Curated category
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.