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In the year 1938

1,245 Notable birthdays

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.

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.

Lucille Soong

American actress.

Born August 15th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Tianjin.

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 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]

Johnnie Taylor

American soul-blues and pop singer.

Born May 5th, 1938 in Crawfordsville. [ref]

Died May 31st, 2000 at 62 years old in Dallas (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Gary Chapman

American relationship counselor, author and radio host.

Born January 10th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Winston-Salem.

Bobby Pickett

American musician and novelty hit record artist (1938-2007).

Born February 11th, 1938 in Somerville.

Died April 25th, 2007 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia).

Nabih Berri

Speaker of the lebanese parliament.

Born January 28th, 1938 (age 88 years) in Bo.

Ian St John

Scottish association football player and manager.

Born June 7th, 1938 in Motherwell.

Died March 1st, 2021 at 82 years old in Arrowe Park. [ref]

Luis Aragonés

Spanish football player and manager (1938-2014).

Born July 28th, 1938 in Madrid.

Died February 1st, 2014 at 75 years old in Madrid.

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