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In the year 1938

1,358 Notable birthdays

Janette Scott

Film actress.

Born December 14th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Morecambe.

Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens

British sociologist (born 1938).

Born January 18th, 1938 (age 88 years) in London, Edmonton.

Roger Hunt

English associsation football player (1938-2021).

Born July 20th, 1938 in Glazebury.

Died September 27th, 2021 at 83 years old in Warrington. [ref]

Larry Niven

American writer (born 1938).

Born April 30th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Los Angeles.

Giant Baba

Japanese professional wrestler (1938-1999).

Born January 23rd, 1938 in Sanjō-shi. [ref]

Died January 31st, 1999 at 61 years old in Tokyo (liver failure).

Lynn Conway

American computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024).

Born January 2nd, 1938 in Mount Vernon. [ref]

Died June 9th, 2024 at 86 years old in Jackson (heart disease). [ref]

Rosalind Cash

American actress (1938-1995).

Born December 31st, 1938 in Atlantic City.

Died October 31st, 1995 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).

Michael Bell

American actor.

Born July 30th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Brooklyn.

Robert Graham

Mexican-born american sculptor.

Born August 19th, 1938 in Mexico City. [ref]

Died December 27th, 2008 at 70 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980).

Born January 25th, 1938 in Moscow.

Died July 25th, 1980 at 42 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

Mireille Darc

French actress and director (1938–2017).

Born May 15th, 1938 in Toulon. [ref]

Died August 28th, 2017 at 79 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

Terry O'Neill

British photographer (1938–2019).

Born July 30th, 1938 in London.

Died November 16th, 2019 at 81 years old in London (prostate cancer). [ref]

Alpha Condé

President of guinea from 2010 to 2021.

Born March 4th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Boké.

Jayant Vishnu Narlikar

Indian astrophysicist and writer (1938–2025).

Born July 19th, 1938 in Kolhapur.

Died May 20th, 2025 at 86 years old in Pune. [ref]

Katherine Woodville

British actress.

Born December 4th, 1938 in London.

Died June 5th, 2013 at 74 years old in Portland (cancer).

Richard Serra

American sculptor (1938–2024).

Born November 2nd, 1938 in San Francisco.

Died March 26th, 2024 at 85 years old in Orient (pneumonia). [ref]

Roy Thinnes

American actor.

Born April 6th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Chicago.

David Owen

British politician (born 1938).

Born July 2nd, 1938 (age 87 years) in Plympton.

Jim Simons

American mathematician and hedge fund manager (1938–2024).

Born April 25th, 1938 in Newton.

Died May 10th, 2024 at 86 years old in New York City. [ref]

Willie McCovey

American baseball player (1938–2018).

Born January 10th, 1938 in Mobile.

Died October 31st, 2018 at 80 years old in Stanford University Medical Center (infectious disease).

Omar Abdel-Rahman

Leader of al-jama'a al-islamiyya.

Born May 3rd, 1938 in Dakahlia Governorate.

Died February 18th, 2017 at 78 years old in Federal Medical Center, Butner (diabetes). [ref]

Freddie Hubbard

American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008).

Born April 7th, 1938 in Indianapolis.

Died December 29th, 2008 at 70 years old in Sherman Oaks (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Jean-Paul Goude

French artist (born 1938).

Born December 8th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Saint-Mandé. [ref]

Farokh Engineer

Indian cricketer.

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

Shivkumar Sharma

Indian classical musician (1938–2022).

Born January 13th, 1938 in Jammu.

Died May 10th, 2022 at 84 years old in Mumbai. [ref]

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