In the year 1937
481 Notable deaths
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.
Robert D. Carey
American politician (1878–1937).
Born August 12th, 1878 in Cheyenne.
Died January 17th, 1937 at 58 years old in Cheyenne.
Ellen Hansell
Us tennis player (1869–1937).
Born September 18th, 1869 in Philadelphia.
Died May 11th, 1937 at 67 years old in Pittsburgh.
Antônio Mariano de Oliveira
Brazilian writer (1857–1937).
Born April 28th, 1857 in Saquarema.
Died January 19th, 1937 at 79 years old in Niterói. [ref]
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 Frederiksberg.
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.
Died February 14th, 1937 at 67 years old in Biskra.
Lucy Beaumont
British actress (1869-1937).
Born May 18th, 1873 in Bristol.
Died April 24th, 1937 at 63 years old in New York City (disease).
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.
George Nuttall
American-british bacteriologist (1862–1937).
Born July 5th, 1862 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1937 at 75 years old in London.
Lyubomir Miletich
Bulgarian academic (1863–1937).
Born January 1st, 1863 in Štip. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1937 at 74 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Meliton Balanchivadze
Georgian musician (1862-1937).
Born January 5th, 1863 in Banoja. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1937 at 74 years old in Kutaisi. [ref]
Stéphan Elmas
Armenian composer, pianist and teacher (1864–1937).
Born December 24th, 1864 in İzmir.
Died August 11th, 1937 at 72 years old in Geneva.
Gim Yujeong
Korean novelist (1908–1937).
Born January 11th, 1908 in Chuncheon.
Died March 29th, 1937 at 29 years old in Seoul.
David Hendricks Bergey
American bacteriologist (1860-1937).
Born December 27th, 1860 in Skippack.
Died September 5th, 1937 at 76 years old in Philadelphia.
Luigi Pernier
Italian archaeologist (1874–1937).
Born November 23rd, 1874 in Rome.
Died August 18th, 1937 at 62 years old in Rhodes.
Paul Vaillant-Couturier
French journalist and politician (1892–1937).
Born January 8th, 1892 in Paris.
Died October 10th, 1937 at 45 years old in Paris. [ref]
Moyshe Kulbak
Soviet writer (1896-1937).
Born March 20th, 1896 in Smarhon.
Died October 29th, 1937 at 41 years old in Minsk.
Mykhaylo Boychuk
Ukrainian painter (1882-1937).
Born October 30th, 1882 in Romanivka.
Died July 13th, 1937 at 54 years old in Kyiv.
Lidia Charskaya
Russian and soviet writer (1875–1937).
Born March 31st, 1875 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 18th, 1937 at 61 years old in Adler Microdistrict.
Bohdan Ihor Antonych
Ukrainian poet (1909–1937).
Born October 5th, 1909 in Nowica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. [ref]
Died July 6th, 1937 at 27 years old in Lviv. [ref]
Deaths 276 to 300 of 481
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche