List of Famous people who died at 38

Masaru Maeta , known by his shikona Maeta (前田), was a Japanese sumo wrestler from the city of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture. He was a former amateur sumo competitor for Nihon University and made his professional debut in 2005. His sumo stable was Shibatayama and previously he belonged to Hanaregoma. His height was 180 cm and his peak weight was 213 kg (470 lbs). His highest rank was makushita 3. He retired in 2018.

Khaled Nazzal was the central committee secretary of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and a militant leader for the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Born in Qabatiya, Jenin in 1948, he joined the Palestinian forces in 1967, and in 1971 he joined Damascus University.

Ahmad Shah was a local who commanded a group of fighters operating in eastern Afghanistan and was linked to Gulbadin Hekmatyar.