In the year 1937
482 Notable deaths
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 Cedarville.
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 (gunshot wound).
Eero Haapalainen
Finnish politician.
Born October 27th, 1880 in Kuopio.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 57 years old in Petrozavodsk, Sulazhgora (execution by shooting).
Osgood Perkins
American actor (1892-1937).
Born May 16th, 1892 in West Newton.
Died September 21st, 1937 at 45 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Ivar Smilga
Latvian communist politician (1892-1937).
Born December 2nd, 1892 in Aloja.
Died January 10th, 1937 at 44 years old in Moscow.
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 (gunshot wound).
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.
Alphonse Mingana
British academic (1878-1937).
Born December 23rd, 1878 in Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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 (1850–1937).
Born November 15th, 1850 in Tours. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1937 at 86 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
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.
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Our minds are too small to comprehend something as huge as death. Let it go. Maxime Lagacé