In the year 1957
444 Notable deaths
Othmar Schoeck
Swiss composer (1886-1957).
Born September 1st, 1886 in Brunnen. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1957 at 70 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Harcourt Williams
English actor (1880–1957).
Born March 30th, 1880 in Croydon.
Died December 13th, 1957 at 77 years old in London.
János Esterházy
Politician of hungarian ethnicity in inter-war czechoslovakia, member of czechoslovak national parliament and of the slovak assembly (1901-1957).
Born March 14th, 1901 in Veľké Zálužie. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1957 at 55 years old in Mírov (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alice Milliat
Pioneer of women's sport.
Born May 5th, 1884 in Nantes. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1957 at 73 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Ray Cummings
American writer (1887-1957).
Born August 30th, 1887 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1957 at 69 years old in Mount Vernon. [ref]
Luigi Ganna
Italian cyclist (1883–1957).
Born December 1st, 1883 in Induno Olona.
Died October 2nd, 1957 at 73 years old in Varese.
Abdülhalik Renda
Turkish politician (1881–1957).
Born December 11th, 1881 in Ioannina.
Died November 1st, 1957 at 75 years old in Kadıköy.
Erich Ponto
Actor (1884–1957).
Born December 14th, 1884 in Lübeck.
Died February 14th, 1957 at 72 years old in Stuttgart (disease).
Isaac Steinberg
Russian anarchist (1888-1957).
Born July 13th, 1888 in Daugavpils. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1957 at 68 years old in New York City. [ref]
Ralph Barton Perry
American philosopher.
Born July 3rd, 1876 in Poultney.
Died January 22nd, 1957 at 80 years old in Boston.
Charles King
American film actor (1895-1957).
Born February 21st, 1895 in Hillsboro.
Died May 7th, 1957 at 62 years old in Hollywood (liver cirrhosis).
Harald Sverdrup
Norwegian oceanographer (1888–1957).
Born November 15th, 1888 in Sogndal Municipality.
Died August 21st, 1957 at 68 years old in Oslo.
Tim Whelan
Film director, writer and producer (1893-1957).
Born November 2nd, 1893 in Cannelton.
Died August 12th, 1957 at 63 years old in Beverly Hills.
Rhea Mitchell
American actress (1890-1957).
Born December 10th, 1890 in Portland.
Died September 16th, 1957 at 66 years old in Los Angeles.
Carl-Gustaf Rossby
Swedish and american meteorologist (1898–1957).
Born December 28th, 1898 in Adolf Fredriks parish.
Died August 19th, 1957 at 58 years old in Gustav Vasa parish.
Mstislav Dobuzhinsky
Russian artist (1875-1957).
Born August 14th, 1875 in Veliky Novgorod. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1957 at 82 years old in New York City. [ref]
Richard Riemerschmid
German architect, painter, designer and city planner (1868-1957).
Born June 20th, 1868 in Munich. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1957 at 88 years old in Munich. [ref]
Wilhelm Lenz
German physicist (1888-1957).
Born February 8th, 1888 in Frankfurt.
Died April 30th, 1957 at 69 years old in Hamburg.
Paul Walden
Russian chemist (1863-1957).
Born July 26th, 1863 in Livonia Governorate. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1957 at 93 years old in Gammertingen. [ref]
P. C. Chang
Chinese philosopher and diplomat (1892–1957).
Born April 22nd, 1892 in Tianjin.
Died July 9th, 1957 at 65 years old in New Jersey.
Valery Larbaud
French writer and poet (1881-1957).
Born August 29th, 1881 in Vichy. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1957 at 75 years old in Vichy. [ref]
Michael Fekete
Israeli-hungarian mathematician (1886–1957).
Born July 19th, 1886 in Senta. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1957 at 70 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Nicolaas Havenga
South african politician.
Born May 1st, 1882 in Fauresmith.
Died March 4th, 1957 at 74 years old in Cape Town.
Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl
Hungarian rabbi (1903–1957).
Born October 25th, 1903 in Debrecen.
Died November 29th, 1957 at 54 years old in Mount Kisco.
William Woodthorpe Tarn
British classical scholar and historian of classical antiquity (1869–1957).
Born February 26th, 1869 in London.
Died November 7th, 1957 at 88 years old in Inverness.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 444
After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer