businessman.
Born November 11th, 1859 in London.
Died July 16th, 1938 at 78 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
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Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore