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In the year 1937
482 Notable deaths
Seraphim Chichagov
Executed russian priest (1856–1937).
Born January 21st, 1856 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 11th, 1937 at 81 years old in Butovo firing range (gunshot wound).
Marvel Rea
Actress from the united states.
Born November 9th, 1901 in Ainsworth.
Died June 17th, 1937 at 35 years old in Los Angeles (intoxication).
Paolo Iashvili
Georgian poet (1894-1937).
Born June 29th, 1894 in Gamogma Argveti.
Died July 22nd, 1937 at 43 years old in Tbilisi (gunshot wound).
George Topîrceanu
Romanian writer (1886–1937).
Born March 20th, 1886 in Bucharest.
Died May 7th, 1937 at 51 years old in Iași (liver cancer).
Adele Sandrock
German actress (1863-1937).
Born August 19th, 1863 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1937 at 74 years old in Berlin. [ref]
George Nathan
British international brigade volunteer (1895–1937).
Born January 20th, 1895 in Ireland.
Died July 16th, 1937 at 42 years old in Brunete.
Élie Faure
French art historian and essayist (1873-1937).
Born April 4th, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande.
Died October 30th, 1937 at 64 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Charles Henderson
American politician, alabama (1860-1937).
Born April 26th, 1860 in Pike County.
Died January 7th, 1937 at 76 years old in Troy (stroke).
Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde
Dutch sexologist (1873-1937).
Born February 12th, 1873 in Leeuwarden.
Died April 27th, 1937 at 64 years old in Lugano.
Vitovt Putna
Soviet red army officer.
Born April 12th, 1893 in Mackonys.
Died June 12th, 1937 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Alma Tell
American actress (1898-1937).
Born March 27th, 1898 in New York City.
Died December 29th, 1937 at 39 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
James B. Frazier
American politician (1856-1937).
Born October 18th, 1856 in Tennessee.
Died March 28th, 1937 at 80 years old in Tennessee.
Yordan Yovkov
Bulgarian writer (1880–1937).
Born November 9th, 1880 in Zheravna. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1937 at 56 years old in Plovdiv (cancer). [ref]
Francis de Croisset
French writer (1877-1937).
Born January 28th, 1877 in Brussels.
Died November 8th, 1937 at 60 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Orso Mario Corbino
Italian physicist (1876-1937).
Born April 30th, 1876 in Augusta.
Died January 23rd, 1937 at 60 years old in Rome.
Abdülhak Hâmit Tarhan
Turkish playwright and statesperson (1852–1937).
Born January 2nd, 1852 in Istanbul.
Died April 13th, 1937 at 85 years old in Istanbul.
Nathan L. Bachman
American politician (1878-1937).
Born August 2nd, 1878 in Chattanooga.
Died April 23rd, 1937 at 58 years old in Washington, D.C..
Albert Heim
Swiss geologist (1849-1937).
Born April 12th, 1849 in Zurich.
Died August 31st, 1937 at 88 years old in Zurich.
Ahmet Baitursynuly
Kazakh intellectual (1872-1937).
Born January 28th, 1872 in Turgay Oblast.
Died December 8th, 1937 at 65 years old in Almaty.
Mykola Kulish
Ukrainian writer and playwright (1892–1937).
Born December 18th, 1892 in Chaplynka.
Died November 3rd, 1937 at 44 years old in Sandarmokh.
Rafael de Nogales Méndez
Venezuelan soldier, adventurer and writer (1879–1937).
Born October 14th, 1879 in San Cristóbal. [ref]
Died July 10th, 1937 at 57 years old in Panama City (pneumonia).
Peter of Krutitsy
Russian orthodox bishop (1862-1937).
Born July 10th, 1862 in Storozhevoye.
Died October 10th, 1937 at 75 years old in Verkhneuralsk.
Charles Hill Mailes
Actor (1870-1937).
Born May 25th, 1870 in Halifax.
Died February 17th, 1937 at 66 years old in Los Angeles.
Valerian Pidmohylny
Ukrainian writer (1901–1937).
Born February 2nd, 1901 in Pysarivka.
Died November 3rd, 1937 at 36 years old in Sandarmokh (execution by shooting).
Axel Bakunts
Armenian activist (1899–1937).
Born June 13th, 1889 in Goris.
Died July 8th, 1937 at 48 years old in Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde