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In the year 1937
438 Notable deaths
Howie Morenz
Canadian ice hockey player (1902–1937).
Born September 21st, 1902 in Mitchell.
Died March 8th, 1937 at 34 years old in Montreal (myocardial infarction).
Frank B. Kellogg
American politician (1856-1937).
Born December 22nd, 1856 in Potsdam.
Died December 21st, 1937 at 80 years old in Saint Paul (pneumonia).
Gaston Doumergue
French lawyer and statesman (1863-1937).
Born August 1st, 1863 in Aigues-Vives. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1937 at 73 years old in Aigues-Vives (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Rudolf Otto
German theologian, philosopher, and comparative religionist (1869-1937).
Born September 25th, 1869 in Peine.
Died March 7th, 1937 at 67 years old in Marburg (pneumonia).
William Gillette
American actor, inventor and writer.
Born July 24th, 1863 in Hartford.
Died April 29th, 1937 at 73 years old in Hartford (pulmonary hemorrhage). [ref]
Walter Burley Griffin
American architect and landscape architect (1876-1937).
Born November 24th, 1876 in Maywood.
Died February 11th, 1937 at 60 years old in Lucknow (peritonitis).
Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
British artist and noblewoman (1856-1937).
Born March 7th, 1856 in London.
Died December 22nd, 1937 at 81 years old in London.
Wallace Carothers
American organic chemist.
Born April 27th, 1896 in Burlington.
Died April 29th, 1937 at 41 years old in Wilmington (poison).
Alfred Abel
German actor (1879–1937).
Born March 12th, 1879 in Leipzig.
Died December 12th, 1937 at 58 years old in Berlin (disease).
Ross Alexander
Actor (1907-1937).
Born July 27th, 1907 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1937 at 29 years old in Los Angeles (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Pavel Florensky
Russian orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor and neomartyr (*1882 – †1937).
Born January 21st, 1882 in Yevlakh.
Died December 8th, 1937 at 55 years old in Leningrad Oblast.
Elihu Thomson
American inventor (1853–1937).
Born March 29th, 1853 in Manchester.
Died March 13th, 1937 at 83 years old in Swampscott.
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
British politician (1864-1937).
Born July 18th, 1864 in Cowling. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1937 at 72 years old in Tilford. [ref]
Ikki Kita
Japanese philosopher and right-wing activist.
Born April 3rd, 1883 in Minato.
Died August 19th, 1937 at 54 years old in Tokyo Army Prison (gunshot wound).
Joseph Taylor Robinson
American politician (1872–1937).
Born August 26th, 1872 in Lonoke.
Died July 14th, 1937 at 64 years old in Washington, D.C..
Louis Vierne
French organist and composer (1870–1937).
Born October 8th, 1870 in Poitiers.
Died June 2nd, 1937 at 66 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Mehmed Selim Efendi
Ottoman noble (1870–1937).
Born January 11th, 1870 in Istanbul.
Died May 4th, 1937 at 67 years old in Beirut.
Max von Gallwitz
German general (1852-1937).
Born May 2nd, 1852 in Wrocław.
Died April 18th, 1937 at 84 years old in Naples (myocardial infarction).
Attila József
Hungarian poet (1905–1937).
Born April 11th, 1905 in Budapest.
Died December 3rd, 1937 at 32 years old in Balatonszárszó (railway accident).
Ivor Gurney
British composer and poet.
Born August 28th, 1890 in Gloucester. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1937 at 47 years old in Dartford (tuberculosis). [ref]
Abdul Karim Khan
Indian singer (1872–1937).
Born November 11th, 1872 in Kairana, Muzaffarnagar.
Died October 27th, 1937 at 64 years old in Singaperumalkoil.
Maria Ulyanova
Soviet politician (1878–1937).
Born February 18th, 1878 in Ulyanovsk.
Died June 12th, 1937 at 59 years old in Moscow (atherosclerosis).
Jean de Brunhoff
French artist and writer (1899–1937).
Born December 9th, 1899 in Paris, 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 16th, 1937 at 37 years old in Montana (tuberculosis).
Yi Sang
Korean writer.
Born August 20th, 1910 in Jongno.
Died April 17th, 1937 at 26 years old in Tokyo (tuberculosis).
Newton Diehl Baker Jr.
American politician (1871–1937).
Born December 3rd, 1871 in Martinsburg. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1937 at 66 years old in Shaker Heights (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 51 to 75 of 438
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris