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Born in 1938

1,675 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Tatiana Troyanos
singer, opera singer
1938–1993 · aged 54
September 12 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Theodor Kallifatides
translator, writer
88 years old
March 12 · 1938
Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000
Slava Zaitsev
television presenter, costume designer
1938–2023 · aged 85
March 2 · 1938
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Maurice Hinchey
politician
1938–2017 · aged 79
October 27 · 1938
Source: Find a Grave
Rauno Aaltonen
motorcycle racer, rally driver
88 years old
January 7 · 1938
No external source identified
Sudhir Kakar
psychoanalyst, writer
1938–2024 · aged 85
July 25 · 1938
Source: lemonde.fr
Sheila Widnall
engineer, scientist
88 years old
July 13 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Will Mackenzie
stage actor, screenwriter
88 years old
July 24 · 1938
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Steve Cowper
politician, prosecutor
88 years old
August 21 · 1938
No external source identified
Ayong Maliksi
politician
1938–2021 · aged 82
March 25 · 1938
No external source identified
Katie Hall
politician, teacher
1938–2012 · aged 73
April 3 · 1938
Source: Find a Grave
Ahmad Obeidat
politician, lawyer
1938–2026 · aged 87
November 18 · 1938
No external source identified
Patricia MacLachlan
writer, novelist
1938–2022 · aged 84
March 3 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Joan Brown
painter, artist
1938–1990 · aged 52
February 13 · 1938
Source: National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
Claudio Cassinelli*
actor, television actor
Date disputed
September 13 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Günter Brus
photographer, draftsperson
1938–2024 · aged 85
September 27 · 1938
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Joanne Brackeen
composer, music educator
88 years old
July 26 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Kurt Moll
opera singer
1938–2017 · aged 78
April 11 · 1938
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Richard Lerner
chemist, biochemist
1938–2021 · aged 83
August 26 · 1938
Source: books.google.co.uk
Hartmut Becker
director, film actor
1938–2022 · aged 83
May 6 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Penny Pitou
alpine skier
88 years old
October 8 · 1938
No external source identified
Judith Rich Harris
psychologist
1938–2018 · aged 80
February 10 · 1938
Source: nytimes.com
Ove Andersson
team manager, motorcycle racer
1938–2008 · aged 70
January 3 · 1938
No external source identified
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
actor
88 years old
September 25 · 1938
Source: IMDb
Bilkis Dadi
activist
88 years old
January 1 · 1938
Source: aljazeera.com
Iván Szelényi
university teacher, sociologist
1938–2026 · aged 88
April 17 · 1938
No external source identified
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
long jumper
88 years old
May 19 · 1938
Source: World Athletics database
Nguza Karl-i-Bond
diplomat, minister
1938–2003 · aged 64
August 4 · 1938
Source: Munzinger Personen
James W. Christy
astronomer
88 years old
September 15 · 1938
No external source identified
Martine Franck
photographer, anthropologist
1938–2012 · aged 74
April 2 · 1938
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Cayetano Ré*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
February 7 · 1938
Source: worldfootball.net
Karel Svoboda
conductor, songwriter
1938–2007 · aged 68
December 19 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Aristide Guarneri
association football player, association football coach
88 years old
March 7 · 1938
Source: Transfermarkt
Alci Acosta
pianist, singer
87 years old
November 5 · 1938
Source: MusicBrainz
Alan Rees
racing driver, Formula One driver
1938–2024 · aged 86
January 12 · 1938
No external source identified
Lucille Starr
singer, yodeler
1938–2020 · aged 82
May 13 · 1938
Source: IMDb
Mridula Garg
children's writer, writer
87 years old
October 25 · 1938
No external source identified
Jimmy Hastings
wind instrument player, jazz musician
1938–2024 · aged 85
May 12 · 1938
No external source identified
Nabeel Shaath
politician
88 years old
August 9 · 1938
No external source identified
Dalene Matthee
writer
1938–2005 · aged 66
October 13 · 1938
Source: BnF authorities
Sawa
Eastern Orthodox priest, monk
88 years old
April 15 · 1938
No external source identified
Julius Hemphill
jazz musician, musician
1938–1995 · aged 57
January 24 · 1938
Source: BnF authorities
Edward Sokoine
minister, politician
1938–1984 · aged 45
August 1 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Nikola Kotkov
association football player
1938–1971 · aged 32
December 9 · 1938
Source: FBref
Martinho da Vila
writer, singer
88 years old
February 12 · 1938
Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
Michael Bar-Zohar
writer, historian
88 years old
January 30 · 1938
Source: knesset.gov.il
Joe McBride
association football player
1938–2012 · aged 74
June 10 · 1938
Source: Transfermarkt
John Davies
writer, university teacher
1938–2015 · aged 76
April 25 · 1938
Source: BnF authorities
Alan Marshall
producer, film producer
88 years old
August 12 · 1938
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Grethe Ingmann
singer
1938–1990 · aged 52
June 17 · 1938
Source: Discogs
Andries van Dam
university teacher, engineer
87 years old
December 8 · 1938
No external source identified
David Singmaster
mathematician
1938–2023
1938
Source: SNAC
C. Kumar N. Patel
university teacher, physicist
88 years old
July 2 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Vsevolod Shilovsky
drama teacher, actor
1938–2025 · aged 87
June 3 · 1938
No external source identified
Janet Parker
photographer
1938–1978
1938
Source: Photographers' Identities Catalog
Marita Lindahl*
model, beauty pageant contestant
Date disputed
October 17 · 1938
No external source identified
Hayden Thompson*
guitarist, songwriter
Date disputed
March 5 · 1938
Source: rockabillyhall.com
Steven Rose
biochemist, neurobiologist
1938–2025 · aged 87
July 4 · 1938
No external source identified
Alexey Chervonenkis
mathematician, computer scientist
1938–2014 · aged 76
September 7 · 1938
No external source identified
Eberhard Schoener
musician, bandleader
88 years old
May 13 · 1938
Source: Discogs
Simone de Oliveira
film actor, actor
88 years old
February 11 · 1938
Source: MusicBrainz
Farouk Hosny
painter, politician
Born 1938
1938
Source: Union List of Artist Names
Kei Tomiyama
actor, singer
1938–1995 · aged 56
October 31 · 1938
No external source identified
Donald Dell
tennis player
88 years old
June 17 · 1938
Source: The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.)
Timmy Mayer
racing automobile driver, engineer
1938–1964 · aged 26
February 22 · 1938
No external source identified
Pierre Christin
lecturer, teacher
1938–2024 · aged 86
July 27 · 1938
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Roy Brooks*
composer, jazz musician
Date disputed
September 3 · 1938
Source: BnF authorities
Rosario Ferré
writer, poet
1938–2016 · aged 77
September 28 · 1938
Source: BnF authorities
Fritz Pleitgen
journalist, Foreign correspondent
1938–2022 · aged 84
March 21 · 1938
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Sadegh Sharafkandi
university teacher, soldier
1938–1992 · aged 54
January 11 · 1938
No external source identified
Lena Granhagen
recording artist, singer
88 years old
January 7 · 1938
Source: IMDb
Libertad Leblanc
actor
1938–2021 · aged 83
February 24 · 1938
Source: cinenacional.com
Luisa Valenzuela
journalist, novelist
87 years old
November 26 · 1938
Source: FemBio database
Yvonne Minton
opera singer
87 years old
December 4 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Diana E. H. Russell
activist, feminist
1938–2020 · aged 81
November 6 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Nur Hassan Hussein
politician, diplomat
1938–2020 · aged 82
February 16 · 1938
No external source identified
Sebastian Brock
Syriacist, theologian
88 years old
February 24 · 1938
Source: BeWeB
Robion Kirby
topologist, mathematician
88 years old
February 25 · 1938
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Noboru Ishiguro
screenwriter, film director
1938–2012 · aged 73
August 24 · 1938
No external source identified
John Barnwell
association football coach, association football player
87 years old
December 24 · 1938
Source: Transfermarkt
Leonid Zhabotinsky
weightlifter
1938–2016 · aged 77
January 28 · 1938
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Prince Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt
1938–1963 · aged 25
April 11 · 1938
Source: The Peerage
Derek Temple
association football player
87 years old
November 13 · 1938
Source: Transfermarkt
Renzo Pasolini
motorcycle racer
1938–1973 · aged 34
July 18 · 1938
No external source identified
Werner Olk
association football coach, association football player
88 years old
January 18 · 1938
Source: Transfermarkt
Jean-Marie Doré
minister, politician
1938–2016 · aged 77
June 12 · 1938
No external source identified
Howard McKeon
chairperson, business executive
88 years old
September 9 · 1938
No external source identified
Pierre Rabhi
conferencier, essayist
1938–2021 · aged 83
May 29 · 1938
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Aleksei Petrenko
television actor, film actor
1938–2017 · aged 78
March 26 · 1938
Source: IMDb
Francesco Coccopalmerio
canon law jurist, Catholic bishop
88 years old
March 6 · 1938
Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org
Lee Shulman
psychologist, educational theorist
1938–2024 · aged 86
September 28 · 1938
Source: news.stanford.edu
Tony Marshall
schlager singer, singer
1938–2023 · aged 85
February 3 · 1938
Source: Munzinger Personen
Carl Brewer
ice hockey player
1938–2001 · aged 62
October 21 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Robert M. Solovay
mathematician, philosopher
87 years old
December 15 · 1938
No external source identified
Peter Warr
racing automobile driver
1938–2010 · aged 72
June 18 · 1938
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées
Rika Zaraï
singer, composer
1938–2020 · aged 82
February 19 · 1938
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Munyoro Nyamau*
sprinter
Date disputed
December 6 · 1938
No external source identified
Hans Buzek
association football player
1938–2026 · aged 88
May 22 · 1938
Source: FBref
Nevena Kokanova
film director, politician
1938–2000 · aged 61
December 12 · 1938
Source: filmportal.de
Klaus Hänsch
political scientist, university teacher
1938–2026 · aged 87
December 15 · 1938
Source: Munzinger Personen
Halit Akçatepe
actor, television actor
1938–2017 · aged 79
January 1 · 1938
No external source identified
Giorgos Sideris
association football player
88 years old
April 5 · 1938
No external source identified
John Harbison
composer, university teacher
87 years old
December 20 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
film producer, screenwriter
87 years old
October 30 · 1938
Source: GeneaStar
Edwin Southern
molecular biologist, biochemist
88 years old
June 7 · 1938
No external source identified
Guy Gilles*
film director, screenwriter
Date disputed
August 25 · 1938
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées
Herbert Achternbusch*
cinematographer, film screenwriter
Date disputed
November 23 · 1938
Source: filmportal.de
Edem Kodjo*
author, politician
Date disputed
May 23 · 1938
Source: Munzinger Personen
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
88 years old
April 1 · 1938
No external source identified
Tony Oxley
painter, percussionist
1938–2023 · aged 85
June 15 · 1938
No external source identified
Pachín
association football coach, association football player
1938–2021 · aged 82
December 28 · 1938
Source: Transfermarkt
Zygmunt Malanowicz
director, film actor
1938–2021 · aged 83
February 4 · 1938
Source: filmportal.de
Lester Thurow
journalist, economist
1938–2016 · aged 77
May 7 · 1938
Source: rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk
Mary Chinery-Hesse
chancellor, researcher
Born 1938
1938
No external source identified
Warren Bernhardt
musician, jazz musician
1938–2022 · aged 83
November 13 · 1938
Source: wbgo.org
Djamila Bouazza
activist
1938–2015
1938
Source: cresus.dz
Wu Guanzheng
politician
87 years old
October 18 · 1938
No external source identified
Aleksandr Zbruyev
film actor, actor
88 years old
March 31 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Diego Arria
economist, businessperson
88 years old
October 8 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Susse Wold
film actor, stage actor
87 years old
November 17 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Roy Bourgeois
military officer, Catholic priest
88 years old
January 27 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Howard James Hubbard
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1938–2023 · aged 84
October 31 · 1938
No external source identified
Terry Davis
politician
1938–2024 · aged 86
January 5 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Driss Basri
statesperson, politician
1938–2007 · aged 68
November 8 · 1938
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Vladimir Alexandrov
physicist, mathematician
1938–1985
January 1 · 1938
No external source identified
Jim Nicholson
lawyer, politician
88 years old
February 4 · 1938
No external source identified
Jean-Claude Risset*
musicologist, composer
Date disputed
March 13 · 1938
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Norbert Ratsirahonana
politician
87 years old
November 18 · 1938
No external source identified
Hal Galper
jazz musician, composer
1938–2025 · aged 87
April 18 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Romuald Figuier*
composer, singer
Date disputed
May 9 · 1938
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Mo Nunn
engineer, businessperson
1938–2018 · aged 79
September 27 · 1938
No external source identified
Habib el-Adly
civil servant, politician
88 years old
March 1 · 1938
No external source identified
Friedhelm Konietzka
association football player, association football coach
1938–2012 · aged 73
August 2 · 1938
Source: Transfermarkt
Frank Moorhouse
writer, opinion journalist
1938–2022 · aged 83
December 21 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Raghuveer Chaudhari
poet, literary critic
87 years old
December 5 · 1938
No external source identified
Melvyn Goldstein
historian, university teacher
88 years old
February 8 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Bob Nevin
ice hockey player
1938–2020 · aged 82
March 18 · 1938
No external source identified
Rhoda Scott
jazz musician, composer
88 years old
July 3 · 1938
Source: SNAC
Heinrich August Winkler
historian of Modern Age, historian
87 years old
December 19 · 1938
Source: Munzinger Personen
Wilson Simonal*
musician, singer
Date disputed
February 23 · 1938
No external source identified
Margaret Maron
crime fiction writer, novelist
1938–2021 · aged 82
August 25 · 1938
Source: legacy.com
Adalberto Maria Merli
dub actor, television actor
88 years old
January 14 · 1938
Source: BnF authorities
Ted White
science fiction writer, music critic
1938–2026 · aged 88
February 4 · 1938
Source: Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature
Gimax
racing automobile driver, racing driver
1938–2021 · aged 83
January 1 · 1938
No external source identified
Henk Groot
association football player
1938–2022 · aged 84
April 22 · 1938
Source: Transfermarkt
Paul Jenkins
television actor, actor
1938–2013 · aged 74
August 2 · 1938
No external source identified
Frans Weisz
film director, director
1938–2025 · aged 87
July 23 · 1938
Source: Het Parool
Pierre Macherey
university teacher, philosopher
88 years old
February 17 · 1938
Source: BnF authorities
Lamia Al Kilani
archaeologist
1938–2019 · aged 80
March 8 · 1938
No external source identified
Mirko Novosel
basketball player, basketball coach
1938–2023 · aged 85
June 30 · 1938
No external source identified

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