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In the year 1938
1,358 Notable birthdays
Simon Preston
English organist, conductor, and composer (1938–2022).
Born August 4th, 1938 in Bournemouth.
Died May 13th, 2022 at 83 years old [ref]
Giorgia Moll
Italian actress.
Born January 14th, 1938 in Prata di Pordenone.
Died June 2nd, 2026 at 88 years old in Rome. [ref]
Tord Grip
Swedish football player and manager.
Born January 13th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Ytterhogdal.
Pierre Christin
French comic creator (1938–2024).
Born July 27th, 1938 in Saint-Mandé. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 2024 at 86 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
José Manuel Mourinho Félix
Portuguese football player/manager (1938-2017).
Born June 17th, 1938 in Ferragudo.
Died June 25th, 2017 at 79 years old in Setúbal. [ref]
John Davies
Welsh historian and television and radio broadcaster (1938-2015).
Born April 25th, 1938 in Treorchy.
Died February 16th, 2015 at 76 years old in Cardiff.
Slava Zaitsev
Soviet and russian fashion designer, painter and graphic artist, teacher, professor.
Born March 2nd, 1938 in Ivanovo.
Died April 30th, 2023 at 85 years old in Shchyolkovo (peptic ulcer disease, bleeding).
Rafael Osuna
Mexican tennis player (1938–1969).
Born September 15th, 1938 in Mexico City.
Died June 4th, 1969 at 30 years old in Monterrey (aircraft crash).
Laleh Bakhtiar
Iranian academic (1938-2020).
Born July 29th, 1938 in New York City.
Died October 18th, 2020 at 82 years old in Chicago (leukemia). [ref]
Aminah Cendrakasih
Indonesian actress (1938–2022).
Born January 29th, 1938 in Magelang.
Died December 21st, 2022 at 84 years old in Pondok Aren. [ref]
Ju Ming
Taiwanese sculptor (1938–2023).
Born January 20th, 1938 in Miaoli City.
Died April 22nd, 2023 at 85 years old in Taipei. [ref]
Andrei Amalrik
Russian writer and dissident (1938-1980).
Born May 12th, 1938 in Moscow.
Died November 12th, 1980 at 42 years old in Guadalajara (traffic collision).
Bob Kahn
American internet pioneer, computer scientist (born 1938).
Born December 23rd, 1938 (age 87 years) in New York City. [ref]
Tengiz Kitovani
Georgian former politician and military commander (1938–2023).
Born June 9th, 1938 in Tbilisi.
Died November 13th, 2023 at 85 years old [ref]
Theodoros Pangalos
Greek politician, former minister of foreign affairs (1938–2023).
Born August 17th, 1938 in Elefsina.
Died May 31st, 2023 at 84 years old in Athens. [ref]
Peter Kassovitz
Hungarian-born french film director.
Born November 17th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Budapest.
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