Marita Lindahl

Miss world 1957 (1938–2017).

Born October 17th, 1938 in Helsinki.

Died March 21st, 2017 at 78 years old in Oxford.

Renzo Pasolini

Italian motorcycle racer (1938–1973).

Born July 18th, 1938 in Rimini.

Died May 20th, 1973 at 34 years old in Monza (collision, falling).

Robert M. Solovay

American mathematician.

Born December 15th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Brooklyn.

Artavazd Peleshyan

Armenian film director.

Born February 22nd, 1938 (age 88 years) in Gyumri.

Eberhard Schoener

German composer.

Born May 13th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Stuttgart.

Pierre Macherey

French academic.

Born February 17th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Belfort. ^[ref]

Ove Andersson

Rally driver and toyota motorsport boss (1938–2008).

Born January 3rd, 1938 in Uppsala.

Died June 11th, 2008 at 70 years old in George (traffic collision). ^[ref]

Ramiz Mehdiyev

Azerbaijani politician.

Born April 17th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Baku.

Nachi Nozawa

Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director (1938-2010).

Born January 13th, 1938 in Tokyo.

Died October 30th, 2010 at 72 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Co Prins

Dutch footballer and manager (1938–1987).

Born June 5th, 1938 in Amsterdam.

Died September 26th, 1987 at 49 years old in Antwerp (heart failure).

Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino

President of panama.

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

Alfred Raoul

President of congo-brazzaville from 1968 to 1969.

Born December 15th, 1938 in Pointe-Noire.

Died July 16th, 1999 at 60 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris.

Justin Lekhanya

Military ruler of lesotho from 1986 to 1991.

Born April 7th, 1938 in Thaba-Tseka.

Died January 20th, 2021 at 82 years old in Maseru. ^[ref]

Chang Chun-hsiung

Lawyer and former prime minister of taiwan (1938–2025).

Born March 23rd, 1938 in Kagi City.

Died September 27th, 2025 at 87 years old in Kaohsiung. ^[ref]

Rob Krier

Luxembourgish sculptor, architect, urban designer and theorist (1938-2023).

Born June 10th, 1938 in Grevenmacher.

Died November 20th, 2023 at 85 years old in Berlin. ^[ref]

Ted White

American writer.

Born February 4th, 1938 in Washington, D.C..

Died May 24th, 2026 at 88 years old ^[ref]

Marin Karmitz

French businessman, film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1938).

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

Giorgos Sideris

Greek footballer.

Born April 5th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Piraeus.

Norbert Ratsirahonana

Malagasy politician.

Born November 18th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Antsiranana.

Carlo Caffarra

Catholic cardinal (1938–2017).

Born June 1st, 1938 in Busseto.

Died September 6th, 2017 at 79 years old in Bologna (brain cancer).

Terry Davis

British politician (1938–2024).

Born January 5th, 1938 in Stourbridge.

Died December 9th, 2024 at 86 years old ^[ref]

F. David Peat

British physicist (1938–2017).

Born April 18th, 1938 in Waterloo.

Died June 6th, 2017 at 79 years old in Pari.

Stanko Poklepović

Croatian football coach (1938–2018).

Born April 18th, 1938 in Split.

Died December 24th, 2018 at 80 years old in Split (kidney failure). ^[ref]

James W. Christy

American astronomer.

Born September 15th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Milwaukee.

Xiao Yang

Chief justice of the supreme people's court of china (1938-2019).

Born August 1st, 1938 in Heyuan.

Died April 19th, 2019 at 80 years old in Beijing. ^[ref]