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In the year 1938

1,356 Notable birthdays

Aleksei Yuryevich German

Soviet and russian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer (1938–2013).

Born July 20th, 1938 in Saint Petersburg.

Died February 21st, 2013 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg (kidney failure).

Helen Caldicott

Australian physician, author and anti-nuclear advocate (born 1938).

Born August 7th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Melbourne.

Bruce Alberts

American biochemist.

Born April 14th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Chicago.

Julia Carson

American politician (1938–2007).

Born July 8th, 1938 in Louisville. [ref]

Died December 15th, 2007 at 69 years old in Indianapolis (lung cancer). [ref]

Booker Little

American jazz musician (1938–1961).

Born April 2nd, 1938 in Memphis.

Died October 5th, 1961 at 23 years old in New York City.

Ross Hagen

American actor and screenwriter (1938–2011).

Born May 21st, 1938 in Williams.

Died May 7th, 2011 at 72 years old in Brentwood (cancer). [ref]

Albert Fert

French physicist, nobel laureate in physics.

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

Bernadette Lafont

French actress (1938-2013).

Born October 28th, 1938 in Nîmes.

Died July 25th, 2013 at 74 years old in Nîmes (myocardial infarction).

Calisto Tanzi

Italian entrepreneur and fraudster (1938-2022).

Born November 17th, 1938 in Collecchio.

Died January 1st, 2022 at 83 years old in Parma. [ref]

Sergio Martino

Italian film director.

Born July 19th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Rome.

Lee Shulman

American educational psychologist.

Born September 28th, 1938 in Chicago. [ref]

Died December 30th, 2024 at 86 years old in Stanford. [ref]

Enéas Carneiro

Brazilian politician (1938–2007).

Born November 5th, 1938 in Rio Branco.

Died May 6th, 2007 at 68 years old in Rio de Janeiro (leukemia).

Terry Farrell

British architect.

Born May 12th, 1938 in Sale.

Died September 28th, 2025 at 87 years old in London. [ref]

Namkhai Norbu

Tibetan dzogchen master (1938–2018).

Born December 8th, 1938 in Gengqing Town.

Died September 27th, 2018 at 79 years old in Arcidosso. [ref]

Jô Soares

Brazilian comedian and writer.

Born January 16th, 1938 in Rio de Janeiro.

Died August 5th, 2022 at 84 years old in São Paulo (heart failure, kidney failure, aortic valve stenosis, atrial fibrillation). [ref]

Andrey Myagkov

Soviet and russian actor (1938-2021).

Born July 8th, 1938 in Saint Petersburg.

Died February 18th, 2021 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Raghuveer Chaudhari

Indian author.

Born December 5th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Bapupura.

Amfilohije Radović

Montenegrin bishop (1938-2020).

Born January 7th, 1938 in Bare.

Died October 30th, 2020 at 82 years old in Podgorica (COVID-19). [ref]

Tiziano Terzani

Italian journalist and writer (1938-2004).

Born September 14th, 1938 in Florence.

Died July 28th, 2004 at 65 years old in Orsigna (colorectal cancer).

Qazi Hussain Ahmad

Islamist political party president (1938–2013).

Born January 12th, 1938 in Nowshera.

Died January 6th, 2013 at 74 years old in Islamabad. [ref]

Miečysław Hryb

Belarusian politician.

Born September 25th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Savіčy.

Sjaak Swart

Dutch footballer.

Born July 3rd, 1938 (age 87 years) in Muiderberg.

Margarita Salas

Spanish biochemist (1938-2019).

Born November 30th, 1938 in Caneiru. [ref]

Died November 7th, 2019 at 80 years old in Madrid. [ref]

Tereza Kesovija

Croatian pop singer.

Born October 3rd, 1938 (age 87 years) in Dubrovnik.

Vakhtang Kikabidze

Soviet and georgian singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, and composer (1938–2023).

Born July 19th, 1938 in Tbilisi.

Died January 15th, 2023 at 84 years old in Tbilisi (brain tumor). [ref]

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