In the year 1938
454 Notable deaths
Robert Wiene
German film director.
Born April 24th, 1873 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1938 at 65 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
Dorothy Hale
American socialite, actress (1905–1938).
Born January 11th, 1905 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 21st, 1938 at 33 years old in New York City.
Anna Marie Hahn
American serial killer.
Born July 7th, 1906 in Bavaria.
Died December 7th, 1938 at 32 years old in Ohio Penitentiary (electrocution).
Gaganendranath Tagore
Indian painter and cartoonist of the bengal school (1867-1938).
Born September 18th, 1867 in Kolkata.
Died February 14th, 1938 at 70 years old in Kolkata.
Ynes Mexia
Mexican-american botanist (1870-1938).
Born May 24th, 1870 in Georgetown.
Died July 12th, 1938 at 68 years old in Berkeley (breast cancer).
John Aasen
American actor (1890–1938).
Born March 5th, 1890 in Minneapolis.
Died August 1st, 1938 at 48 years old in Mendocino (pneumonia).
Edmund Landau
German jewish mathematician (1877-1938).
Born February 14th, 1877 in Berlin.
Died February 19th, 1938 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Nikolai Krylenko
Russian revolutionary, politician and chess organiser (1885-1938).
Died July 29th, 1938 at 53 years old in Moscow.
Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Prince of liechtenstein (1853-1938).
Born August 28th, 1853 in Mödling.
Died July 25th, 1938 at 84 years old in Valtice.
Émile Cohl
French caricaturist (1857-1938).
Born January 4th, 1857 in Paris.
Died January 20th, 1938 at 81 years old in Paris, Villejuif (bronchopneumonia).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 454
By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene