In the year 1937
438 Notable deaths
Ieronim Uborevich
Soviet military officer (1896-1937).
Born January 14th, 1896 in Antandraja.
Died June 12th, 1937 at 41 years old in Moscow.
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
American mayor (1853–1937).
Born October 12th, 1853 in Watertown. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1937 at 83 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Milan Gorkić
Politician (1904-1937).
Born February 19th, 1904 in Sarajevo.
Died October 23rd, 1937 at 33 years old in Moscow.
Henri Lebasque
French painter (1865-1937).
Born September 25th, 1865 in Champigné.
Died August 7th, 1937 at 71 years old in Le Cannet.
Hermann Jacobi
German indologist (1850-1937).
Born February 11th, 1850 in Cologne. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1937 at 87 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Karl Pauker
Nkvd officer (1893—1937).
Born February 11th, 1893 in Lviv.
Died August 14th, 1937 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Adolf Erman
German egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937).
Born October 31st, 1854 in Berlin.
Died June 26th, 1937 at 82 years old in Berlin.
Eric Geddes
British politician (1875-1937).
Born September 26th, 1875 in British Raj.
Died June 22nd, 1937 at 61 years old in Hassocks.
Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington
British politician (1856-1937).
Born April 12th, 1856 in Rochester.
Died April 19th, 1937 at 81 years old in London. [ref]
Élie Halévy
French philosopher and historian (1870-1937).
Born September 6th, 1870 in Étretat. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1937 at 66 years old in Sucy-en-Brie. [ref]
Moriz Winternitz
Austrian indologist (1863–1937).
Born December 23rd, 1863 in Horn.
Died January 9th, 1937 at 73 years old in Prague.
John Garland Pollard
American politician (1871-1937).
Born August 4th, 1871 in King and Queen County.
Died April 28th, 1937 at 65 years old in Washington, D.C..
Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki
Polish general (1867-1937).
Born October 25th, 1867 in Stary Garbów.
Died October 26th, 1937 at 70 years old in Batorowo.
Felix Graf von Bothmer
German general (1852–1937).
Born December 10th, 1852 in Munich.
Died March 18th, 1937 at 84 years old in Munich.
Paul Émile Chabas
French painter (1869-1937).
Born March 7th, 1869 in Nantes.
Died May 10th, 1937 at 68 years old in Paris.
Max Adler
Austrian sociologist (1873-1937).
Born January 15th, 1873 in Vienna.
Died June 28th, 1937 at 64 years old in Vienna.
Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson
British neurologist (1878–1937).
Born December 6th, 1878 in New Jersey.
Died May 12th, 1937 at 58 years old in London (cancer).
Les Kurbas
Ukrainian and soviet actor, theatre director, film director (1887—1937).
Born February 25th, 1887 in Sambir. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1937 at 50 years old in Sandarmokh. [ref]
Diana Abgar
Armenia ambassador (1859–1937).
Born October 12th, 1859 in Yangon.
Died July 8th, 1937 at 77 years old in Yokohama.
Frederic Eugene Ives
American inventor (1856-1937).
Born February 17th, 1856 in Litchfield.
Died May 27th, 1937 at 81 years old in Philadelphia.
Ryōhei Uchida
Japanese jojuisuka (1874-1937).
Born February 11th, 1874 in Fukuoka.
Died July 26th, 1937 at 63 years old
Kazimierz Nowak
Polish photographer.
Born January 11th, 1897 in Stryi.
Died October 13th, 1937 at 40 years old in Poznań (pneumonia).
Ahmad Javad
Azerbaijani poet (1892-1937).
Born May 5th, 1892 in Aşağı Seyfəli.
Died October 12th, 1937 at 45 years old in Baku.
Eero Haapalainen
Finnish politician.
Born October 27th, 1880 in Kuopio.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 57 years old in Petrozavodsk, Sulazhgora (execution by shooting).
Ivar Smilga
Latvian communist politician (1892-1937).
Born December 2nd, 1892 in Aloja.
Died January 10th, 1937 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 438
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)