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In the year 1938
455 Notable deaths
Chris Fridfinnson
Canadian ice hockey player (1898-1938).
Born June 14th, 1898 in Baldur.
Died November 10th, 1938 at 40 years old in Selkirk.
Arthur Hotaling
American film director (1873–1938).
Born February 3rd, 1873 in New York City.
Died July 13th, 1938 at 65 years old in California (myocardial infarction).
Maria Vérone
French suffragist (1874-1938).
Born June 20th, 1874 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1938 at 63 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alexander Zahlbruckner
Austrian botanist and lichenologist (1860-1938).
Born May 31st, 1860 in Svätý Jur.
Died May 8th, 1938 at 77 years old in Vienna.
Georg Kuphaldt
German landscape architect and dendrologist (1853-1938).
Died April 14th, 1938 at 84 years old in Berlin.
Paluta Badunova
Politician (1885-1938).
Born September 7th, 1885 in Novaja Bielica.
Died November 29th, 1938 at 53 years old in Minsk.
Ğäziz Älmöxämmädev
Russian opera singer (1895-1938).
Born October 29th, 1895 in Orenburg Uyezd, Novomuraptalovo.
Died July 10th, 1938 at 42 years old in Ufa.
Tom Seeberg
Norwegian sport shooter (1860–1938).
Born February 17th, 1860 in Drammen.
Died March 27th, 1938 at 78 years old in Drammen.
Carlotta Joaquina Maury
American paleontologist (1874-1938).
Born January 6th, 1874 in New York.
Died January 3rd, 1938 at 63 years old in Yonkers.
Alfred Krauss
Austrian general, politician (1862-1938).
Born April 25th, 1862 in Zadar.
Died September 29th, 1938 at 76 years old in Bad Goisern.
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