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In the year 1938
1,356 Notable birthdays
Natalie Wood
American actress (1938–1981).
Born July 20th, 1938 in San Francisco.
Died November 29th, 1981 at 43 years old in Santa Catalina Island (drowning).
Kenny Rogers
American country singer (1938–2020).
Born August 21st, 1938 in Houston.
Died March 20th, 2020 at 81 years old in Sandy Springs. [ref]
Bernard Madoff
American fraudster and financier (1938–2021).
Born April 29th, 1938 in Queens.
Died April 14th, 2021 at 82 years old in Federal Medical Center, Butner. [ref]
Donald J. Harris
Jamaican-american economist (born 1938).
Born August 23rd, 1938 (age 87 years) in Saint Ann's Bay.
Diana Rigg
English actress (1938–2020).
Born July 20th, 1938 in Doncaster.
Died September 10th, 2020 at 82 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Ted Turner
American media mogul (1938–2026).
Born November 19th, 1938 in Cincinnati.
Died May 6th, 2026 at 87 years old in Lamont (dementia with Lewy bodies). [ref]
Jerry West
American basketball player and executive (1938-2024).
Born May 28th, 1938 in Chelyan. [ref]
Died June 12th, 2024 at 86 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Shashi Kapoor
Indian film actor and producer (1938–2017).
Born March 18th, 1938 in Kolkata.
Died December 4th, 2017 at 79 years old in Mumbai (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Oliver Reed
British actor (1938–1999).
Born February 13th, 1938 in Wimbledon.
Died May 2nd, 1999 at 61 years old in Valletta (myocardial infarction).
Evel Knievel
American stunt performer and artist (1938–2007).
Born October 17th, 1938 in Butte.
Died November 30th, 2007 at 69 years old in Clearwater (diabetes, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis).
Alan Dershowitz
American lawyer, author, and art collector (born 1938).
Born September 1st, 1938 (age 87 years) in Brooklyn.
Brian Dennehy
American actor (1938–2020).
Born July 9th, 1938 in Bridgeport.
Died April 15th, 2020 at 81 years old in New Haven (sepsis, cardiac arrest). [ref]
Gordon Lightfoot
Canadian singer-songwriter (1938–2023).
Born November 17th, 1938 in Orillia. [ref]
Died May 1st, 2023 at 84 years old in Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. [ref]
Terence Stamp
British actor (1938–2025).
Born July 22nd, 1938 in Stepney.
Died August 17th, 2025 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Phil Knight
American billionaire and co-founder of nike.
Born February 24th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Portland.
Jerry Brown
Governor of california from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019 (born 1938).
Manuel Noriega
Panamanian head of state (1934-2017).
Born February 11th, 1938 in Panama City.
Died May 29th, 2017 at 79 years old in Hospital Santo Tomas (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Etta James
American singer (1938–2012).
Born January 25th, 1938 in Los Angeles.
Died January 20th, 2012 at 73 years old in Riverside (leukemia).
Bill Withers
American musician (1938–2020).
Born July 4th, 1938 in Slab Fork.
Died March 30th, 2020 at 81 years old in Los Angeles (heart disease). [ref]
Dawn Wells
American actress (1938–2020).
Born October 18th, 1938 in Reno. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2020 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (COVID-19). [ref]
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