* 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 introduction of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Superman in 1938 turned comic books into a major industry, and is the start of the Golden Age of comics.

* 1938 – Jerry West, American basketball player

The planet was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and was first referred to in Action Comics # 1 ( June 1938 ); the planet was given its first full-fledged appearance in Superman # 1 ( Summer 1939 ).

Joe Shuster, who together with Jerry Siegel created the fictional superhero Superman, in 1938 burned the first Superman story when under the impression that it would not find a publisher.

Edmund Gerald " Jerry " Brown, Jr. ( born April 7, 1938 ) is an American politician who has previously served and is currently serving as the Governor of California.

Jerry Rubin ( July 14, 1938 – November 28, 1994 ) was an American social activist during the 1960s and 1970s.

* Edmund Gerald (" Jerry ") Brown, Jr. ( born April 7, 1938 )

Cal Poly Pomona began as an extension campus of Cal Poly in 1938 when a completely equipped school and farm were donated by Charles Voorhis and his son Jerry Voorhis of Pasadena, California, and was initially called the Voorhis Unit.

* Jerry Brown ( born 1938 ), Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Pat Brown's son and the 34th and 39th Governor of California

Cal Poly Pomona began as a satellite campus of the California Polytechnic School ( today known as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo ) in 1938 when a completely equipped school and farm in the city of San Dimas were donated by Charles Voorhis and his son Jerry Voorhis.

Its founder Charles B. Voorhis and headmaster Jerry Voorhis maintained the school opened throughout the worst years of the Great Depression but persistent economic pressures forced them to transfer control to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo in 1938.

Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

In 1938, she married film director Jerry Hopper ; they were divorced in 1943.

The themes of escape from a doomed planet to a habitable one also can be seen in Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's 1938 comic Superman.

Jerome Ravn " Jerry " Juhl ( July 27, 1938 – September 26, 2005 ) was an American television and movie writer, best known for his work with Jim Henson's " Muppets ".

Jerry Tucker ( born November 1, 1925 ) is a former American child actor, most notable for appearing as the " rich kid " in the Our Gang short subjects series semi-regularly from 1931 to 1938.

Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the Man of Tomorrow first appeared in Action Comics # 1 in 1938.

* Jerry Juhl ( 1938 – 2005 )-Muppeteer and writer for the Muppets

From 1937 to 1938 the cave was owned by Jerry Cannon and managed by Mose Arnold, who replaced the ladder with concrete steps and hung a rope next to the steps to aid visitors as they descended into the cave.

Comics historian Jerry Bails wrote that Samachson worked as a Research Chemist for the American Molasses Company until 1938, leaving to become a " freelance technical writer ".

In 1938, he married Donna Hoover ; the couple had one son, Jerry, who also served as a state representative.

1936-built Vultee V-1 executive aircraft displayed in the Virginia Aviation MuseumGerard " Jerry " Freebairn Vultee ( 1900 – 1938 ) and Vance Breese ( 1904 – 1973 ) started the Airplane Development Corporation in early 1932 after American Airlines showed great interest in their six-passenger V-1 design.

In 1938, before he could see Vultee become an independent company, Jerry Vultee and his wife Sylvia Parker, the daughter of Twentieth Century Fox director Max Parker, died when the plane he was piloting crashed in a snowstorm near Sedona, Arizona.