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In the year 1937
438 Notable deaths
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
German aristocrat (1868-1937).
Born November 25th, 1868 in Darmstadt.
Died October 9th, 1937 at 68 years old in Schloß Wolfsgarten.
Gerda Taro
German photographer, best known for her reporting on the spanish civil war.
Born August 1st, 1910 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1937 at 26 years old in El Escorial (struck by vehicle). [ref]
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
British banker and zoologist (1868–1937).
Born February 8th, 1868 in London.
Died August 27th, 1937 at 69 years old in Tring.
Robert Borden
8th prime minister of canada (1854-1937).
Born June 26th, 1854 in Grand-Pré. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1937 at 82 years old in Ottawa. [ref]
Ida Dalser
Mother of benito mussolini's natural son.
Born August 20th, 1880 in Kingdom of Italy.
Died December 3rd, 1937 at 57 years old in Venice (cerebral hemorrhage).
Henry Ossawa Tanner
American artist (1859-1937).
Born June 21st, 1859 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1937 at 77 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Jaishankar Prasad
Hindi author (1889–1937).
Born January 30th, 1889 in Varanasi.
Died November 15th, 1937 at 48 years old in Varanasi.
Madison Grant
American lawyer, eugenicist, and conservationist (1865–1937).
Born November 19th, 1865 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1937 at 71 years old in New York City (nephritis).
R. J. Mitchell
Aeronautical engineer; designer of the spitfire.
Born May 20th, 1895 in Butt Lane.
Died June 11th, 1937 at 42 years old in Portswood (colorectal cancer).
Colin Clive
British actor (1900–1937).
Born January 20th, 1900 in Saint-Malo.
Died June 25th, 1937 at 37 years old in Hollywood (tuberculosis).
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Russian author (1884–1937).
Born February 1st, 1884 in Lebedyan.
Died March 10th, 1937 at 53 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Austen Chamberlain
British politician (1863-1937).
Born October 16th, 1863 in Birmingham.
Died March 17th, 1937 at 73 years old in London.
Karol Szymanowski
Polish composer (1882–1937).
Born October 6th, 1882 in Tymoshivka. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1937 at 54 years old in Lausanne (tuberculosis).
Keke Geladze
Mother of joseph stalin.
Born February 5th, 1858 in Gori. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1937 at 79 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Chūya Nakahara
Japanese symbolist poet.
Born April 29th, 1907 in Shimounorei.
Died October 22nd, 1937 at 30 years old in Ōgigayatsu (tuberculosis, meningitis).
William Sealy Gosset
British statistician.
Born June 13th, 1876 in Canterbury. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1937 at 61 years old in Beaconsfield (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Emilio Mola
Spanish military commander (1887-1937).
Born July 9th, 1887 in Placetas.
Died June 3rd, 1937 at 49 years old in Alcocero de Mola. [ref]
Philip de Laszlo
Hungarian artist (1869-1937).
Born April 30th, 1869 in Pest. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1937 at 68 years old in Hampstead (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Meher Ali Shah
Sufi scholar and a mystic punjabi poet (1859–1937).
Born April 14th, 1859 in Golra Sharif.
Died May 11th, 1937 at 78 years old in Golra Sharif.
Sergo Ordzhonikidze
Soviet politician (1886-1937).
Born October 24th, 1886 in Ghoresha.
Died February 18th, 1937 at 50 years old in Moscow.
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist and philosopher (1850-1937); first czechoslovak president.
Born March 7th, 1850 in Hodonín. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1937 at 87 years old in Lány Castle. [ref]
Horacio Quiroga
Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer (1878–1937).
Born December 31st, 1878 in Salto.
Died February 19th, 1937 at 58 years old in Buenos Aires (cyanide poisoning).
Marie Prevost
Canadian actress (1898–1937).
Born November 8th, 1896 in Sarnia.
Died January 23rd, 1937 at 40 years old in Hollywood (heart failure).
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