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In the year 1938

1,356 Notable birthdays

Alan Bradley

Mystery writer.

Born October 10th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Toronto. [ref]

Alan Gilzean

Scottish footballer and manager (1938–2018).

Born October 22nd, 1938 in Coupar Angus. [ref]

Died July 8th, 2018 at 79 years old in Glasgow (brain cancer). [ref]

Behrouz Vossoughi

Iranian actor.

Born March 10th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Khoy.

Jean Rollin

French film director, actor and novelist (1938-2010).

Born November 3rd, 1938 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Died December 15th, 2010 at 72 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris (disease). [ref]

Billy Williams

American former professional baseball outfielder.

Born June 15th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Whistler.

Howard Blake

Composer.

Born October 28th, 1938 (age 87 years) in London.

Gu Long

Hong kong born taiwanese writer (1938–1985).

Born June 7th, 1938 in Hong Kong, British Hong Kong.

Died September 23rd, 1985 at 47 years old in Taipei (liver cirrhosis).

Bilkis Dadi

Indian activist.

Born January 1st, 1938 (age 88 years) in Uttar Pradesh. [ref]

Johnny Rutherford

American racecar driver.

Born March 12th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Coffeyville.

Derek Dougan

Northern irish footballer and manager (1938-2007).

Born January 20th, 1938 in Belfast.

Died June 24th, 2007 at 69 years old in Wolverhampton (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Maurizio Costanzo

Italian television presenter (1938–2023).

Born August 28th, 1938 in Rome.

Died February 24th, 2023 at 84 years old in Rome (bronchopneumonia). [ref]

Bapsi Sidhwa

Pakistani american author.

Born August 11th, 1938 in Karachi. [ref]

Died December 25th, 2024 at 86 years old in Houston.

Cabu

French comic strip artist and caricaturist (1938-2015).

Born January 13th, 1938 in Châlons-en-Champagne.

Died January 7th, 2015 at 76 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris (gunshot wound). [ref]

Daidō Moriyama

Japanese photographer (born 1938).

Born October 10th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Ikeda.

Marinella

Greek singer (1938–2026).

Born May 19th, 1938 in Thessaloniki.

Died March 28th, 2026 at 87 years old in Kifisia (stroke). [ref]

Larisa Shepitko

Soviet film director and screenwriter (1938—1979).

Born January 6th, 1938 in Bakhmut.

Died July 2nd, 1979 at 41 years old in Tver Oblast (traffic collision). [ref]

Patrick Spencer Johnson

American writer.

Born November 24th, 1938 in Watertown.

Died July 3rd, 2017 at 78 years old in San Diego (pancreatic cancer).

Waris Hussein

Indian-british television and film director.

Born December 9th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Lucknow.

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938).

Born May 13th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Turin.

Tom Meschery

American basketball player-coach.

Born October 26th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Harbin.

Igor Sergeyev

Russian military officer (1938–2006).

Born April 20th, 1938 in Lysychansk.

Died November 10th, 2006 at 68 years old in Moscow (leukemia). [ref]

Joel Meyerowitz

American photographer (born 1938).

Born March 6th, 1938 (age 88 years) in The Bronx.

Tomas Lindahl

Nobel prize winning swedish biologist.

Born January 28th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Stockholm.

Roland Topor

French writer, screenwriter, actor and painter (1938-1997).

Born January 7th, 1938 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.

Died April 16th, 1997 at 59 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (cerebral hemorrhage).

Hermann Nitsch

Austrian artist (1938-2022).

Born August 29th, 1938 in Vienna.

Died April 18th, 2022 at 83 years old in Mistelbach. [ref]

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