In the year 1937

428 Notable deaths

Frank B. Kellogg

American politician (1856-1937).

Born December 22nd, 1856 in Potsdam.

Died December 21st, 1937 at 80 years old in Saint Paul (pneumonia).

Gaston Doumergue

French lawyer and statesman (1863-1937).

Born August 1st, 1863 in Aigues-Vives. [ref]

Died June 18th, 1937 at 73 years old in Aigues-Vives (pulmonary embolism). [ref]

Rudolf Otto

German theologian, philosopher, and comparative religionist (1869-1937).

Born September 25th, 1869 in Peine.

Died March 7th, 1937 at 67 years old in Marburg (pneumonia).

William Gillette

American actor, inventor and writer.

Born July 24th, 1863 in Hartford.

Died April 29th, 1937 at 73 years old in Hartford (pulmonary hemorrhage). [ref]

Walter Burley Griffin

American architect and landscape architect (1876-1937).

Born November 24th, 1876 in Maywood.

Died February 11th, 1937 at 60 years old in Lucknow (peritonitis).

Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland

British artist and noblewoman (1856-1937).

Born March 7th, 1856 in London.

Died December 22nd, 1937 at 81 years old in London.

Wallace Carothers

American organic chemist.

Born April 27th, 1896 in Burlington.

Died April 29th, 1937 at 41 years old in Wilmington (poison).

Alfred Abel

German actor (1879–1937).

Born March 12th, 1879 in Leipzig.

Died December 12th, 1937 at 58 years old in Berlin (disease).

Ross Alexander

Actor (1907-1937).

Born July 27th, 1907 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died January 2nd, 1937 at 29 years old in Los Angeles (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Pavel Florensky

Russian orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor and neomartyr (*1882 – †1937).

Born January 21st, 1882 in Yevlakh.

Died December 8th, 1937 at 55 years old in Leningrad Oblast.

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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe