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In the year 1938

1,356 Notable birthdays

Edward Sokoine

Tanzanian prime minister (1938-1984).

Born August 1st, 1938 in Monduli District.

Died April 12th, 1984 at 45 years old (traffic collision).

Francesco Coccopalmerio

Catholic cardinal.

Born March 6th, 1938 (age 88 years) in San Giuliano Milanese.

Luisa Valenzuela

Argentine writer.

Born November 26th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Buenos Aires.

Sandra Church

American actress.

Born January 13th, 1938 (age 88 years) in San Francisco.

Pete La Roca

American drummer (1938–2012).

Born April 7th, 1938 in New York City.

Died November 20th, 2012 at 74 years old in New York City.

Mirko Novosel

Basketball player and coach (1938–2023).

Born June 30th, 1938 in Zagreb.

Died July 20th, 2023 at 85 years old in Zagreb. [ref]

Mohammed Gammoudi

Tunisian athlete.

Born February 11th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Sidi Aïch.

Rauno Aaltonen

Finnish rally driver, winner of the 1965 european rally championship.

Born January 7th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Turku.

Karl Schranz

Alpine skier.

Born November 18th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Sankt Anton am Arlberg.

Joanne Brackeen

American jazz pianist and music educator.

Born July 26th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Ventura.

Halit Akçatepe

Turkish actor (1938–2017).

Born January 1st, 1938 in Üsküdar.

Died March 31st, 2017 at 79 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Tony Marshall

German pop singer (1938–2023).

Born February 3rd, 1938 in Baden-Baden.

Died February 16th, 2023 at 85 years old in Baden-Baden. [ref]

Julius Hemphill

American saxophonist (1938-1995).

Born January 24th, 1938 in Fort Worth.

Died April 2nd, 1995 at 57 years old in New York City.

Ayong Maliksi

Filipino politician (1938–2021).

Born March 25th, 1938.

Died February 24th, 2021 at 82 years old

Anna Wierzbicka

Polish linguist.

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

Steve Cowper

Governor of alaska from 1986 to 1990.

Born August 21st, 1938 (age 87 years) in Petersburg.

Abuna Merkorios

Fourth patriarch of the ethiopian orthodox tewahido church (1938–2022).

Born June 14th, 1938 in Begemder.

Died March 3rd, 2022 at 83 years old in Addis Ababa. [ref]

Tony Oxley

British drummer (1938–2023).

Born June 15th, 1938 in Sheffield.

Died December 26th, 2023 at 85 years old [ref]

Boris Mikhailov

Ukrainian photographer (born 1938).

Born August 25th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Kharkiv.

Juraj Jakubisko

Slovak director (1938–2023).

Born April 30th, 1938 in Kojšov. [ref]

Died February 24th, 2023 at 84 years old in Prague. [ref]

Derviş Eroğlu

President of northern cyprus, 2010–2015.

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

Simone de Oliveira

Portuguese singer and actress.

Born February 11th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Lisbon.

Michael Ritchie

American film director (1938–2001).

Born November 18th, 1938 in Waukesha.

Died April 16th, 2001 at 62 years old in Manhattan (prostate cancer).

Claudio Cassinelli

Italian actor (1938–1985).

Born September 13th, 1938 in Bologna.

Died July 13th, 1985 at 46 years old in Page (aircraft crash).

Patrick Bateson

British biologist.

Born March 31st, 1938 in England.

Died August 1st, 2017 at 79 years old

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