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In the year 1937
438 Notable deaths
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 pragmatist philosopher.
Born August 16th, 1864 in Ottensen. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1937 at 72 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
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.
Born August 7th, 1863 in Almese.
Died March 15th, 1937 at 73 years old in Turin.
Mrs. Leslie Carter
American actress.
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.
Born August 26th, 1892 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1937 at 45 years old in Hollywood (cancer). [ref]
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.
Karel Kramář
Czech politician, political prisoner and lawyer (1860-1937).
Born December 27th, 1860 in Vysoké nad Jizerou.
Died May 26th, 1937 at 76 years old in Prague.
Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
German ophthalmologist (1852–1937).
Born February 22nd, 1852 in Marburg.
Died February 11th, 1937 at 84 years old in Herrsching am Ammersee.
Christopher Caudwell
British marxist literary critic, journalist and writer (1907-1937).
Born October 20th, 1907 in Putney.
Died February 12th, 1937 at 29 years old in Jarama.
Ilya Ilf
Soviet writer and journalist (1897–1937).
Born October 16th, 1897 in Odesa.
Died April 13th, 1937 at 39 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Muslim Magomayev
Azerbaijani composer and conductor (1885–1937).
Born September 18th, 1885 in Grozny.
Died July 28th, 1937 at 51 years old in Nalchik (tuberculosis).
Otto Hölder
German mathematician (1859–1937).
Born December 22nd, 1859 in Stuttgart.
Died August 29th, 1937 at 77 years old in Leipzig.
Lev Karakhan
Soviet diplomat (1889-1937).
Born February 1st, 1889 in Tbilisi.
Died September 20th, 1937 at 48 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Deaths 126 to 150 of 438
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson