In the year 1938
443 Notable deaths
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German painter, sculptor, engraver and printmaker (1880-1938).
Born May 6th, 1880 in Aschaffenburg. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1938 at 58 years old in Davos Frauenkirch (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Suzanne Lenglen
French tennis player.
Born May 24th, 1899 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1938 at 39 years old in Paris (leukemia, pernicious anemia). [ref]
Suzanne Valadon
French painter (1865—1938).
Born September 23rd, 1865 in Bessines-sur-Gartempe. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1938 at 72 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Benjamin N. Cardozo
United states federal judge (1870-1938).
Born May 24th, 1870 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1938 at 68 years old in Port Chester. [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.
Karl Kautsky
Czech-austrian marxist theorist (1854–1938).
Born October 18th, 1854 in Prague. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1938 at 83 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
E. C. Segar
American cartoonist (1894–1938).
Born December 8th, 1894 in Chester.
Died October 13th, 1938 at 43 years old in Santa Monica (leukemia).
Ettore Majorana
Italian physicist.
Born August 5th, 1906 in Catania.
Died March 27th, 1938 at 31 years old in Italy. [ref]
Fred Noonan
American flight navigator, sea captain, and aviation pioneer.
Born April 4th, 1893 in Cook County.
Died June 20th, 1938 at 45 years old in Pacific Ocean.
Warner Oland
Swedish-american actor (1879–1938).
Born October 3rd, 1879 in Västerbotten County.
Died August 6th, 1938 at 58 years old in Stockholm (pneumonia).
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi