Famous people and celebrities who died in April 1938

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in April 1938. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• April 2 Alice Berend

  Writer

• April 5 Verner Lehtimäki

  Finnish revolutionary (b. 1890)

• April 5 Helena Westermarck

  Finnish artist and writer (b. 1857)

• April 7 Suzanne Valadon

  Brilliant and erratic french model and artist who was brilliant and unpredictable. she posed for renoir, toulouse-latrec and eventually became an artist. she began modeling in 1881. prior to her success, she was a careless street person who worked as a waitress, seamstress, pushcart vendor, waitress and groom in a livery barn.

• April 10 King Oliver

  American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)

• April 10 Nana Annor Adjaye

  Pan-africanist, dies in west nzima, ghana.

• April 10 Joe ''King'' Oliver

  American musician (born 1885)

• April 12 Feodor Chaliapin

  Russian opera singer (b. 1873)

• April 13 Grey Owl

  English-canadian environmentalist, author, and editor (d. 1938).

• April 13 Archibald Belaney

  Canadian conservationist (born 1888)

• April 14 Gillis Grafström

  Gillis Grafström was a Swedish figure skater who won four Olympic gold medals.

• April 15 Cesar Vallejo

  Peruvian poet known for his innovative style and profound themes.

• April 16 Steve Bloomer

  English footballer and manager (b. 1874)

• April 16 Bertram Wagstaff Mills

  Circus proprietor, dies.

• April 18 George Bryant

  American archer (b. 1878)

• April 18 Richard Runciman Terry

  Musicologist

• April 19 Henry John Newbolt

  Poet / author (studies green & gray), dies at 75

• April 21 Muhammad Iqbal

  Indian muslim poet, politician and philosopher in british india. he is widely considered to have inspired the pakistan movement. his literary works in urdu and persian are considered to be among the greatest in urdu literature. king george v made him a knight in 1922. he died at the age of 60 in lahore (punjab, british india) on 21 april …

• April 21 Allama Muhammad Iqbal

  Pakistani national philosopher and poet (b. 1877)

• April 21 Allama Iqbal

  Urdu poet and philosopher (born 1877).

• April 24 George Grey Barnard

  American sculptor (b. 1863)

• April 27 Edmund Husserl

  Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)

• April 27 Edmond Rubbens

  At 44 years old, belgian minister to colonies dies.