In the year 1937
428 Notable deaths
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.
Eero Haapalainen
Finnish politician.
Born October 27th, 1880 in Kuopio.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 57 years old in Petrozavodsk, Sulazhgora (execution by shooting).
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]
Deaths 191 to 200 of 428
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia