* 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

The original editor was George Moonie, 1938 – 1959, followed by Harold Cramond, 1959-84.

An early proponent of the electric Spanish guitar was jazz guitarist George Barnes who used the instrument in two songs recorded in Chicago on March 1, 1938, " Sweetheart Land " and " It's a Low-Down Dirty Shame ".

* 1878 – George Bryant, American archer ( d. 1938 )

* 1858 – George Lyon, Canadian golfer ( d. 1938 )

* 1938 – Götz George, German actor

* Mathematics for Engineers George Newnes Ltd ( 1938 )

* 1938 – George Foster Peabody, American politician ( b. 1852 )

* 1892 – George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven ( d. 1938 )

* Mead, George Herbert ( 1938 ).

* Holiday ( 1938 ), d. George Cukor

* Vivacious Lady ( 1938 ), d. George Stevens

* May 24 – George Grey Barnard, American sculptor ( d. 1938 )

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

In his memoirs ( 1938 ) Lloyd George wrote, " Passchendaele was indeed one of the greatest disasters of the war .... No soldier of any intelligence now defends this senseless campaign ....".

* 1938: The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand

Among the most notable are Jumbo ( 1935 ), On Your Toes ( 1936, which included the ballet " Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ", choreographed by George Balanchine ), Babes in Arms ( 1937 ), I Married an Angel ( 1938 ), The Boys from Syracuse ( 1938 ), Pal Joey ( 1940 ), and their last original work, By Jupiter ( 1942 ).

George Bird Grinnell ( 1849 – 1938 ) was a non-Indian author and ethnologist, who wrote accounts of the Blackfoot Nation during his travels and research as a conservationist.

* Robert Neumann, Zaharoff the Armaments King ( 1935, revised 1938 ) London: George Allen & Unwin

* Pygmalion ( 1938 film ), based on the George Bernard Shaw play

Their politics may be different but such people share the morality of Laval and Pétain ... they are willing not only to tolerate evil, but to excuse it ... Both Jim Prior and Keith Joseph know that George Ward and Grunwick are not perfect, nor was Czechoslovakia perfect in 1938.

He edited Gabriel Pascal's film productions of two George Bernard Shaw plays, Pygmalion ( 1938 ) and Major Barbara ( 1941 ).

* George Lyon ( 1858 – 1938 ), Olympic Gold Medal golfer

In 1937, he designed the background of the first George VI definitive stamp series for the Post Office, and in 1938 produced The Creation of Adam, three bas-reliefs in stone for the Palace of Nations, the League of Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland.