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In the year 1957
475 Notable deaths
Norma Talmadge
American actress and film producer (1894–1957).
Born May 26th, 1894 in Jersey City. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1957 at 63 years old in Las Vegas (pneumonia).
Carlos Castillo Armas
Guatemalan president (1914-1957).
Born November 4th, 1914 in Quetzaltenango.
Died July 26th, 1957 at 42 years old in Guatemala City.
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of tommy dorsey (1904–1957).
Born February 29th, 1904 in Shenandoah.
Died June 12th, 1957 at 53 years old in New York City (esophageal cancer).
Ernest Oppenheimer
South african businessman (1880-1957).
Born May 22nd, 1880 in Friedberg.
Died November 25th, 1957 at 77 years old in Johannesburg.
Luisa Casati
Italian model, heiress, socialite (1881–1957).
Born January 23rd, 1881 in Milan.
Died June 1st, 1957 at 76 years old in London.
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
Irish writer and dramatist (1878-1957).
Born July 24th, 1878 in London.
Died October 25th, 1957 at 79 years old in Dublin (appendicitis).
Irving Langmuir
American chemist and physicist (1881–1957).
Born January 31st, 1881 in Brooklyn.
Died August 16th, 1957 at 76 years old in Woods Hole (cardiovascular disease).
Tanguturi Prakasam
Indian politician and freedom fighter.
Born August 23rd, 1872 in Vinodarayunipalem.
Died May 20th, 1957 at 84 years old in Hyderabad. [ref]
Ernst Gräfenberg
German gynaecologist and medical researcher (1881–1957).
Born September 26th, 1881 in Adelebsen.
Died October 28th, 1957 at 76 years old in New York City.
Shoghi Effendi
Grandson of ʻabdu'l-bahá, head of the bahá'í faith from 1921 until his death in 1957.
Died November 4th, 1957 at 60 years old in London (influenza A virus subtype H1N1).
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Sicilian prince and writer (1896-1957).
Born December 23rd, 1896 in Palermo.
Died July 23rd, 1957 at 60 years old in Rome (lung cancer).
Vere Gordon Childe
British prehistorian archaeologist (1892–1957).
Born April 14th, 1892 in Sydney.
Died October 19th, 1957 at 65 years old in Blackheath.
Gerty Cori
Austro-hungarian-american biochemist (1896–1957).
Born August 15th, 1896 in Prague. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1957 at 61 years old in St. Louis (kidney failure, myelofibrosis).
Karl Patterson Schmidt
American herpetologist (1890–1957).
Born June 19th, 1890 in Lake Forest.
Died September 26th, 1957 at 67 years old in Chicago (poison).
Malcolm Lowry
British writer (1909–1957).
Born July 28th, 1909 in Birkenhead. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1957 at 47 years old in Chalvington with Ripe. [ref]
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
British physicist (1886-1957).
Born April 5th, 1886 in Baden-Baden.
Died July 3rd, 1957 at 71 years old in London.
Max Ophüls
German film director (1902-1957).
Born May 6th, 1902 in Saarbrücken. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1957 at 54 years old in Hamburg (rheumatic heart disease).
Ronald Knox
English priest and theologian (1888–1957).
Born February 17th, 1888 in Kibworth.
Died August 24th, 1957 at 69 years old in Mells (cancer).
Hasui Kawase
Japanese ukiyo-e artist, printmaker (1883-1957).
Born May 18th, 1883 in Shiba-ku. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1957 at 74 years old in Ota (stomach cancer). [ref]
Carl Clauberg
German physician and ss officer in concentration camp auschwitz (1898-1957).
Born September 28th, 1898 in Leichlingen.
Died August 9th, 1957 at 58 years old in Kiel (myocardial infarction).
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Japanese diplomat and politician (1887–1957).
Died January 26th, 1957 at 69 years old in Yugawara (angina pectoris).
Wheeler Dryden
English-born american actor (1892–1957).
Born August 31st, 1892 in Brixton.
Died September 30th, 1957 at 65 years old in Los Angeles.
Harrison Ford
American stage and silent film actor (1884–1957).
Born March 16th, 1884 in Kansas City.
Died December 2nd, 1957 at 73 years old in Woodland Hills (traffic collision).
Curzio Malaparte
Italian writer (1898-1957).
Died July 19th, 1957 at 59 years old in Rome (lung cancer).
Josephine Hull
American stage and film actress (1877-1957).
Born January 3rd, 1877 in Newtonville.
Died March 12th, 1957 at 80 years old in The Bronx (cerebral hemorrhage).
Deaths 51 to 75 of 475
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan