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In the year 1937
438 Notable deaths
Francis Vielé-Griffin
French symbolist poet (1864-1937).
Born May 26th, 1864 in Norfolk. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1937 at 73 years old in Bergerac. [ref]
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 20th, 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 Haaslava Rural Municipality.
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.
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.
Born May 15th, 1902 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 13th, 1937 at 35 years old in North Pole. [ref]
Vitaly Markovich Primakov
Soviet general (1897–1937).
Born December 30th, 1897 in Semenivka.
Died June 12th, 1937 at 39 years old in Moscow.
Snitz Edwards
Hungarian-american actor (1868-1937).
Born January 1st, 1868. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1937 at 69 years old in Los Angeles.
Charles Robinson
English book illustrator (1870-1937).
Born October 22nd, 1870 in Islington.
Died June 13th, 1937 at 66 years old in Buckinghamshire.
E. Lilian Todd
American aviation pioneer.
Born June 12th, 1865 in Washington, D.C..
Died September 26th, 1937 at 72 years old in Pasadena. [ref]
Isaak Illich Rubin
Russian economist (1886-1937).
Born June 12th, 1886 in Daugavpils.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 51 years old in Aktobe.
Jaan Anvelt
Estonian communist and writer (1884-1937).
Born April 18th, 1884 in Viljandi County.
Died December 11th, 1937 at 53 years old in Moscow (blunt trauma).
James Gillett
American politician (1860-1937).
Born September 20th, 1860 in Viroqua.
Died April 20th, 1937 at 76 years old in Berkeley.
Erkki Melartin
Finnish conductor and composer (1875-1937).
Born February 7th, 1875 in Priozersk.
Died February 14th, 1937 at 62 years old in Helsinki.
Ernst Lissauer
German poet (1882–1937).
Born December 10th, 1882 in Berlin.
Died December 10th, 1937 at 55 years old in Vienna.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 438
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. Rumi