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In the year 1937

428 Notable deaths

Mykhaylo Boychuk

Ukrainian painter (1882-1937).

Born October 30th, 1882 in Romanivka.

Died July 13th, 1937 at 54 years old in Kyiv.

Lidia Charskaya

Russian and soviet writer (1875–1937).

Born January 31st, 1875 in Saint Petersburg.

Died March 18th, 1937 at 62 years old in Adler Microdistrict.

Bohdan Ihor Antonych

Ukrainian poet (1909–1937).

Born October 9th, 1909 in Nowica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. [ref]

Died July 6th, 1937 at 27 years old in Lviv. [ref]

Francis Sowerby Macaulay

British mathematician (1862–1937).

Born February 11th, 1862 in Witney.

Died February 9th, 1937 at 74 years old in Cambridge.

Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt

Austrian-born, norwegian chemist.

Born December 4th, 1857 in Prague.

Died September 20th, 1937 at 79 years old in Oslo.

Cleto González Víquez

President of costa rica (1858-1937).

Born October 13th, 1858 in Heredia.

Died September 23rd, 1937 at 78 years old in San José.

Adolfo Alejandro Nouel

Catholic archbishop (1862-1937).

Born December 12th, 1862 in Santo Domingo.

Died June 26th, 1937 at 74 years old in Santo Domingo.

John Burke

American politician (1859–1937).

Born February 25th, 1859 in Keokuk County.

Died May 14th, 1937 at 78 years old in Rochester.

Aleksandr Voronsky

Russian writer (1884-1937).

Born September 8th, 1884.

Died August 13th, 1937 at 52 years old in Moscow.

Maik Yohansen

Ukrainian poet (1896—1937).

Born October 28th, 1895 in Kharkiv.

Died October 27th, 1937 at 41 years old in Kyiv.

Deaths 281 to 290 of 428

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