List of Famous people who died in 1938

Niels Kristian Skovgaard was a Danish painter and sculptor. His statue of N.F.S. Grundtvig is considered to be a masterpiece of Danish sculpture.

Maurice Meslans (1862–1938) was a French pharmacist and chemist, Henri Moissan's advanced student, and a pioneer in organofluorocompounds chemistry.

Abraham Zevi Idelsohn was a prominent Jewish ethnologist, musicologist and composer, who conducted several comprehensive studies of Jewish music around the world.

Gaganendranath Tagore was an Indian painter and cartoonist of the Bengal school. Along with his brother Abanindranath Tagore, he was counted as one of the earliest modern artists in India.

Captain George Louis Victor Henry Serge Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven,, born Prince George of Battenberg, styled Earl of Medina between 1917 and 1921, was a Royal Navy officer and the elder son of Admiral of the Fleet The 1st Marquess of Milford Haven and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine.

Oscar C. Apfel was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in 167 films between 1913 and 1939, and also directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927.

Eluned Morgan, was a Welsh-language author from Patagonia.