List of Famous people who born in 1938

Manuel Blum is a Venezuelan-American computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1995 "In recognition of his contributions to the foundations of computational complexity theory and its application to cryptography and program checking".

John Allan "Jack" Jones is an American jazz and pop singer and actor. He is the son of actor/singer Allan Jones and actress Irene Hervey.

Kim Ji-young was a South Korean actress.

James Harris Simons is an American mathematician, billionaire hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund based in Setauket-East Setauket, New York. He and his fund are known to be quantitative investors, using mathematical models and algorithms to make investment gains from market inefficiencies. Due to the long-term aggregate investment returns of Renaissance and its Medallion Fund, Simons is described as the "greatest investor on Wall Street," and more specifically "the most successful hedge fund manager of all time." As reported by Forbes, his net worth is estimated to be $23.5 billion, making him the 24th-richest person in the United States.