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In the year 1937
481 Notable deaths
Paul Bekker
German musicologist (1882–1937).
Born September 11th, 1882 in Berlin. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1937 at 54 years old in New York City. [ref]
Shalva Eliava
Georgian soviet diplomat (1883–1937).
Born September 30th, 1883 in Ghaniri.
Died December 3rd, 1937 at 54 years old in Tbilisi.
Sandro Akhmeteli
Georgian theater director (1886-1937).
Born April 13th, 1886 in Anaga.
Died June 29th, 1937 at 51 years old
Harry McCoy
American actor (1889-1937).
Born December 10th, 1889 in Philadelphia.
Died September 1st, 1937 at 47 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Mykola Zerov
Ukrainian poet, translator, classical and literature scholar (1890–1937).
Born April 26th, 1890 in Zinkiv.
Died November 3rd, 1937 at 47 years old in Sandarmokh (gunshot wound).
Burnett Hillman Streeter
British biblical scholar and textual critic (1874-1937).
Born November 17th, 1874 in London.
Died September 10th, 1937 at 62 years old in Basel.
Josep Comas i Solà
Catalan astronomer (1868-1937).
Born December 17th, 1868 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1937 at 68 years old in Barcelona.
Bekir Çoban-zade
Crimean tatar intellectual (1893–1937).
Born May 15th, 1893 in Bilohirsk.
Died October 13th, 1937 at 44 years old in Baku (execution by shooting).
Moritz Geiger
German philosopher (1880–1937).
Born June 26th, 1880 in Frankfurt.
Died September 9th, 1937 at 57 years old in Seal Harbor.
Billy Hunter
Scottish footballer (1885-1937).
Died January 2nd, 1937 at 51 years old in New York City.
Agnes Slott-Møller
Danish painter and sculptor (1862-1937).
Born June 10th, 1862 in Nyboder.
Died June 11th, 1937 at 75 years old in Løgismose.
Robert John Tillyard
English–australian entomologist and geologist (1881–1937).
Born January 31st, 1881 in Norwich.
Died January 13th, 1937 at 55 years old in Goulburn (car collision).
Uryū Sotokichi
Japanese admiral and politician (1857-1937).
Born January 2nd, 1857 in Daishōji Domain.
Died November 11th, 1937 at 80 years old in Tokyo.
Ottilie Roederstein
German-swiss painter (1859–1937).
Born April 22nd, 1859 in Zurich.
Died November 26th, 1937 at 78 years old in Hofheim am Taunus.
Hans Molisch
Austrian botanist (1856-1937).
Born December 6th, 1856 in Brno. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1937 at 81 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Domingo Batet
Spanish military personnel (1872-1937).
Born August 30th, 1872 in Tarragona. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1937 at 64 years old in Burgos (gunshot wound).
Panas Lyubchenko
Ukrainian politician.
Born January 14th, 1897 in Kaharlyk.
Died August 30th, 1937 at 40 years old in Kyiv (unnatural death).
Filoteo Alberini
Italian cinematographer (1867–1937).
Born March 14th, 1867 in Orte.
Died April 12th, 1937 at 70 years old in Rome.
Adalbert Deșu
Romanian footballer (1909-1937).
Born March 24th, 1909 in Gătaia.
Died June 6th, 1937 at 28 years old in Timișoara (pneumonia).
Juan Campisteguy
Uruguayan soldier, lawyer and president (1859-1937).
Born September 7th, 1859 in Montevideo.
Died September 4th, 1937 at 77 years old in Montevideo.
Nikolai Batalov
Russian and soviet actor (1899–1937).
Born December 6th, 1899 in Moscow.
Died November 10th, 1937 at 37 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Richard Weiner
Czech poet and publicist (1884-1937).
Born November 6th, 1884 in Písek.
Died January 3rd, 1937 at 52 years old in Prague (stomach cancer).
James A. Marcus
Actor (1867-1937).
Born January 21st, 1867 in New York City.
Died October 15th, 1937 at 70 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Sergei Chavain
Soviet mari poet (1888–1937).
Born October 6th, 1888.
Died November 11th, 1937 at 49 years old in Yoshkar-Ola.
Albert Verwey
Dutch poet, professor, translator and critic (1865 - 1937).
Born May 15th, 1865 in Amsterdam.
Died March 8th, 1937 at 71 years old in Noordwijk aan Zee.
Deaths 326 to 350 of 481
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