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In the year 1937
438 Notable deaths
Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj
Mongolian writer and poet (1906–1937).
Born November 17th, 1906 in Töv Province.
Died June 13th, 1937 at 30 years old in Ulaanbaatar.
Henry Kimball Hadley
American composer (1871-1937).
Born December 20th, 1871 in Somerville.
Died September 6th, 1937 at 65 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Walter Simons
German politician and judge (1861-1937).
Born September 24th, 1861 in Elberfeld.
Died July 14th, 1937 at 75 years old in Babelsberg.
Alexander Chervyakov
Belarusian soviet politician.
Born March 8th, 1892 in Dukora.
Died June 16th, 1937 at 45 years old in Minsk (gunshot wound).
Vladimir Milyutin
Soviet politician (1884-1937).
Born November 5th, 1884 in Kursk Governorate.
Died October 30th, 1937 at 52 years old in Moscow.
Titsian Tabidze
Georgian poet.
Born April 2nd, 1895 in Chkvishi.
Died December 16th, 1937 at 42 years old in Tbilisi.
Yan Gamarnik
Soviet general (1894-1937).
Born June 14th, 1894 in Zhytomyr.
Died May 31st, 1937 at 42 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Silvestras Žukauskas
General of the lithuanian army (1860–1937).
Born January 12th, 1861 in Dovainiškis.
Died November 26th, 1937 at 76 years old in Kaunas.
Camillo Berneri
Italian philosopher.
Born May 20th, 1897 in Lodi. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1937 at 39 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Alphonse Mingana
British academic (1878-1937).
Born December 23rd, 1878 in Kurdistan Region.
Died December 5th, 1937 at 58 years old in Birmingham.
Yakov Ganetsky
Soviet politician (1879-1937).
Born March 15th, 1879 in Warsaw.
Died November 26th, 1937 at 58 years old in Moscow.
Victor Laloux
French architect.
Born November 15th, 1850 in Tours. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1937 at 86 years old in Paris. [ref]
Billy Bassett
English footballer (1869-1937).
Born January 27th, 1869 in West Bromwich.
Died April 8th, 1937 at 68 years old in West Bromwich.
Artur Artuzov
Headed soviet foreign intelligence service ino/part of ogpu/nkvd.
Born February 18th, 1891 in Kashin.
Died August 21st, 1937 at 46 years old in Moscow.
Yuri Danilov
Russian general.
Born August 25th, 1866 in Kyiv.
Died February 3rd, 1937 at 70 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Frank Morley
British mathematician (1860–1937).
Born September 9th, 1860 in Woodbridge.
Died October 17th, 1937 at 77 years old in Baltimore.
Bernhard Dernburg
German politician (1865–1937).
Born July 17th, 1865 in Darmstadt.
Died October 14th, 1937 at 72 years old in Berlin.
Bobby Dunn
Actor (1890-1937).
Born August 28th, 1890 in Milwaukee.
Died March 24th, 1937 at 46 years old in Hollywood.
Anastasios Metaxas
Greek architect and sport shooter (1862–1937).
Born February 27th, 1862 in Athens.
Died January 28th, 1937 at 74 years old in Athens.
Máté Zalka
Hungarian writer and revolutionary (1896–1937).
Born April 23rd, 1896 in Tunyogmatolcs.
Died June 11th, 1937 at 41 years old in Huesca.
Mikheil Javakhishvili
Soviet writer (1880–1937).
Born November 20th, 1880 in Tserakvi.
Died September 30th, 1937 at 56 years old in Tbilisi (gunshot wound).
Henri Lammens
Belgian orientalist historian and jesuit (1862–1937).
Born July 1st, 1862 in Ghent. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1937 at 74 years old in Beirut.
José Benlliure y Gil
Spanish artist (1855-1937).
Born October 1st, 1855 in Valencia, Cabañal-Cañamelar.
Died April 5th, 1937 at 81 years old in Valencia.
Carlos Eugenio Restrepo
President of colombia.
Born September 12th, 1867 in Medellín.
Died July 6th, 1937 at 69 years old in Medellín (pneumonia).
Gustav Adolf Deissmann
German theologian (1866–1937).
Born November 7th, 1866 in Langenscheid.
Died April 5th, 1937 at 70 years old in Wünsdorf.
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