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In the year 1938
1,356 Notable birthdays
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).
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]
Thomas M. Cover
American mathematician (1938–2012).
Born August 7th, 1938 in San Bernardino.
Died March 26th, 2012 at 73 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Margaret Maron
American crime fiction writer (1938–2021).
Born August 25th, 1938 in Greensboro. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 2021 at 82 years old in Raleigh (stroke). [ref]
Nur Hassan Hussein
Somali politician (1938–2020).
Born February 16th, 1938 in Mogadishu.
Died April 1st, 2020 at 82 years old in London (COVID-19). [ref]
Frank Moorhouse
Australian writer.
Born December 21st, 1938 in Nowra.
Died June 26th, 2022 at 83 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Kurt Moll
German opera singer (1938-2017).
Born April 11th, 1938 in Buir.
Died March 5th, 2017 at 78 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Rika Zaraï
Israeli singer (1938–2020).
Born February 19th, 1938 in Jerusalem.
Died December 23rd, 2020 at 82 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Peter Kassovitz
Hungarian-born french film director.
Born November 17th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Budapest.
Dalene Matthee
South african writer (1938–2005).
Born October 13th, 1938 in Riversdale.
Died February 20th, 2005 at 66 years old in Mossel Bay (myocardial infarction).
Anatoly Marchenko
Soviet dissident (1938–1986).
Born January 23rd, 1938 in Barabinsk.
Died December 8th, 1986 at 48 years old in Chistopol (starvation).
Goh Kun
Acting president of south korea from march to may 2004, prime minister of south korea from 1997 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2004.
Born January 2nd, 1938 (age 88 years) in Seoul.
Kei Tomiyama
Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1938-1995).
Born October 31st, 1938 in Anshan.
Died September 25th, 1995 at 56 years old in Shinjuku (pancreatic cancer).
Mahmoud El-Gohary
Egyptian footballer (1938-2012).
Born February 20th, 1938 in Egypt.
Died August 31st, 2012 at 74 years old in Amman (stroke). [ref]
Juan Carlos Wasmosy
44.° president of paraguay.
Born December 15th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Asunción.
Hermann Huppen
Belgian comic artist (1938–2026).
Born July 17th, 1938 in Bévercé.
Died March 22nd, 2026 at 87 years old in Brussels. [ref]
Diana E. H. Russell
South african sociologist and activist.
Born November 6th, 1938 in Cape Town.
Died July 28th, 2020 at 81 years old in Oakland (respiratory failure). [ref]
Nina Andreyeva
Russian chemist, teacher, author, political activist, and social critic (1938-2020).
Born October 12th, 1938 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 24th, 2020 at 81 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Michael Bar-Zohar
Israeli politician (born 1938).
Born January 30th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Sofia. [ref]
Myroslav Skoryk
Soviet and ukrainian composer (1938–2020).
Died June 1st, 2020 at 81 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
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