In the year 1937

428 Notable deaths

Charles Hill Mailes

Actor (1870-1937).

Born May 25th, 1870 in Halifax.

Died February 17th, 1937 at 66 years old in Los Angeles.

Valerian Pidmohylny

Ukrainian writer (1901–1937).

Born February 2nd, 1901 in Pysarivka.

Died November 3rd, 1937 at 36 years old in Sandarmokh (execution by shooting).

Axel Bakunts

Armenian activist.

Born July 7th, 1899 in Goris.

Died July 8th, 1937 at 38 years old in Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Benjamin Baker Moeur

American politician (1869-1937).

Born December 22nd, 1869 in Tennessee.

Died March 16th, 1937 at 67 years old in Tempe.

Arthur Bernède

French writer, poet, opera librettist, and playwright (1871–1937).

Born January 5th, 1871 in Redon.

Died March 19th, 1937 at 66 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).

Thorvald Aagaard

Danish composer, organist and college teacher.

Born June 8th, 1877 in Denmark.

Died March 22nd, 1937 at 59 years old in Ringe.

Vasily Gurko

Russian general.

Born June 1st, 1864 in Pushkin.

Died February 11th, 1937 at 72 years old in Rome.

Frederick Vernon Coville

American botanist (1867-1937).

Born March 23rd, 1867 in New York City.

Died January 9th, 1937 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C..

Dmitry Shuvayev

Russian general (1854-1937).

Born October 24th, 1854 in Ufa.

Died December 19th, 1937 at 83 years old in Lipetsk (gunshot wound).

Felix Hamrin

Swedish 20th century prime minister (1875-1937).

Born January 14th, 1875 in Mönsterås församling. [ref]

Died November 27th, 1937 at 62 years old in Jönköpings Kristina församling. [ref]

Deaths 251 to 260 of 428

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