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In the year 1937
482 Notable deaths
Oliver Law
American labor organizer (1900-1937).
Born October 23rd, 1900 in Texas.
Died July 9th, 1937 at 36 years old in Cerro del Mosquito.
Daniil Sulimov
Prime minister of russia.
Born January 2nd, 1891 in Minyar.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 46 years old in Moscow.
Leonid Serebryakov
Russian politician (1890–1937).
Born June 11th, 1888 in Samara.
Died February 1st, 1937 at 48 years old in Moscow.
Ryszard Bolesławski
Polish theatre and film director, actor (1889–1937).
Born February 4th, 1889 in Mohyliv-Podilskyi.
Died January 17th, 1937 at 47 years old in Hollywood.
John Drinkwater
British writer (1882–1937).
Born June 1st, 1882 in Leytonstone.
Died March 25th, 1937 at 54 years old in London.
Jenő Hubay
Hungarian musician (1858–1937).
Born September 15th, 1858 in Pest.
Died March 12th, 1937 at 78 years old in Budapest (myocardial infarction).
Gleb Bokii
Soviet politician.
Born July 3rd, 1879 in Tbilisi.
Died November 15th, 1937 at 58 years old in Moscow.
Wilhelm Weinberg
German physician (1862–1937).
Born December 25th, 1862 in Stuttgart.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 74 years old in Tübingen.
Patriarch Varnava Rosić of Serbia
Patriarch of serbia (1880–1937).
Born September 11th, 1880 in Pljevlja.
Died July 23rd, 1937 at 56 years old in Belgrade.
Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller
German-born british philosopher.
Born August 16th, 1864 in Ottensen.
Died August 9th, 1937 at 72 years old in Los Angeles.
Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama
Panchen lama (1883-1937).
Born January 12th, 1883 in Dakpo.
Died December 1st, 1937 at 54 years old in Gyêgu Subdistrict.
Arthur Edmund Carewe
American actor (1884-1937).
Born December 30th, 1884 in Trabzon.
Died April 23rd, 1937 at 52 years old in Santa Monica (gunshot wound).
William M. Butler
American politician from massachusetts (1861-1937).
Born January 29th, 1861 in New Bedford.
Died March 29th, 1937 at 76 years old in Boston.
Scipione Riva-Rocci
Italian physician (1863–1937).
Born August 7th, 1863 in Almese.
Died March 15th, 1937 at 73 years old in Rapallo.
Mrs. Leslie Carter
American actress (1857–1937).
Born June 10th, 1857 in Lexington.
Died November 13th, 1937 at 80 years old in Santa Monica.
Harriet Chalmers Adams
American explorer, writer and photographer (1875-1937).
Born October 22nd, 1875 in Stockton.
Died July 17th, 1937 at 61 years old in Nice.
Đorđe Vajfert
Serbian businessman.
Born June 15th, 1850 in Pančevo. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1937 at 86 years old in Belgrade.
Colin Campbell Cooper
American artist (1856-1937).
Born March 8th, 1856 in Philadelphia.
Died November 6th, 1937 at 81 years old in Santa Barbara.
Ruth Roland
American actress (1892–1937).
Born August 26th, 1892 in San Francisco.
Died September 22nd, 1937 at 45 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Hans Dahl
Norwegian artist (1849-1937).
Born February 19th, 1849 in Granvin Municipality.
Died July 27th, 1937 at 88 years old in Balestrand Municipality.
Charles Homer Haskins
American historian (1870–1937).
Born December 21st, 1870 in Meadville.
Died May 14th, 1937 at 66 years old in Cambridge.
Mary Butts
British novelist (1890–1937).
Born December 13th, 1890 in Poole.
Died March 5th, 1937 at 46 years old in Penzance.
Arthur Foote
American composer (1853–1937).
Born March 5th, 1853 in Salem.
Died April 8th, 1937 at 84 years old in Boston.
Walter Mittelholzer
Swiss aviation pioneer.
Born April 2nd, 1894 in St. Gallen. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1937 at 43 years old in Styria. [ref]
Ernesto De Curtis
Italian composer (1875–1937).
Born October 4th, 1875 in Naples.
Died December 31st, 1937 at 62 years old in Naples.
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