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In the year 1938

1,358 Notable birthdays

Carolyn Goodman

American politician.

Born March 25th, 1938 (age 88 years) in New York City.

Janet Guthrie

American racing driver.

Born March 7th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Iowa City.

Rory Storm

English musician (1938–1972).

Born January 7th, 1938 in Liverpool.

Died September 28th, 1972 at 34 years old in Liverpool (drug overdose).

Lawrence Block

American writer.

Born June 24th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Buffalo.

Paul Bartel

American actor, screenwriter and director (1938-2000).

Born August 6th, 1938 in Brooklyn.

Died May 13th, 2000 at 61 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction, liver cancer).

Shashi Deshpande

Indian writer.

Born August 19th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Dharwad.

Marina Vlady

French actress, singer, and writer.

Born May 10th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Clichy.

Paul Grattan Kirk Jr.

American politician.

Born January 18th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Newton.

Renée Victor

American choreographer (1938–2025).

Born July 25th, 1938 in San Antonio. [ref]

Died May 30th, 2025 at 86 years old in Sherman Oaks (lymphoma). [ref]

Charles Lloyd

American jazz musician.

Born March 15th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Memphis.

John M. Deutch

American physical chemist and civil servant.

Born July 27th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Brussels-Capital Region.

Diane Varsi

American actress (1938-1992).

Born March 23rd, 1938 in San Mateo.

Died November 19th, 1992 at 54 years old in Hollywood (Lyme disease).

Zbigniew Religa

Polish cardiac surgeon and politician (1938-2009).

Born December 16th, 1938 in Miedniewice, Masovian Voivodeship.

Died March 8th, 2009 at 70 years old in Warsaw (lung cancer). [ref]

Satch Sanders

American basketball player and coach.

Born November 8th, 1938 (age 87 years) in New York City.

Morihiro Hosokawa

50th prime minister of japan.

Born January 14th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Tokyo.

Dean Reed

Singer, musician, actor, writer, director (1938-1986).

Born September 22nd, 1938 in Denver.

Died June 13th, 1986 at 47 years old in Zeuthen (drowning).

Ken Spears

American writer (1938-2020).

Born March 12th, 1938 in California. [ref]

Died November 6th, 2020 at 82 years old in Brea. [ref]

Luana Anders

American actress (1938-1996).

Born May 12th, 1938 in New York City.

Died July 21st, 1996 at 58 years old in Mar Vista (breast cancer).

Jeri Taylor

American screenwriter (1938–2024).

Born June 30th, 1938 in Bloomington.

Died October 24th, 2024 at 86 years old in Davis. [ref]

Luigi Tenco

Italian recording artist; singer, songwriter (1938-1967).

Born March 21st, 1938 in Cassine.

Died January 27th, 1967 at 28 years old in Sanremo (gunshot wound).

Heino

German schlager singer.

Born December 13th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Düsseldorf.

Ian Brady

British serial killer, perpetrator of the moors murders (1938–2017).

Born January 2nd, 1938 in Glasgow.

Died May 15th, 2017 at 79 years old in Ashworth Hospital (lung disease).

Wim Kok

Dutch politician (1938–2018).

Born September 29th, 1938 in Bergambacht.

Died October 20th, 2018 at 80 years old in Amsterdam (heart failure). [ref]

Frank Mahovlich

Canadian ice hockey player and politician.

Born January 10th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Timmins.

Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama

10th panchen lama of the gelug school of tibetan buddhism (1938–1989).

Born February 19th, 1938 in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County.

Died January 28th, 1989 at 50 years old in Shigatse (myocardial infarction).

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