In the year 1937
482 Notable deaths
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.
Harry Graf Kessler
German art collector, patron, writer, publicist and diplomat (1868-1937).
Died November 30th, 1937 at 69 years old in 7th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
John T. Dillon
American actor of the silent era (1876-1937).
Died December 29th, 1937 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Andrzej Strug
Polish writer and journalist (1871-1937).
Born November 28th, 1871 in Lublin.
Died December 9th, 1937 at 66 years old in Warsaw.
J. Frank Glendon
American actor (1886-1937).
Born October 25th, 1886 in Choteau.
Died March 17th, 1937 at 50 years old in Hollywood.
Julius Bredt
German organic chemist (1855–1937).
Born March 29th, 1855 in Berlin.
Died September 21st, 1937 at 82 years old in Aachen.
Josef Rovenský
Czech actor and director (1894–1937).
Born April 17th, 1894 in Prague. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1937 at 43 years old in Bubeneč. [ref]
Annie Lorrain Smith
British mycologist and lichenologist (1854-1937).
Born October 23rd, 1854 in Liverpool, Half Morton.
Died September 7th, 1937 at 82 years old in London.
Suleyman Stalsky
Lezgian poet from dagestan.
Born May 18th, 1869 in Ashaga-Stal.
Died November 23rd, 1937 at 68 years old in Makhachkala.
Marguerite Audoux
French writer (1863-1937).
Born July 7th, 1863 in Sancoins.
Died January 31st, 1937 at 73 years old in Saint-Raphaël.
Joe Lydon
Boxer (1878-1937).
Born February 2nd, 1878 in Swinford.
Died August 19th, 1937 at 59 years old in St. Louis.
Omar Faig Nemanzadeh
Azerbaijani journalist (1872–1937).
Born December 24th, 1872 in Atskuri.
Died October 10th, 1937 at 64 years old in Tbilisi.
Ekaterina Vazem
Russian prima ballerina (1848–1937).
Born January 25th, 1848 in Moscow.
Died December 14th, 1937 at 89 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Hayk Bzhishkyan
Soviet general (1887-1937).
Born February 18th, 1887 in Tabriz.
Died December 11th, 1937 at 50 years old in Butovo firing range.
Zmicier Zhylunovich
Belarusian writer (1887—1937).
Born November 4th, 1887 in Kapyĺ.
Died April 11th, 1937 at 49 years old in Mogilev.
Claude Buckenham
English footballer (1876-1937).
Born January 16th, 1876 in Herne Hill.
Died February 23rd, 1937 at 61 years old in Dundee.
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Do not fear death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light. But, if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity. Laughing Bull