Edward George Hudson Oliver

South african botanist and author (1938 - 2025).

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

Bernhard Knubel

German rower (1938-1973).

Born March 2nd, 1938 in Merzig.

Died February 23rd, 1973 at 34 years old in Gelsenkirchen (cancer).

Jaime González

Colombian footballer (1938-1979).

Born April 1st, 1938 in Colombia.

Died January 18th, 1985 at 46 years old

Cees van Espen

Road bicycle racer.

Born May 28th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Arnhem.

Badia Hadj Nasser

Moroccan writer.

Born May 8th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Tangier. ^[ref]

Marius Klumperbeek

Dutch rower.

Born August 7th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Jakarta.

Władysław Szuszkiewicz

Polish canoeist (1938-2007).

Born November 12th, 1938 in Vilnius.

Died November 14th, 2007 at 69 years old in Szczecin.

Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo

Colombian catholic archbishop (1938-2021).

Born July 30th, 1938 in Cali. ^[ref]

Died February 25th, 2021 at 82 years old in Cali (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Tiit-Rein Viitso

Estonian linguist (1938–2022).

Born March 4th, 1938 in Tallinn.

Died December 2nd, 2022 at 84 years old

Concepció Ferrer

Spanish politician.

Born January 27th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Ripoll. ^[ref]

Romeo Venturelli

Italian bicycle racer (1938–2011).

Born December 9th, 1938 in Lama Mocogno.

Died April 2nd, 2011 at 72 years old in Pavullo nel Frignano.

Stefan Turchak

Soviet conductor (1938-1988).

Born February 28th, 1938 in Maćkowice.

Died October 23rd, 1988 at 50 years old in Kyiv.

Vitaliy Dyrdyra

Olympic sailor (1938–2024).

Born November 4th, 1938 in Melnykivka.

Died December 6th, 2024 at 86 years old

Calogero Lo Giudice

Italian politician (1938-2021).

Born June 16th, 1938 in Enna.

Died August 24th, 2021 at 83 years old in Enna. ^[ref]

Arif Babayev

Azerbaijani singer (1938–2025).

Born February 20th, 1938 in Sarıhacılı.

Died August 1st, 2025 at 87 years old in Baku (heart failure). ^[ref]

Josef Duchač

German politician.

Born February 19th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Jablonec nad Nisou.

Donald L. Coburn

American dramatist.

Born August 4th, 1938 in Baltimore.

Died December 3rd, 2025 at 87 years old in Dallas (colorectal cancer). ^[ref]

Mileva Filipović

Montenegring feminist sociologist and politologist.

Born September 4th, 1938 in Spuž. ^[ref]

Died July 11th, 2020 at 81 years old in Podgorica. ^[ref]

Silvano Agosti

Italian film editor and film director.

Born March 23rd, 1938 (age 88 years) in Brescia.

César Ramón Ortega Herrera

Venezuelan catholic bishop (1938-2021).

Born July 16th, 1938 in Yaracuy.

Died April 8th, 2021 at 82 years old

Péter Bakonyi

Hungarian fencer.

Born February 17th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Budapest.

Lehte Hainsalu

Estonian writer and politician (born 1938).

Born October 31st, 1938 (age 87 years) in Haaslava.

Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez

Peruvian priest.

Born September 16th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Lima.

Harold Hewitt

Australian rower.

Born September 2nd, 1938 (age 87 years).

Germán Aceros

Colombian footballer (1938-2018).

Born September 30th, 1938 in Bucaramanga.

Died October 29th, 2018 at 80 years old in Floridablanca. ^[ref]