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In the year 1938
454 Notable deaths
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).
Ernst vom Rath
German diplomat (1909-1938).
Born June 3rd, 1909 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died November 9th, 1938 at 29 years old in Paris.
Deaths 31 to 40 of 454
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris