In the year 1937
438 Notable deaths
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author.
Born July 24th, 1897 in Atchison County. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1937 at 39 years old in Pacific Ocean.
H. P. Lovecraft
American author (1890–1937).
Born August 20th, 1890 in Providence. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1937 at 46 years old in Providence (small intestine cancer). [ref]
Jean Harlow
American film actress (1911–1937).
Born March 3rd, 1911 in Kansas City.
Died June 7th, 1937 at 26 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure).
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898–1937).
Born September 26th, 1898 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1937 at 38 years old in Hollywood (brain cancer). [ref]
Ernest Rutherford
New zealand-born british physicist (1871–1937).
Born August 30th, 1871 in Spring Grove. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1937 at 66 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937).
Born November 30th, 1858 in Bikrampur.
Died November 23rd, 1937 at 78 years old in Giridih.
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark
Greek and danish princess.
Born June 22nd, 1911 in Athens.
Died November 16th, 1937 at 26 years old in Ostend (Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash).
J. M. Barrie
Scottish writer.
Born May 9th, 1860 in Kirriemuir. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1937 at 77 years old in Marylebone (pneumonia). [ref]
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937).
Born April 25th, 1874 in Bologna. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1937 at 63 years old in Rome.
Antonio Gramsci
Italian marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937).
Born January 23rd, 1891 in Ales. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1937 at 46 years old in Rome (cerebral hemorrhage).
Bessie Smith
American blues singer (1892–1937).
Born April 15th, 1894 in Chattanooga.
Died September 26th, 1937 at 43 years old in Clarksdale (traffic collision).
Maurice Ravel
French composer (1875–1937).
Born March 7th, 1875 in Ciboure. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1937 at 62 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (neurological disorder).
Erich Ludendorff
German army officer (1865–1937).
Born April 9th, 1865 in Kruszewnia.
Died December 20th, 1937 at 72 years old in Munich (liver cancer).
J. Bruce Ismay
Chairman of white star shipping line (1862–1937).
Born December 12th, 1862 in Crosby.
Died October 17th, 1937 at 74 years old in Mayfair (stroke, thrombosis).
Edith Wharton
American writer and designer (1862–1937).
Born January 24th, 1862 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1937 at 75 years old in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt (stroke). [ref]
Ramsay MacDonald
British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935.
Born October 12th, 1866 in Lossiemouth.
Died November 9th, 1937 at 71 years old in Atlantic Ocean (heart failure).
Alfred Adler
Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937).
Born February 7th, 1870 in Rudolfsheim. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1937 at 67 years old in Aberdeen (acute myocardial infarction).
Andrew W. Mellon
American diplomat, banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, and art collector (1855–1937).
Born March 24th, 1855 in Pittsburgh.
Died August 26th, 1937 at 82 years old in Southampton.
Pierre de Coubertin
Founder of modern olympic games, pedagogue and historian (1863-1937).
Born January 1st, 1863 in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1937 at 74 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Marshal of the soviet union (1893—1937).
Born February 16th, 1893.
Died June 12th, 1937 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Carl Emil Pettersson
Swedish-born king of tabar island (1875-1937).
Born October 4th, 1875 in Stockholm.
Died May 12th, 1937 at 61 years old in Sydney.
Lou Andreas-Salomé
German-russian psychoanalyst and author.
Born February 12th, 1861 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 5th, 1937 at 75 years old in Göttingen (kidney failure).
Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse
German noble (1906–1937).
Born November 8th, 1906 in Darmstadt.
Died November 16th, 1937 at 31 years old in Ostend (Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash).
Ted Healy
American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor (1896–1937).
Born October 1st, 1896 in Kaufman.
Died December 21st, 1937 at 41 years old in Los Angeles (nephritis).
Daniel Daly
United states marine corps medal of honor recipient (1873-1937).
Born November 11th, 1873 in Glen Cove.
Died April 27th, 1937 at 63 years old in Glendale.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson