In the year 1938
414 Notable deaths
Ahn Chang-ho
Korean independence activist (1878-1938).
Born November 9th, 1878 in Kangso.
Died March 10th, 1938 at 59 years old in Keijō Imperial University (disease).
Leopold Godowsky
Polish american pianist, composer, and teacher.
Born February 13th, 1870 in Vilnius, Žasliai. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1938 at 68 years old in New York City, Manhattan (cancer). [ref]
Nikolai Kondratiev
Russian economist (1892-1938).
Born March 16th, 1892.
Died September 17th, 1938 at 46 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (ballistic trauma).
Émile Cohl
French caricaturist (1857-1938).
Born January 4th, 1857 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1938 at 81 years old in Paris, Villejuif (bronchopneumonia). [ref]
E. V. Lucas
British writer (1868-1938).
Born June 12th, 1868 in London.
Died June 26th, 1938 at 70 years old in Marylebone.
George Ellery Hale
American solar astronomer.
Born June 29th, 1868 in Chicago. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1938 at 69 years old in Pasadena.
William Stern
German psychologist (1871-1938).
Born April 29th, 1871 in Berlin. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1938 at 66 years old in Durham. [ref]
Nikolai Krylenko
Russian revolutionary, politician and chess organiser (1885-1938).
Died July 29th, 1938 at 53 years old in Moscow.
Alma Gluck
American singer.
Born May 11th, 1884 in Bucharest.
Died October 27th, 1938 at 54 years old in Manhattan (liver failure).
William McDougall
British psychologist (1871–1938).
Born June 22nd, 1871 in Lancashire. [ref]
Died November 28th, 1938 at 67 years old in Durham. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 414
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker