Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1938

Alekséi Ivánovich Rýkov fue un destacado revolucionario bolchevique y político soviético. Tuvo un papel notable en el establecimiento del Gobierno soviético tras la Revolución de Octubre y fungió como presidente del Sovnarkom entre 1924 y 1930.

Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore, also Goldsmid–Montefiore or just Goldsmid Montefiore (1858–1938) was the intellectual founder of Anglo-Liberal Judaism and the founding president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, rabbinic literature and New Testament. He was a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought, Jewish-Christian relations, and Anglo-Jewish socio-politics, and educator. Montefiore was President of the Anglo-Jewish Association and an influential anti-Zionist leader, who co-founded the anti-Zionist League of British Jews in 1917.

Olivia Shakespear was a British novelist, playwright, and patron of the arts. She wrote six books that are described as "marriage problem" novels. Her works sold poorly, sometimes only a few hundred copies. Her last novel, Uncle Hilary, is considered her best. She wrote two plays in collaboration with Florence Farr.

Harvey Samuel Firestone fue el fundador de la Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, uno de los primeros fabricantes mundiales de neumáticos de automóvil y uno de los contribuyentes más importantes del crecimiento económico de Estados Unidos en el siglo XX.

Vacłaŭ Justynavič Łastoŭski was a Belarusian critic, historian of literature, and politician.

Francesch Matheu y Fornells fue un escritor español, vinculado a la Renaixença catalana.

Edgar-Henri Boutry, más conocido simplemente como Edgar Boutry, fue un escultor francés.

Edward Tuck was an American banker, diplomat, and philanthropist. He is known for funding the establishment of the Tuck School of Business at his alma mater, Dartmouth College. The son of Amos Tuck, a founder of the Republican Party, Edward Tuck served as the Vice Consul in Paris, and grew his fortune as a partner of the banking firm John Munroe & Co.