List of Famous people who born in 1938

Jay Montgomery Garner is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who was appointed in 2003 as Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq but was soon replaced by Ambassador Paul Bremer and the ambassador's successor organization to ORHA, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).

Henrique Córdova was a Brazilian politician. He served as Governor of Santa Catarina from 1982 to 1983. He also served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies 1986 to 1991 and 1975 to 1979, as well as the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina from 1967 to 1975.

Halroy Candis Williams is an American actor, best known for his recurring roles as Police Officer Smith ("Smitty") on Sanford and Son (1972–1976), Harley Foster on The Waltons (1973-1980), and as the patriarch Lester Jenkins, the husband of Marla Gibbs's character, on the NBC sitcom 227 which originally aired from 1985 until 1990. His film credits include Private Benjamin (1980), Guess Who (2005), and Flight (2012).

Carol Mayo Jenkins is an American actress who is most famous for playing Elizabeth Sherwood, a liberal and stern but fair-minded English teacher at New York City's High School for the Performing Arts on the T.V. series Fame. She left the show at the end of its fifth season in 1986 but made a return for the series finale a year later.

Robert Von "Bobby" Hebb was an American R&B and soul singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer known for his 1966 hit entitled "Sunny".

Tang Jiaxuan was foreign minister of the People's Republic of China from 1998–2003.