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Months in Year 1938: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Deaths 1 - 138 of 138

Jan 3rd - Arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54
Jan 8th - Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880)
Jan 10th - Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68
Jan 12th - Gösta Ekman (senior), Swedish actor (b. 1890)
Jan 17th - William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79
Jan 28th - Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28
Jan 28th - John Sharp, cricketer (England bat 1909, also soccer intl), dies
Feb 5th - Hans Litten, German jurist (b. 1903)
Feb 6th - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77
Feb 7th - Harvey Firestone, American manufacturer, dies at 69
Feb 9th - Truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies
Feb 16th - Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64
Feb 18th - Alida JM Tartaud-Little, actress (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64
Feb 18th - Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail, dies at 81
Feb 18th - David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851)
Feb 21st - Albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39
Feb 21st - George Ellery Hale, astronomer, dies
Mar 1st - G D'Annunzio, writer, dies at 74
Mar 1st - Gabrielle d'Annunzio, Italian poet/fascist (Il fuoco), dies at 74
Tire Industrialist Harvey Firestone (Feb 7th) Mar 2nd - Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
Mar 3rd - Arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32
Mar 4th - George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852)
Mar 4th - Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
Mar 7th - Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
Mar 9th - Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59
Mar 13th - Clarence S Darrow, Scopes Monkey Trial attorney, dies in Chicago at 80
Mar 13th - Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician and intellectual (b. 1888)
Mar 15th - Edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies
Mar 16th - Egon Friedell, writer, dies
Mar 18th - Cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62
Mar 21st - Oscar Apfel, actor (Inspiration), dies at 60
Mar 27th - Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66
Mar 31st - Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet/critic (New Guide), dies at 78
Apr 2nd - Alice Berend, writer, dies
Apr 4th - Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 24
Apr 8th - Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies
Apr 10th - Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana
Apr 10th - Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)
Apr 12th - Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65
Apr 13th - Archibald Belaney, Canadian conservationist (b. 1888)
Apr 15th - Caesar Vallejo, Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia & 1931), dies at 46
Apr 16th - Bertram Wagstaff Mills, circus proprietor, dies
Apr 16th - Steve Bloomer, English footballer (b. 1874)
Apr 18th - Richard Runciman Terry, musicologist, dies
Apr 19th - Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green & Gray), dies at 75
Apr 21st - Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65
Apr 21st - Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
Apr 24th - George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
Apr 26th - Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79
Apr 27th - Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44
May 4th - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48
May 9th - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (b. 1866)
May 10th - Percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies
May 11th - Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81
May 13th - Charles Edouard Guillaume, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
May 14th - Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
May 16th - Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies
May 17th - Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877)
May 23rd - Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70
May 30th - Raden Sutomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, dies at 49
Jun 7th - Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies
Jun 14th - William W Campbell, US astronomer (Stellar Motions), dies at 76
Jun 15th - Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58
Jun 17th - H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, dies
Jun 17th - Peter Michael, CEO (Cray Electronics), dies
Jun 22nd - C.J. Dennis, Australian writer and poet (b. 1876)
Jun 24th - "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
Jun 26th - James Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67
Jun 30th - Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Nove Pesme), dies at 61
Jul 4th - Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56
Jul 4th - Suzanne Lenglen, 6 time Wimbledon champ, dies at 39 of anemia
Jul 5th - John McIlwraith, cricketer (Tests for Australia), dies
Jul 9th - Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (b. 1870)
Jul 14th - Robert Poore, cricketer (3 Tests for South Africa in 1895-96 series), dies
Jul 18th - Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35
Jul 21st - Owen Wister, American author (b. 1860)
Jul 29th - Nikolai Krylenko, Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (b. 1885)
Aug 2nd - Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76
Aug 3rd - Alexander Malyschkin, writer, dies
Aug 4th - L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73
Aug 4th - Pearl White, US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49
Aug 4th - Rudolf G Binding, German poet/writer, dies at 70
Aug 6th - Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57
Aug 7th - Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75
Aug 10th - Joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73
Aug 12th - Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74
Aug 14th - Hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies
Aug 14th - J J Kelly, cricketer (36 Tests for Aust 1896-1905, stumped 20), dies
Aug 14th - Landon Ronald, composer/pianist, dies at 65
Aug 16th - Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27
Aug 16th - Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and priest (b. 1864)
Aug 25th - Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67
Aug 30th - Max Factor, make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer (b. 1877)
Sep 3rd - Bart de Ligt, anti military theologist, dies at 77
Sep 4th - Clifford Dempsey, actor (Salute), dies at 73
Sep 6th - John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (b. 1907)
Sep 13th - Samuel Alexander, Engl philosopher (Space, time & deity), dies at 79
Sep 15th - Thomas Wolfe, US writer (Enigma), dies at 62
Sep 17th - Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (b. 1901)
Sep 19th - Pauline Frederick, American actress (b. 1883)
Sep 21st - Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic Croatian writer (b. 1874)
Sep 24th - Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
Oct 2nd - Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859)
Oct 5th - Saint Faustina, Polish saint (b. 1905)
Oct 10th - Martin Bladen, cricketer (the 7th Lord Hawke), dies
Oct 12th - Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies
Oct 13th - E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (b. 1894)
Oct 18th - Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies
Oct 24th - Ernst Barlach, writer, dies at 68
Oct 27th - Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57
Nov 7th - Earnest von Rath, German antifascist/diplomat, murdered
Nov 9th - Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (b.1889)
Nov 10th - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and the first President of Turkey (b. 1881)
Nov 11th - Typhoid Mary, carrier of the typhoid disease (b. 1869)
Nov 15th - George Glover, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
Nov 17th - Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864)
Nov 19th - Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (b. 1866)
Nov 20th - Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. 1895)
Nov 21st - Leopold Godowsky, pianist/composer, dies at 68
Nov 23rd - August TC Kiehl, actor (Hope of Blessing), dies at 84
Nov 26th - Henry Schultz, US farm commune, dies
Nov 30th - Corneliu Codreanu, Romania fascist/putschist (Iron Guard), dies
Dec 4th - Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54
Dec 5th - Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54
Dec 7th - Harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies
Dec 8th - Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896)
Dec 10th - Mario Pilati, composer, dies at 35
Dec 14th - Marie FM Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76
Dec 19th - Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman (b. 1873)
Dec 20th - Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader (b. 1850)
Dec 23rd - Robert Herrick, US writer (Chimes), dies at 70
Dec 24th - Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880)
Dec 25th - Karel Čapek, Czech author (b. 1890)
Dec 27th - Emile Vandervelde, President (1900–1918) of the International Socialist Bureau and Minister of 3 Belgian governments dies at 72
Dec 27th - O Mandelstam, writer, dies
Dec 27th - Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (b. 1889)
Dec 28th - Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48
Dec 31st - Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter, dies at 70

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