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In the year 1938
1,356 Notable birthdays
Sergey Kvochkin
Kazakh footballer (1938–2007).
Born October 6th, 1938 in Oskemen.
Died December 29th, 2007 at 69 years old in Almaty.
Ja'afar Tuqan
Jordanian palestinian architect (1938–2014).
Born January 19th, 1938 in Jerusalem.
Died November 25th, 2014 at 76 years old in Amman. [ref]
Haruhiro Yamashita
Japanese artistic gymnast (born 1938).
Born November 11th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Uwajima.
André Chorda
French footballer (1938-1998).
Born February 20th, 1938 in Charleval.
Died June 18th, 1998 at 60 years old in Nice.
Ruud van Hemert
Dutch film- and tv-director (1938-2012).
Born October 29th, 1938 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died July 5th, 2012 at 73 years old in Wapserveen (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Walter Kappacher
Austrian writer (1938–2024).
Born October 24th, 1938 in Salzburg.
Died May 24th, 2024 at 85 years old in Salzburg. [ref]
Žarko Nikolić
Serbian football player (1938-2011).
Born October 16th, 1938 in Novi Sad.
Died August 22nd, 2011 at 72 years old in Novi Sad. [ref]
Marjatta Kajosmaa
Finnish cross-country skier.
Born February 3rd, 1938 (age 88 years) in Vehkalahti.
Emil Schulz
German boxer (1938-2010).
Born May 25th, 1938 in Kaiserslautern.
Died March 22nd, 2010 at 71 years old in Kaiserslautern. [ref]
Tomislav Ivančić
Croatian theologian.
Born September 30th, 1938 in Davor.
Died February 17th, 2017 at 78 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Shuji Tsurumi
Japanese artistic gymnast (born 1938).
Born January 29th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Taitō-ku.
Patricio Rodríguez
Chilean tennis player.
Born December 20th, 1938 in Santiago.
Died June 23rd, 2020 at 81 years old in Miami (lung cancer). [ref]
Emma Gapchenko
Soviet archer (1938–2021).
Born February 24th, 1938 in Stupino.
Died December 6th, 2021 at 83 years old
Carlos Contreras
Chilean footballer (1938-2020).
Born October 2nd, 1938 in Santiago.
Died April 17th, 2020 at 81 years old in Puente Alto. [ref]
Anne Karin Elstad
Norwegian author (1938–2012).
Born January 19th, 1938 in Valsøyfjord.
Died April 4th, 2012 at 74 years old in Oslo (stroke). [ref]
Gary Chapman
Australian swimmer, olympic bronze medallist (1938–1978).
Born March 12th, 1938 in Brighton-Le-Sands. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1978 at 40 years old in Little Bay (drowning).
Jan Lála
Czech footballer.
Born September 10th, 1938 in Libická Lhotka. [ref]
Died September 20th, 2025 at 87 years old [ref]
Pedro Zaballa
Spanish footballer (1938-1997).
Born July 29th, 1938 in Castro Urdiales.
Died June 4th, 1997 at 58 years old in Oviedo.
Dražen Marović
Croatian chess player, trainer, journalist, writer and broadcaster.
Born January 14th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Split.
Abel Laudonio
Argentine actor and olympic boxer.
Born August 30th, 1938 in Buenos Aires.
Died August 12th, 2014 at 75 years old in Buenos Aires (complication). [ref]
Igor Luchenok
Belarusian composer (1938–2018).
Born August 6th, 1938 in Minsk.
Died November 12th, 2018 at 80 years old in Minsk (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
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