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In the year 1937
439 Notable deaths
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.
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).
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.
Died July 8th, 1937 at 38 years old in Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Benjamin Baker Moeur
American politician (1869-1937).
Born December 22nd, 1869 in Tennessee.
Died March 16th, 1937 at 67 years old in Tempe.
Arthur Bernède
French writer, poet, opera librettist, and playwright (1871–1937).
Born January 5th, 1871 in Redon.
Died March 19th, 1937 at 66 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Thorvald Aagaard
Danish composer, organist and college teacher.
Born June 8th, 1877 in Denmark.
Died March 22nd, 1937 at 59 years old in Ringe.
Vasily Gurko
Russian general.
Born June 1st, 1864 in Pushkin.
Died February 11th, 1937 at 72 years old in Rome.
Frederick Vernon Coville
American botanist (1867-1937).
Born March 23rd, 1867 in New York City.
Died January 9th, 1937 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C..
Dmitry Shuvayev
Russian general (1854-1937).
Born October 24th, 1854 in Ufa.
Died December 19th, 1937 at 83 years old in Lipetsk (gunshot wound).
Felix Hamrin
Swedish 20th century prime minister (1875-1937).
Born January 14th, 1875 in Mönsterås församling. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1937 at 62 years old in Jönköpings Kristina församling. [ref]
Lev Shubnikov
Russian physicist (1901–1937).
Born September 29th, 1901 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 10th, 1937 at 36 years old in Soviet Union.
Vernon Lyman Kellogg
American entomologist, evolutionary biologist, science administrator and author (1867-1937).
Born December 1st, 1867 in Emporia.
Died August 8th, 1937 at 69 years old in Hartford.
Antônio Parreiras
Brazilian painter, draftsman, illustrator, writer and teacher (1860-1937).
Born January 20th, 1860 in Niterói.
Died October 17th, 1937 at 77 years old in Niterói.
Ellen Hansell
Us tennis player (1869–1937).
Born September 28th, 1869 in Philadelphia.
Died May 11th, 1937 at 67 years old in Pittsburgh.
Antônio Mariano de Oliveira
Brazilian writer.
Born April 28th, 1857 in Saquarema.
Died January 19th, 1937 at 79 years old in Niterói.
Prosper Poullet
Belgian former prime minister (1868-1937).
Born March 5th, 1868 in Leuven.
Died December 3rd, 1937 at 69 years old in Leuven.
Harald Slott-Møller
Danish painter and ceramist (1864-1937).
Born August 17th, 1864 in Copenhagen.
Died October 20th, 1937 at 73 years old in Copenhagen.
Cécile Tormay
Hungarian writer, intellectual and antisemitic political activist.
Born October 8th, 1876 in Budapest.
Died April 2nd, 1937 at 60 years old in Mátraháza.
Godefroy de Blonay
Swiss linguist and member of the international olympic committee (1869-1937).
Born July 25th, 1869 in Füllinsdorf. [ref]
Died February 14th, 1937 at 67 years old in Biskra. [ref]
Sonia Lewitska
French painter and printmaker (1874-1937).
Born March 9th, 1882 in Vykhylivka. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1937 at 55 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alessandro Padoa
Italian mathematician and logician, a contributor to the school of giuseppe peano (1868-1937).
Born October 14th, 1868 in Venice.
Died November 25th, 1937 at 69 years old in Genoa.
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