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In the year 1937
482 Notable deaths
Harold Stapley
English footballer (1883-1937).
Born April 29th, 1883 in Kent.
Died April 29th, 1937 at 54 years old in Glossop.
Klym Polishchuk
Ukraninan writer and poet (1891-1937).
Born November 25th, 1891 in Krasnopil.
Died November 3rd, 1937 at 45 years old in Sandarmokh.
John W. Brunius
Swedish actor, writer and director (1884–1937).
Born December 26th, 1884 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1937 at 52 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Bertha Müller
Austrian painter (1848–1937).
Born October 28th, 1848 in Vienna.
Died January 26th, 1937 at 88 years old in Vienna.
Nils Collett Vogt
Norwegian poet (1864–1937).
Born September 24th, 1864 in Christiania.
Died December 23rd, 1937 at 73 years old in Lillehammer.
Tapa Tchermoeff
Russian politician.
Born March 15th, 1882 in Grozny.
Died August 28th, 1937 at 55 years old in Lausanne.
Nikolay Ustryalov
Russian politician (1890-1937).
Born December 7th, 1890 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 14th, 1937 at 46 years old in Moscow.
Carl Adolf Georg Lauterbach
German botanist and explorer (1864–1937).
Born April 21st, 1864 in Wrocław.
Died September 1st, 1937 at 73 years old in Wrocław.
Franz Josef Niedenzu
German botanist (1857–1937).
Born November 29th, 1857 in Koperniki.
Died September 30th, 1937 at 79 years old in Braniewo.
Louis Williquet
Belgian weightlifter.
Born July 2nd, 1894 in Liège. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1937 at 42 years old [ref]
Clifford Smith
American film director, actor and producer (1894-1937).
Born August 22nd, 1894 in Richmond.
Died September 17th, 1937 at 43 years old in Los Angeles (peritonitis).
Nygmet Nurmakovich Nurmakov
Soviet union party activist (1895–1937).
Born October 25th, 1895 in Karkaralinsk Uyezd.
Died September 27th, 1937 at 41 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Friedrich Bödeker
German botanist (1867-1937).
Born September 11th, 1867 in Helpup.
Died April 9th, 1937 at 69 years old in Cologne.
Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze
French politician and polo player (1869-1937).
Born January 14th, 1869 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 13th, 1937 at 68 years old in Compiègne.
Carl August Kronlund
Olympic curler (1865-1937).
Born August 25th, 1865 in Skövde.
Died August 15th, 1937 at 71 years old in Stockholm.
Hugh Henry Breckenridge
American painter (1870-1937).
Born October 6th, 1870 in Leesburg.
Died November 4th, 1937 at 67 years old in Philadelphia.
Bernard Franklin
Gymnast (1889-1937).
Born November 10th, 1889 in London.
Died January 2nd, 1937 at 47 years old in London.
Vladimir Ippolitovich Lipsky
Russian botanist (1863-1937).
Born March 23rd, 1863 in Rovensky Uyezd.
Died February 24th, 1937 at 73 years old in Odesa.
Orrin Upshaw
American tug of war competitor (1874-1937).
Born July 23rd, 1874 in Peoria.
Died August 15th, 1937 at 63 years old in St. Louis.
Sergey Glazenap
Russian astronomer (1848-1937).
Born September 25th, 1848 in Vyshny Volotshyok County.
Died April 12th, 1937 at 88 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Viliam Figuš-Bystrý
Slovak composer and teacher (1875-1937).
Born February 28th, 1875 in Banská Bystrica.
Died May 11th, 1937 at 62 years old in Banská Bystrica.
Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban
Catholic cardinal (1862-1937).
Born September 20th, 1862 in Pamplona. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1937 at 74 years old in Seville.
Eduard Steinemann
Swiss gymnast (1906-1937).
Born August 2nd, 1906.
Died June 28th, 1937 at 30 years old in Flawil.
Ivan Padalka
Ukrainian painter and graphic artist (1894-1937).
Born November 15th, 1894 in Zhornoklovy. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1937 at 42 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
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