1938 (people)


 * 4 January - Actor Jim Norton was born.
 * 12 January - Actor Lewis Fiander was born.
 * 14 January - Designer Spencer Chapman was born.
 * 16 January - Actor Christopher Dunham was born.
 * 21 January - Actor John Savident was born.
 * 28 January - Actor Christopher Coll was born.
 * 25 February - Actor Malcolm Tierney was born.
 * 26 February - Actor Tony Selby was born.
 * 9 March - Actor Tom Adams was born.
 * 13 March - Actor David McKail was born.
 * 13 April - Actor Julian Fox was born.
 * 13 May - Actor Milton Johns was born.
 * 29 May - Actor Barry Jackson was born.
 * 30 May - Actor Christopher Robbie was born.
 * June - Special sounds designer Brian Hodgson was born.
 * 7 June - Actor Ann Beach was born.
 * 18 June - Actor Michael Sheard was born.
 * 28 June - Actor John Tillinger was born.
 * 3 July - Make-up artist Sonia Markham was born.
 * 14 July - Actor Lionel Sansby was born.
 * 20 July - Actor Diana Rigg was born.
 * 28 July - Actor David Weston was born.
 * 5 August - Actor Tim Preece born.
 * 14 August - Actor Hilary Tindall was born.
 * 18 August - Actor Roy Boyd was born.
 * 8 September - Actor Louis Mahoney was born.
 * 17 September - Actor Richard Kane was born.
 * 28 September - Actor Tina Packer was born.
 * 30 September - Actor Lawrence Harrington was born.
 * 2 October - Actor Bruce Purchase was born.
 * 21 October - Actor Barbara Bermel was born.
 * 22 October - Actor Derek Jacobi was born.
 * 1 November - Actor Frances White was born.
 * 19 November - Actor Nicholas Pennell was born.
 * December - Lighting director Warwick Fielding was born.
 * 5 December - Actor Elaine Ives-Cameron was born.
 * 9 December - Director Waris Hussein was born.
 * 12 December - Actor Leslie Schofield was born.
 * 23 December - Production manager George Gallaccio was born.
 * Unknown - Actor Douglas Ditta was born.
 * Unknown - Stage director Mick Hughes was born.
 * Unknown - Actor Michael Leader was born.