In the year 1938, Adolf Hitler reorganizes the German war ministry to gain supreme control of it (Feb 4), a nylon bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product to be made with nylon yarn (Feb 24), oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia (Mar 3), Germany annexes Austria (Mar 12), Superman appears for the first time, as a backup story (Apr 18), the last reunion of the Blue and Gray commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (Jul 3), the Munich Agreement leaves Czechoslovakia alone against the Nazis (Sep 29), DuPont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon (Oct 27), Orson Welles' radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds causes panic in the United States (Oct 30), Kristallnacht paves way to Holocaust (Nov 9), Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of uranium, marking the beginning of the Atomic Age (Dec 17) - and all these fine people were born:

1938-0101 Frank Langella* actor - Bayonne, NJ USA **** 1938-0105 Lindsay Crosby* actor - Los Angeles County, CA USA (1989/51) 1938-0110 Frank Mahovlich* hockey player (NHL 100)/credited for being the first player to hoist the Stanley Cup above his head - Timmins, ON Canada **** 1938-0110 Willie McCovey* baseball player - Mobile, AL USA (2018/80) 1938-0113 Paavo Heininen* pianist/composer - Helsinki, Finland (2022/84) 1938-0114 Jack Jones* singer/actor - Hollywood, CA USA (2024/86) - YouTube 1938-0114 Bill Plante* journalist/correspondent for CBS News - Chicago, IL USA (2022/84) 1938-0117 George Roden* leader of the Branch Davidian sect - Gregg, TX USA (1998/60) 1938-0117 Toini Gustafsson Rönnlund* (b Karvonen) Finnish-Swedish cross-country skier/ OG/physical education teacher/to Sweden as a war child - Suomussalmi, Finland **** 1938-0118 Basil Hoffman* actor/ author - Houston, TX USA (2021/83) 1938-0125 Leiji Matsumoto* 松本零士 manga artist - Kurume, Fukuoka, Empire of Japan (2023/85) 1938-0128 Tomas Lindahl* Swedish-British chemist/N/cancer researcher - Stockholm, Sweden **** 1938-0129 Aminah Cendrakasih* (b Siti Aminah) Indonesian actress - Magelang, Java, Dutch East Indies (2022/84) 1938-0131 Beatrix of the Netherlands* the Queen 1980-2013 - Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Netherlands **** 1938-0131 James G. Watt* lawyer/ lobbyist/civil servant - Lusk, WY USA (2023/85) 1938-0201 1938-0202 Pauli Siitonen* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Simpele, Finland (2024/86) 1938-0204 Raija Roivainen* singer/song pedagogue - Kurkijoki, Finland **** 1938-0211 Mohammed Gammoudi* athlete (long-distance runner) - Sidi Aïch, Tunisia **** 1938-0211 Edith Mathis* opera singer - Lucerne, Switzerland (2025/86) 1938-0212 1938-0213 Oliver Reed* actor - Wimbledon, London, England (1999/61) 1938-0215 1938-0216 Hans-Dieter Bader* opera singer - Stuttgart, Nazi Germany (2022/84) 1938-0217 Martha Henry* (b Buhs) Canadian actress/theater director - Detroit, MI USA (2021/83) 1938-0221 Antti Litja* actor - Antrea, Finland (2022/84) 1938-0224 James Farentino* actor - Brooklyn, NY USA (2012/73) 1938-0224 Phil Knight* entrepreneur/ co-founder of Nike/ philanthropist - Portland, OR USA **** 1938-0228 1938-0301 1938-0303 Patricia MacLachlan* teacher/ children’s writer - Cheynne, WY USA (2022/84) 1938-0304 F. W. Bernstein* poet/cartoonist/satirist - Göppingen, Nazi Germany (2018/80) 1938-0305 Lynn Margulis* evolutionary theorist/educator/ popularizer - Chicago, IL USA (2011/73) 1938-0307 David Baltimore* biologist/N - New York City, NY USA **** 1938-0309 Barbro “Lill-Babs” Svensson* singer - Järvsö, Hälsingland, Sweden (2018/80) 1938-0313 Hans-Joachim Hespos* composer of avant-garde music - Emden, Nazi Germany (2022/84) 1938-0317 Rudolf Nureyev* ballet dancer/choreographer - near Irkutsk, Russia, Soviet Union (1993/54) 1938-0321 Fritz Pleitgen* television journalist/author - Duisburg-Meiderich, Nazi Germany (2022/84) 1938-0326 Anthony James Leggett* British-American theoretical physicist/N - Camberwell, London, England **** 1938-0326 Nancy Milford* (b Winston) biographer - Dearborn, MI USA (2022/84) 1938-0330 Klaus Schwab* engineer/ economist/founder of what would become the World Economic Forum  - Ravensburg, Nazi Germany **** 1938-0401 1938-0407 Spencer Dryden* musician/drummer (Jefferson Airplane)/ half-nephew of Charlie Chaplin - New York City, NY USA (2005/66) 1938-0408 Kofi Annan* Ghanaian diplomat/UN Secretary-General/N - Kumasi, Gold Coast (2018/80) 1938-0408 Nicholas Chia* Roman Catholic prelate/Archbishop of Singapore - Singapore, British Malaya (2024/86) 1938-0410 1938-0419 Rose-Marie Precht* actress/ mother of Santeri Kinnunen - Helsinki, Finland (2000/62) 1938-0420 Betty Cuthbert* athlete (runner)OG - Merrylands, NSW Australia (2017/79) 1938-0422 Barrie R. Cassileth* (b Rabinowitz) researcher of complementary and alternative medicine - Philadelphia, PA USA (2022/83) 1938-0425 John Nagenda* Ugandan cricket player/writer/politician - Gahim, Ruanda-Urundi (2023/84) 1938-0426 Nino Benvenuti* boxer/OG/ actor - Isola d’Istria, Kingdom of Italy **** 1938-0427 Earl Anthony* bowler - Tacoma, WA USA (2001/63) 1938-0429 Bernard Madoff* stockbroker/convicted fraudster - New York, NY USA (2021/82) 1938-0430 Don Lewis* businessman/disappeared - Dade City, FL USA (declared dead 2002) 1938-0430 Larry Niven* science fiction writer - Los Angeles, CA USA **** 1938-0501 1938-0503 Lindsay Kemp* dancer/actor/mime artist - Birkenhead, England (2018/80) 1938-0505 Michael Murphy* actor - Los Angeles, CA USA **** 1938-0508 Corine Rottschäfer* Miss World 1959/model agency owner - Hoorn, Netherlands (2020/80) 1938-0509 Charles Simic* Serbian-American poet/to U.S. at age 16 - Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (2023/84) 1938-0510 Manuel Santana* tennis player - Madrid, Spain (2021/83) 1938-0510 Juha “Junnu” Vainio* lyricist/ composer - Kotka, Finland (1990/52) 1938-0511 Jeanne Little* entertainer/television personality - Sydney, NSW Australia (2020/82) 1938-0517 Marcia Freedman* American-Israeli activist on behalf/to isrel at age 31/member of the Knesset - Newark, NJ USA (2021/83) 1938-0518 Michael Rockefeller* explorer/son of Nelson Rockefeller - USA (disappeared in 1961/23) 1938-0520 Astrid Kirchherr* photographer/ artist known for her association with the Beatles - Hamburg, Germany (2020/81) 1938-0525 1938-0531 Peter Yarrow* singer/songwriter (Peter, Paul and Mary) - Manhattan, NY USA (2025/86) 1938-0602 Princess Désirée* sister of the King of Sweden - Haga Palace, Solna, Sweden **** 1938-0607 Laila Hirvisaari* (Hietamies) author - Viipuri, Finland (2021/83) 1938-0608 Angelo Amato* cardinal of the Catholic Church - Molfetta, Kingdom of Italy (2024/86) 1938-0610 1938-0611 Leif Axmyr* longest-serving convict in a Swedish prison - Gothenburg, Sweden (2018/80) 1938-0614 Kari Tarkiainen* historian/national archivist/grandson of Maria Jotuni - Helsinki, Finland 1938-0620 1938-0621 Ron Ely* actor (Tarzan)/novelist - Hereford, TX USA (2024/86) 1938-0623 Erkki “Susi” Pulliainen* biologist/author/ politician - Varkaus, Finland (2022/84) 1938-0630 1938-0701 1938-0707 Ere Kokkonen* film director - Savonlinna, Finland (2008/70) 1938-0709 Brian Dennehy* actor - Bridgeport, CT USA (2020/81) 1938-0710 1938-0718 R. K. Krishna Kumar* business executive - Tellicherry, Madras Presidency, British India (2023/84) 1938-0719 Jayant Narlikar* astrophysicist - Kolhapur, British India **** 1938-0720 Diana Rigg* actress - Doncaster, England (2020/82) 1938-0720 Natalie Wood* actress - San Francisco, CA USA (1981/43) 1938-0721 Janet Reno* lawyer/Attorney General - Miami, FL USA (2016/78) 1938-0722 Terence Stamp* actor - Stepney, London England **** 1938-0723 Ronny Cox* actor - Cloudcroft, NM USA **** 1938-0727 Gary Gygax* game designer/author - Chicago, IL USA (2008/69) 1938-0729 Peter Jennings* journalist/ABC anchor - Toronto, ON Canada (2005/67) 1938-0730 Michael Bell* actor - Brooklyn, NY USA 1938-0730 Terry O’Neill* award-winning photographer - Romford, London, England (2019/81) 1938-0808 Connie Stevens* (b Ingoglia) actress/ director - Brooklyn, NY USA **** 1938-0809 Rod Laver* tennis player - Rockhampton, QLD, Australia **** 1938-0821 Kenny Rogers* country singer/actor/ entrepreneur - Houston, TX USA (2020/81) 1938-0826 Jet Black* (b Brian John Duffy) drummer/founding member of The Stranglers - Ilford, Essex, England (2022/84) 1938-0829 Elliot Gould* actor - Brooklyn, NY USA **** 1938-0901 1938-0902 Giuliano Gemma a.k.a. Montgomery Wood* actor - Rome, Italy (2013/75) 1938-0902 Ernie Sigley* singer/television host/radio presenter - Footscray, VIC Australia (2021/82) 1938-0905 1938-0908 Adrian Cronauer* U.S Air Force sergeant/ radio personality - Pittsburgh, PA USA (2018/79) 1938-0908 Pirkko Työläjärvi* (b Salo) politician - Jämsä, Finland **** 1938-0910 Philip Jacobson* British war correspondent - England (2018/79) 1938-0912 Patrick Mower* actor (Emmerdale) - Oxford, Oxfordshire, England **** 1938-0915 1938-0920 Jane Manning* concert and opera singer/writer on music - Norwich, England (2021/82) 1938-0923 Romy Schneider* actress - Vienna, Austria (1982/43) 1938-0928 Ben E. King* singer&co-composer of Stand by Me/record producer - Henderson, NC USA (2015/76) 1938-0930 1938-1001 1938-1002 Dorothy Pitman Hughes* (b Ridley) feminist/ child-welfare advocate/public speaker - Lumpkin, GA USA (2022/84) 1938-1002 Sajid Mir* Islamic scholar/politician - Sialkot, Punjab Province, British India (2025/86) 1938-1003 Pedro Pablo Kuczynski* economist/ politician/P/cousin of Jean-Luc Godard - Lima, Peru **** 1938-1008 Walter Gretzky* telephone installer/hockey promoter/father of Wayne Gretzky - Canning, ON Canada (2021/82) 1938-1010 1938-1013 Christiane Hörbiger* actress - Vienna, Austria (2022/84) 1938-1013 Michael Smuin* ballet dancer/choreographer/theater director - Missoula, MT USA (2007/68) 1938-1014 Pierre Schori* politician/diplomat - Norrköping, Sweden **** 1938-1017 Evel Knievel* stunt performer/ entertainer - Butte, MT USA (2007/69) 1938-1017 Marita Lindahl* Miss World 1957/model - Helsinki, Finland (2017/78) 1938-1018 Dawn Wells* actress - Reno, NV USA (2020/82) 1938-1020 Kathy Kirby* (b Catherine O’Róurke) singer - Ilford, Essex, England (2011/72) 1938-1021 Carl Brewer* hockey player - Toronto, ON Canada (2001/62) 1938-1021 Héctor Suárez* actor/ comedian/director - Mexico City, Mexico (2020/81) 1938-1022 Christopher Lloyd* actor - Stamford, CT USA **** 1938-1030 1938-1101 1938-1102 Queen Sofia of Spain* wife of King Juan Carlos I - Tatoi Palace, Athens, Kingdom of Greece **** 1938-1110 1938-1112 Benjamin Mkapa* politician/P of Tanzania - Ndanda, Masai, Tanganyika (2020/81) 1938-1117 Gordon Lightfoot* singer-songwriter/ guitarist - Orillia, ON Canada (2023/84) 1938-1120 1938-1123 Herbert Achternbusch* (b Schild) actor/ film director/painter - Munich, Nazi Germany (2022/83) 1938-1123 Esko Nikkari* actor - Lapua, Finland (2006/68) 1938-1126 Elizabeth Bailey* economist - New York City, NY USA (2022/83) 1938-1130 Margarita Salas* biochemist/molecular geneticist- Valdés, Spain (2019/80) 1938-1201 Frank A. Howard* police officer/politician - Hornbeck, LA USA (2020/81) 1938-1203 Werner Thissen* Catholic prelate/Archbishop of Hamburg - Kleve, Gau Essen, Nazi Germany (2025/86) 1938-1205 1938-1206 Patrick Bauchau* actor - Brussels, Belgium **** 1938-1210 Antony Kidman* psychologist/ biochemist/father of Nicole Kidman - Sydney, NSW Australia (2014/75) 1938-1216 Angelo Mozilo* banker - New York City, NY USA (2023/84) 1938-1220 1938-1222 Jarmo “Kätsy” Koivunen* cartoonist (for 52 years at Ilta-Sanomat) - Tampere, Finland (2023/84) 1938-1227 Pirkko Mannola* singer/ actress - Sääksmäki, Finland **** 1938-1229 Jon Voigt* actor - Yonkers, NY USA **** 1938-1231 1938-0 1938-0 1938-0 Updated 2025-0511 Helsinki-Munich Search for another year here