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In the year 1937
482 Notable deaths
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.
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..
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 3rd, 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).
Francis Vielé-Griffin
French symbolist poet (1864-1937).
Died November 12th, 1937 at 73 years old in Bergerac.
William Morton Wheeler
U.s. entomologist, myrmecologist and harvard professor (1865–1937).
Born March 19th, 1865 in Milwaukee.
Died April 19th, 1937 at 72 years old in Cambridge.
Sergey Malyutin
Russian artist (1859-1937).
Born October 4th, 1859 in Moscow.
Died December 6th, 1937 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Ndre Mjeda
Albanian poet (1866–1937).
Born November 19th, 1866 in Shkodër.
Died August 1st, 1937 at 70 years old in Shkodër.
August Kork
Estonian revolutionary and military personnel (1887-1937).
Born August 3rd, 1887 in Aardla.
Died June 12th, 1937 at 49 years old in Moscow.
Bolesław Leśmian
Polish writer (1877–1937).
Born February 3rd, 1877 in Warsaw.
Died November 5th, 1937 at 60 years old in Warsaw.
George Horace Lorimer
American journalist and writer.
Born October 6th, 1867 in Louisville.
Died October 22nd, 1937 at 70 years old in Wyncote.
Movses Silikyan
Armenian general.
Born September 14th, 1862 in Oghuz.
Died December 10th, 1937 at 75 years old in Yerevan (gunshot wound).
Ralph Ince
American actor, film director and screenwriter (1887-1937).
Born January 16th, 1887 in Boston.
Died April 10th, 1937 at 50 years old in London (traffic collision).
Ion Moţa
Romanian politician (1902-1937).
Born July 5th, 1902 in Orăștie.
Died January 13th, 1937 at 34 years old in Majadahonda.
Giorgi Mazniashvili
Georgian general (1872–1937).
Born April 6th, 1872 in Kaspi Municipality.
Died December 16th, 1937 at 65 years old in Tbilisi.
Enrique Olaya Herrera
President of colombia (1880-1937).
Born November 12th, 1880 in Guateque. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1937 at 56 years old in Rome (stroke).
Mamia Orakhelashvili
Soviet politician, born 1881 (1881–1937).
Born June 10th, 1881 in Kutaisi.
Died December 11th, 1937 at 56 years old
Hugo Meisl
Austrian football coach (1881–1937).
Born November 16th, 1881 in Malešov.
Died February 17th, 1937 at 55 years old in Vienna (myocardial infarction).
Frederick William MacMonnies
United states expatriate sculptor (1863-1937).
Born September 28th, 1863 in Brooklyn Heights.
Died March 22nd, 1937 at 73 years old in Doctors Hospital (pneumonia).
Sigizmund Levanevsky
Soviet pilot, hero of the soviet union (1902–1937).
Born May 15th, 1902 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 13th, 1937 at 35 years old in North Pole. [ref]
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