In the year 1937
482 Notable deaths
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]
Francis Sowerby Macaulay
British mathematician (1862–1937).
Born February 11th, 1862 in Witney.
Died February 9th, 1937 at 74 years old in Cambridge.
Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt
Austrian-born, norwegian chemist.
Born December 4th, 1857 in Prague.
Died September 20th, 1937 at 79 years old in Oslo.
Cleto González Víquez
President of costa rica (1858-1937).
Born October 13th, 1858 in Heredia.
Died September 23rd, 1937 at 78 years old in San José.
Adolfo Alejandro Nouel
Catholic archbishop (1862-1937).
Born December 12th, 1862 in Santo Domingo.
Died June 26th, 1937 at 74 years old in Santo Domingo.
John Burke
American politician (1859–1937).
Born February 25th, 1859 in Keokuk County.
Died May 14th, 1937 at 78 years old in Rochester.
Aleksandr Voronsky
Russian writer (1884-1937).
Born September 8th, 1884.
Died August 13th, 1937 at 52 years old in Moscow.
Maik Yohansen
Ukrainian poet (1896-1937).
Born October 28th, 1895 in Kharkiv.
Died October 27th, 1937 at 41 years old in Kyiv.
Harry Stewart New
American politician (1858–1937).
Born December 31st, 1858 in Indianapolis.
Died May 9th, 1937 at 78 years old in Baltimore. [ref]
Annie Furuhjelm
Finnish politician and journalist, editor.
Born December 11th, 1859 in Sitka. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1937 at 77 years old in Hyvinkää.
Richard Hertwig
German zoologist (1850-1937).
Born September 23rd, 1850 in Friedberg.
Died October 3rd, 1937 at 87 years old in Schlederloh.
Karl Wien
German mountaineer (1906–1937).
Born September 10th, 1906 in Würzburg.
Died June 14th, 1937 at 30 years old in Nanga Parbat.
Ivan Akulov
Soviet politician (1888–1937).
Born April 24th, 1888 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 30th, 1937 at 49 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Hans von Rosenberg
German politician (1874-1937).
Born December 26th, 1874 in Berlin.
Died July 30th, 1937 at 62 years old in Fürstenzell.
Margaret Ashton
Suffragist and activist from the united kingdom.
Born January 19th, 1856 in Withington.
Died October 15th, 1937 at 81 years old in Didsbury.
Miguel Paz Barahona
President of honduras.
Born September 4th, 1863 in San Nicolás.
Died November 11th, 1937 at 74 years old in San Pedro Sula.
Béla von Kehrling
Hungarian tennis player (1891–1937).
Born January 25th, 1891 in Spišská Sobota.
Died April 26th, 1937 at 46 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Clarence Clark
American tennis player (1859-1937).
Born August 27th, 1859 in Germantown.
Died June 29th, 1937 at 77 years old in Germantown.
Harold Hackett
Us tennis player (1878-1937).
Born July 12th, 1878 in Hingham.
Died November 20th, 1937 at 59 years old in New York City.
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The harder the pain, the longer the path to recovery, the better the opportunity to learn. Maxime Lagacé