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1938 births

  • Leonard H. LeskoLeonard H. Lesko was born in the mid-20th century to a family that would eventually support his lifelong study of ancient Egypt.
  • Jerry WestJerry Alan West was born on the 28th of May, 1938, into a poor household in Chelyan, West Virginia. He grew up as the fifth of six children to Cecil Sue West…
  • Ralph BakshiRalph Bakshi was born on the 29th of October 1938, in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine. His family moved to the United States in 1939 and settled in the…
  • Eddie CochranEdward Ray Cochran entered the world on the 3rd of October 1938 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. His parents Alice and Frank R.
  • Astrid KirchherrAstrid Kirchherr was born on the 20th of May 1938 in Hamburg, Germany. Her father had been an executive for the German branch of Ford Motor Company before he…
  • Klaus VoormannKlaus Otto Wilhelm Voormann was born on the 29th of April 1938 in Berlin, Germany. He grew up in the suburbs of north Berlin as one of six brothers.
  • Jan AssmannJohann Christoph Assmann, known as Jan, was born on the 7th of July 1938 in Germany. He studied Egyptology and classical archaeology across four cities…
  • Bill HarryWilliam Harry was born on the 17th of September 1938 at Smithdown Road Hospital in Liverpool. His childhood unfolded within a rough neighborhood near the…
  • Lill-BabsBarbro Margareta Svensson was born on the 9th of March 1938 in Järvsö, a small village north of Stockholm. She lived with her parents Ragnar and Britta…
  • Gary GygaxErnest Gary Gygax was born on the 27th of July 1938 in Chicago, Illinois. His father Ernst worked as a violinist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra while his…
  • Alan SiegelAlan Siegel arrived in the world on the 26th of August 1938. His parents Eugene and Ruth raised him within New York City limits.
  • Vladimir VysotskyVladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky entered the world on the 25th of January 1938 at the 3rd Meshchanskaya Street maternity hospital in Moscow.