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• Alice M. Kerr, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Gerrit Johannes Christiaan van Niftrik, Stad Vollenhove († 2010)
• Gijsbert Albert Hoek, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Berendjen Mulder, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Bernardina Alberta Maria Amting, Hulsel, Reusel-De Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Gerrit van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Helena Josephina Henrica Manders, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1940)
• Barend Waterman († 1943)
• Erieka Maria de Pina, Bandoeng, West-Java († 1995)
• Cornelia Jacoba Maria van WIJK, Alphen aan de Rijn († 2020)

• Anna Maria Bouber
• Catharina van de Weijer (51), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharinus van der Mark (70), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aart Van Drie (34), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart van Drie (34), Putten
• Cornelia Glijnsd X Groen (55), Velsen
• Amanda Allice ALLEN (83), Jones Co., MS
• Cornelis Dingeman Beek van (67), Oosterhout
• Anna Woutrina Smink (32), Oegstgeest, Nederland
• Antonetta van Egeraat (74), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1937 » Alexandra Strelchenko, Russian Singer († 2019)
• 1937 » Anthony Haden-Guest, British journalist, poet, and critic
• 1937 » Don Buford, American baseball player and coach
• 1937 » Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama († 2015)
• 1937 » Remak Ramsay, American actor
• 1937 » Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist
• 1938 » Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter († 1995)
• 1938 » Norman Fowler, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1939 » Jackie Burroughs, English-born Canadian actress († 2010)
• 1939 » Mary-Dell Chilton, American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology

• 1932 » Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1939 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1942 » Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
• 1945 » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Johannes Popitz, German lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
10. Wilhelmus
11. Jacobus
12. Gerardus
13. Jacob
14. Robert
15. Antonius
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Petronella
9. Catharina
10. Hendrika
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Jacoba
14. Helena
15. Grietje
16. Mary

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
• April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
• November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

The temperature on February 2, 1938 was between 1.9 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.