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In the year 1938

1,358 Notable birthdays

Alberto Fujimori

President of peru from 1990 to 2000.

Born July 26th, 1938 in Miraflores. [ref]

Died September 11th, 2024 at 86 years old in San Borja (tongue cancer). [ref]

Fred Trump Jr.

American airplane pilot; elder brother of donald trump.

Born October 14th, 1938 in Queens. [ref]

Died September 26th, 1981 at 42 years old in Jamaica (alcoholism, myocardial infarction). [ref]

Terry Wogan

Irish radio and television broadcaster (1938–2016).

Born August 3rd, 1938 in Limerick. [ref]

Died January 31st, 2016 at 77 years old in Taplow (cancer). [ref]

Pat Buchanan

American politician and commentator.

Born November 2nd, 1938 (age 87 years) in Washington, D.C..

Girish Karnad

Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019).

Born May 19th, 1938 in Matheran.

Died June 26th, 2019 at 81 years old in Bengaluru (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).

Sanjeev Kumar

Indian film actor (1938-1985).

Born July 9th, 1938 in Surat.

Died November 6th, 1985 at 47 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction).

John Dean

American lawyer, politician.

Born October 14th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Akron.

Rod Laver

Australian tennis player.

Born August 9th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Rockhampton. [ref]

Farah Pahlavi

Queen/empress consort of iran from 1959 to 1979.

Born October 14th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Tehran.

Leon Panetta

American politician, secretary of defense 2011–2013.

Born June 28th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Monterey.

Ronny Cox

American actor and musician.

Born July 23rd, 1938 (age 87 years) in Cloudcroft.

Stella Stevens

American actress (1938–2023).

Born October 1st, 1938 in Yazoo City. [ref]

Died February 17th, 2023 at 84 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Charles Starkweather

American spree killer (1938–1959).

Born November 24th, 1938 in Lincoln.

Died June 25th, 1959 at 20 years old in Lincoln, Nebraska State Penitentiary (electrocution).

Wolfman Jack

American dj and music tv host (1938–1995).

Born January 21st, 1938 in Brooklyn.

Died July 1st, 1995 at 57 years old in Belvidere (myocardial infarction).

Peter Jennings

Canadian-american broadcast journalist (1938–2005).

Born July 29th, 1938 in Toronto.

Died August 7th, 2005 at 67 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer). [ref]

Edda Göring

Daughter of politician hermann göring (1938-2018).

Born June 2nd, 1938 in Berlin.

Died December 21st, 2018 at 80 years old in Munich.

Ralph Bakshi

American animator and filmmaker.

Born October 26th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Haifa.

Judy Blume

American children's writer (born 1938).

Born February 12th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Elizabeth.

S. Janaki

Indian singer.

Born April 23rd, 1938 (age 88 years) in Repalle.

Liv Ullmann

Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter (born 1938).

Born December 16th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Tokyo.

Gary Gygax

American game designer and author (1938–2008).

Born July 27th, 1938 in Chicago.

Died March 4th, 2008 at 69 years old in Lake Geneva (abdominal aortic aneurysm). [ref]

Gary Gygax

American writer and game designer (1938-2008).

Born July 27th, 1938 in Chicago.

Died March 4th, 2008 at 69 years old in Lake Geneva (abdominal aortic aneurysm). [ref]

Joyce Carol Oates

American author (born 1938).

Born June 16th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Lockport. [ref]

Richard Beymer

American actor (born 1938).

Born February 20th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Avoca.

Donald Knuth

American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938).

Born January 10th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Milwaukee. [ref]

Birthdays 51 to 75 of 1358

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