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In the year 1937
482 Notable deaths
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 (1910–1937).
Born August 20th, 1910 in Jong-ro.
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]
Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Grand duchess consort of hesse and by rhine (1871–1937).
Born September 17th, 1871 in Lich.
Died November 16th, 1937 at 66 years old in Ostend (Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash).
Gustaf Dalén
Swedish nobel laureate and industrialist (1869–1937).
Born November 30th, 1869.
Died December 9th, 1937 at 68 years old in Lidingö Parish.
Percy Cox
British indian army general (1864-1937).
Born November 20th, 1864 in Herongate.
Died February 20th, 1937 at 72 years old in Melchbourne (disease).
Yevgeni Preobrazhensky
Russian economist and politician (1886–1937).
Born February 15th, 1886 in Bolkhov.
Died July 13th, 1937 at 51 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Albert Roussel
French composer (1869–1937).
Born April 5th, 1869 in Tourcoing.
Died August 23rd, 1937 at 68 years old in Royan (myocardial infarction).
Ray Ewry
American track and field athlete (1873–1937).
Born October 14th, 1873 in Lafayette.
Died September 29th, 1937 at 63 years old in New York City.
Don Marquis
American humorist.
Born July 29th, 1878 in Illinois.
Died December 29th, 1937 at 59 years old in New York City (stroke).
John Russell Pope
American architect (1874–1937).
Born April 24th, 1874 in Manhattan.
Died August 27th, 1937 at 63 years old in Manhattan.
Chrystal Macmillan
British feminist and pacifist (1872-1937).
Born June 13th, 1872 in Edinburgh.
Died September 21st, 1937 at 65 years old in Edinburgh.
Georgy Pyatakov
Soviet ukrainian politician (1890-1937).
Born August 18th, 1890 in Horodyshche. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1937 at 46 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Tomita Tsunejirō
Japanese judoka (1865–1937).
Born February 28th, 1865 in Numazu.
Died January 13th, 1937 at 71 years old
H. C. McNeile
British soldier and author (1888–1937).
Born September 28th, 1888 in Bodmin.
Died August 14th, 1937 at 48 years old in West Chiltington (laryngeal cancer).
George Albert Boulenger
Belgian-british zoologist (1858–1937), member of the accademia delle scienze di torino from 1900.
Born October 19th, 1858 in Brussels.
Died November 23rd, 1937 at 79 years old in Saint-Malo.
Avel Enukidze
Soviet politician (1877-1937).
Born May 19th, 1877 in Kutaisi Governorate.
Died December 30th, 1937 at 60 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Carlo Rosselli
Italian political leader, journalist, historian and activist (1899-1937).
Born November 16th, 1899 in Rome.
Died June 9th, 1937 at 37 years old in Bagnoles-de-l'Orne (stab wound).
Ogden L. Mills
American politician (1884-1937).
Born August 23rd, 1884 in Newport.
Died October 11th, 1937 at 53 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Renate Müller
German actress (1906–1937).
Born April 26th, 1906 in Munich.
Died October 7th, 1937 at 31 years old in Berlin (falling from height).
John Gresham Machen
American theologian (1881–1937).
Born July 28th, 1881 in Baltimore.
Died January 1st, 1937 at 55 years old in Bismarck (pneumonia).
Jean-Joseph Rabéarivelo
Malagasy poet who is widely considered to be africa's first modern poet and the greatest literary artist of madagascar. (1901–1937).
Born March 4th, 1903 in Antananarivo.
Died June 23rd, 1937 at 34 years old in Antananarivo (cyanide poisoning).
Lilias Armstrong
British phonetician (1882-1937).
Born September 29th, 1882 in Pendlebury.
Died December 9th, 1937 at 55 years old in North Finchley.
Andreu Nin
Spanish politician (1892-1937).
Born February 4th, 1892 in El Vendrell.
Died June 20th, 1937 at 45 years old in Madrid (undetermined).
Francis Cadell
Scottish painter (1883-1937).
Born April 12th, 1883 in Edinburgh.
Died December 6th, 1937 at 54 years old in Edinburgh.
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To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi