* Tex Austin ( 1886 – 1938 ), American rodeo promoter

* 1938 – Paul Daniels, English magician

* 1938 – Roy Thinnes, American actor

* 1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit ( a prototype of Bugs Bunny ).

* 1938 – The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.

* 1938 – Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director

* 1938 – Gary Collins, American actor

* 1938 – Larry Niven, American author

* 1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor

* 1938 – Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian politician

* 1938 – Rod Laver, Australian tennis player

* 1938 – Otto Rehhagel, German footballer and coach

* 1938 – Dave " Baby " Cortez, American pianist

The 1938 series was high-scoring affair with many high-scoring draws, resulting in a 1 – 1 result, Australia retaining the Ashes.

The remaining five series were drawn, with Australia retaining the Ashes four times ( 1938, 1962 – 63, 1965 – 66, 1968 ) and England retaining it once ( 1972 ).

Ashes series have generally been played over five Test matches, although there have been four-match series ( 1938 ; 1975 ) and six-match series ( 1970 – 71 ; 1974 – 75 ; 1978 – 79 ; 1981 ; 1985 ; 1989 ; 1993 and 1997 ).

* 1938 – Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 2007 )

* 1938 – Pierre de Bané, Canadian politician

* 1938 – Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier ( d. 2006 )

4, No. 1 ( Feb., 1938 ), pp. 14 – 33 in JSTOR

* 1938 – Terry Wogan, Irish-English broadcaster

* 1883 – Pauline Frederick, American actress ( d. 1938 )

Walter Frederick Morrison discovered a market for the modern-day flying disc in 1938 when he and future wife Lucile were offered US25 cents for a cake pan that they were tossing back and forth to each other on the beach in Santa Monica, California.

* August 12 – Pauline Frederick, American stage and screen actress, ( d. 1938 )

* Frederick George Jackson, British Arctic explorer ( d. 1938 )

* February 2 – Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate ( d. 1938 )

* Frederick Forsyth, British novelist ( born 1938 )

Frederick George Jackson ( 1860 – 13 March 1938 ), British Arctic explorer, was educated at Denstone College and Edinburgh University.

* Frederick William Sievers ( 1938 ), James Madison bust

In 1938 his son, Frederick C. Kendall published Henry Kendall, His Later Years, self-described as " A Refutation of Mrs Hamilton-Grey's book Kendall Our God-made Chief ".

The SWATH form was invented by Canadian Frederick G. Creed, who presented his idea in 1938 and was later awarded a British patent for it in 1946.

* Great Lady ( 1938 ), music by Frederick Loewe

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, ( 16 April 1881 – 23 December 1959 ), known as The Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and as The Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was one of the most senior British Conservative politicians of the 1930s, during which he held several senior ministerial posts, most notably as Foreign Secretary from 1938 to 1940.

John Frederick Hamm, ( born April 8, 1938 ) is a Canadian physician and politician and was the 25th Premier of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Frederick Dewayne " Freddie " Hubbard ( April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008 ) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Frederick Buscombe ( September 2, 1862 – July 21, 1938 ), merchant, was the 11th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, serving from 1905 to 1906.

Frederick Forsyth, CBE ( born 25 August 1938 ) is an English author and occasional political commentator.

* Frederick Goldwin Gardiner ( 1938 – 49 )

*** Frederick William Vanderbilt ( 1856 – 1938 )

* Frederick William Vanderbilt ( 1856 – 1938 ) built " Hyde Park " in Hyde Park, New York.

Frederick William Vanderbilt ( February 2, 1856 – June 29, 1938 ) was a member of the Vanderbilt family.

Frederick Vanderbilt died on June 29, 1938.

In 1938, Frederick Fraser Hunter, the Member for St. Patrick, introduced a private member's bill to designate members as Members of Parliament ( MPs ) arguing that the titles of MPP or MLA were confusing, inaccurate, and undignified.

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* Frederick Archibald Charles Thellusson, 6th Baron Rendlesham ( 1868 – 1938 )