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In the year 1937
428 Notable deaths
Harold Barker
British rower.
Born April 12th, 1886 in Marylebone.
Died August 29th, 1937 at 51 years old in Henley-on-Thames.
Nygmet Nurmakovich Nurmakov
Soviet union party activist (1895–1937).
Born October 25th, 1895 in Karkaralinsk Uyezd.
Died September 27th, 1937 at 41 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Friedrich Bödeker
German botanist (1867-1937).
Born September 11th, 1867 in Helpup.
Died April 9th, 1937 at 69 years old in Cologne.
Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze
French politician and polo player (1869-1937).
Born January 14th, 1869 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 13th, 1937 at 68 years old in Compiègne.
Carl August Kronlund
Olympic curler (1865-1937).
Born August 25th, 1865 in Skövde.
Died August 15th, 1937 at 71 years old in Stockholm.
Hugh Henry Breckenridge
American painter (1870-1937).
Born October 6th, 1870 in Leesburg.
Died November 4th, 1937 at 67 years old in Philadelphia.
Bernard Franklin
Gymnast (1889-1937).
Born November 10th, 1889 in London.
Died January 2nd, 1937 at 47 years old in London.
Orrin Upshaw
American tug of war competitor (1874-1937).
Born July 23rd, 1874 in Peoria.
Died August 15th, 1937 at 63 years old in St. Louis.
Viliam Figuš-Bystrý
Slovak composer and teacher (1875-1937).
Born February 28th, 1875 in Banská Bystrica.
Died May 11th, 1937 at 62 years old in Banská Bystrica.
Deaths 391 to 400 of 428
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan