In the year 1937
482 Notable deaths
Gyula Juhász
Hungarian poet (1883-1937).
Born April 4th, 1883 in Szeged.
Died April 6th, 1937 at 54 years old in Szeged.
Gaetano Bisleti
Catholic cardinal (1856-1937).
Born March 20th, 1856 in Veroli.
Died August 30th, 1937 at 81 years old in Rome.
Nikolai Minsky
Russian poet (1855–1937).
Born January 27th, 1856 in Hlybokaye. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1937 at 81 years old in Paris.
Gustav Shpet
Russian philosopher (1879–1937).
Born April 7th, 1879 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1937 at 58 years old in Kolpashevo.
Wilhelm Henie
Norwegian speed skater, racing cyclist and figure skating coach (1872-1937).
Born September 7th, 1872 in Christiania.
Died May 10th, 1937 at 64 years old in Oslo.
Robert Bolder
Actor (1859-1937).
Born July 20th, 1859 in London.
Died December 10th, 1937 at 78 years old in Los Angeles.
Rodolfo Chiari
President of panama (1869-1937).
Born November 15th, 1869 in Aguadulce.
Died August 16th, 1937 at 67 years old in Monrovia.
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
Percy Gardner
British archaeologist (1846-1937).
Born November 24th, 1846 in London.
Died July 17th, 1937 at 90 years old in Oxford.
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 27th, 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.
Lizardo García
President of ecuador (1905 - 1906).
Born April 26th, 1844 in Guayaquil.
Died May 29th, 1937 at 93 years old in Guayaquil.
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]
Agnes McLaren
British doctor (1837–1913).
Born July 4th, 1837 in Edinburgh.
Died April 17th, 1937 at 99 years old in Antibes.
Deaths 326 to 350 of 482
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker