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In the year 1938

1,356 Notable birthdays

Bruce Langhorne

American musician.

Born May 11th, 1938 in Tallahassee. [ref]

Died April 14th, 2017 at 78 years old in Venice (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]

Mary Ann Glendon

American diplomat.

Born October 7th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Pittsfield.

Pupi Avati

Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter.

Born November 3rd, 1938 (age 87 years) in Bologna.

Samuel Bodman

United states secretary of energy and previously deputy secretary of the treasury.

Born November 26th, 1938 in Chicago.

Died September 7th, 2018 at 79 years old in El Paso (neurological disorder).

Gerry Byrne

English footballer (1938-2015).

Born August 29th, 1938 in Liverpool.

Died November 28th, 2015 at 77 years old in Wrexham (Alzheimer's disease).

Archbishop Ieronimos II of Athens

Archbishop of athens (2008- ).

Born March 30th, 1938 (age 88 years). [ref]

Steve Symms

American politician and lobbyist (1938–2024).

Born April 23rd, 1938 in Nampa.

Died August 8th, 2024 at 86 years old in Leesburg. [ref]

Pran Kumar Sharma

Indian cartoonist (1938–2014).

Born August 15th, 1938 in Kasur.

Died August 5th, 2014 at 75 years old in Gurgaon (colorectal cancer).

Jerry Juhl

American screenwriter (1938–2005).

Born July 27th, 1938 in Saint Paul.

Died September 27th, 2005 at 67 years old in San Francisco (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Jean-Loup Chrétien

French astronaut (born 1938).

Born August 20th, 1938 (age 87 years) in La Rochelle.

Violetta Villas

Polish cabaret star, singer, actress, composer, songwriter (1938-2011).

Born June 10th, 1938 in Heusy.

Died December 5th, 2011 at 73 years old in Lewin Klodzki. [ref]

Jean Eustache

French film director and editor (1938–1981).

Born November 30th, 1938 in Pessac.

Died November 5th, 1981 at 42 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris (gunshot wound).

Charles Wuorinen

American composer (1938–2020).

Born June 9th, 1938 in Manhattan. [ref]

Died March 11th, 2020 at 81 years old in Manhattan. [ref]

Brian Locking

British musician.

Born December 22nd, 1938 in Bedworth.

Died October 8th, 2020 at 81 years old in North Wales.

Pilar Pellicer

Mexican actress (1938–2020).

Born February 12th, 1938 in Mexico City.

Died May 16th, 2020 at 82 years old in Mexico City (COVID-19). [ref]

Keith Ward

British philosopher, theologian, priest and scholar.

Born August 22nd, 1938 (age 87 years) in Hexham.

Sergei Novikov

Soviet and russian mathematician (1938–2024).

Born March 20th, 1938 in Nizhny Novgorod.

Died June 6th, 2024 at 86 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Milena Vukotic

Italian actress (born 1935).

Born April 23rd, 1938 (age 88 years) in Rome. [ref]

Judith Rich Harris

American psychology researcher (1938-2018).

Born February 10th, 1938 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died December 29th, 2018 at 80 years old in Middletown (multiple sclerosis). [ref]

Steve Kuhn

American pianist.

Born March 24th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Brooklyn.

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina

Soviet and russian actress.

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

Vasyl Stus

Ukrainian poet, publicist and dissident (1938–1985).

Born January 6th, 1938 in Rakhnivka. [ref]

Died September 4th, 1985 at 47 years old in Perm-36. [ref]

George Hawi

Lebanese politician (1938-2005).

Born November 5th, 1938 in Bteghrine.

Died June 21st, 2005 at 66 years old in Beirut (attempted murder).

Angelo Amato

Cardinal of the roman catholic church (1938–2024).

Born June 8th, 1938 in Molfetta.

Died December 31st, 2024 at 86 years old in Rome. [ref]

Kurt Wüthrich

Swiss chemist (born 1938).

Born October 4th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Aarberg. [ref]

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