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In the year 1937
482 Notable deaths
Iona Yakir
Soviet military commander (1896–1937).
Born August 15th, 1896 in Chișinău.
Died June 12th, 1937 at 40 years old in Moscow.
Sergei Syrtsov
Soviet politician (1881-1937).
Born July 17th, 1881 in Slavhorod.
Died September 10th, 1937 at 56 years old in Moscow.
Helmut Hirsch
Failed assassin of adolf hitler (1916–1937).
Born January 27th, 1916 in Stuttgart.
Died June 4th, 1937 at 21 years old in Berlin (decapitation).
Älihan Bökeihan
Kazakh statesman, politician, publicist, teacher, writer and environmental scientist who was a founder and led the alash party (1866–1937).
Died September 27th, 1937 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Evgeny Pashukanis
Soviet-russian legal scholar (1891-1937).
Born February 23rd, 1891 in Staritsa.
Died September 4th, 1937 at 46 years old in Moscow.
Henry Tonks
British artist (1862-1937).
Born April 9th, 1862 in Birmingham.
Died January 8th, 1937 at 74 years old in London.
Grafton Elliot Smith
Australian anatomist (1871–1937).
Born August 15th, 1871 in Grafton.
Died January 1st, 1937 at 65 years old in Broadstairs.
Jacob Schick
American businessman (1877-1937).
Born September 16th, 1877 in Ottumwa.
Died July 3rd, 1937 at 59 years old in Montreal.
Gabriel Pierné
French composer, conductor, and organist (1863–1937).
Born August 16th, 1863 in Metz. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1937 at 73 years old in Ploujean.
Noel Rosa
Brazilian singer and musician (1910–1937).
Born December 11th, 1910 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died May 4th, 1937 at 26 years old in Rio de Janeiro (tuberculosis).
Nathan Birnbaum
Austrian philosopher (1864-1937).
Born May 16th, 1864 in Vienna.
Died April 2nd, 1937 at 72 years old in Scheveningen.
Yeghishe Charents
Armenian poet (1897–1937).
Born March 13th, 1897 in Kars.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 40 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Martemyan Ryutin
Soviet politician (1890-1937).
Born February 13th, 1890 in Irkutsk Governorate.
Died January 10th, 1937 at 46 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Ralph Lewis
American actor (1872-1937).
Born October 8th, 1872 in Englewood.
Died December 4th, 1937 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision).
Eero Järnefelt
Finnish realist painter (1863-1937).
Born November 8th, 1863 in Vyborg.
Died November 15th, 1937 at 74 years old in Helsinki.
Max Wilhelm Carl Weber
German-dutch zoologist (1852–1937).
Born December 5th, 1852 in Bonn.
Died February 7th, 1937 at 84 years old in Eerbeek.
Alexander Shliapnikov
Russian politician and syndicalist (1885-1937).
Born August 30th, 1885 in Murom.
Died September 2nd, 1937 at 52 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Alexander Chayanov
Soviet scholar (1888–1937).
Born January 29th, 1888 in Moscow.
Died October 3rd, 1937 at 49 years old in Almaty.
Reinhold Hanisch
Austrian artist (1884-1937).
Born January 27th, 1884 in Mšeno nad Nisou.
Died February 2nd, 1937 at 53 years old in Vienna.
Lilian Baylis
British ballet impresario (1874-1937).
Born May 9th, 1874 in Marylebone.
Died November 25th, 1937 at 63 years old in Lambeth.
Abani Mukherji
Indian revolutionary (1891–1937).
Born June 3rd, 1891 in Jabalpur.
Died October 28th, 1937 at 46 years old in Moscow.
Vincenzo Lancia
Italian entrepreneur and racecar driver.
Born August 24th, 1881 in Fobello.
Died February 15th, 1937 at 55 years old in Turin (myocardial infarction).
Concepción Cabrera de Armida
Peruan catholic mystic.
Born December 8th, 1861 in San Luis Potosí.
Died March 3rd, 1937 at 75 years old in Mexico City.
Eddie Gerard
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1890–1937).
Born February 22nd, 1890 in Ottawa.
Died December 7th, 1937 at 47 years old in Ottawa (laryngeal cancer).
William Peel, 1st Earl Peel
British politician (1867-1937).
Born January 7th, 1867 in London.
Died September 28th, 1937 at 70 years old in East Meon.
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