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In the year 1937

401 Notable deaths

Ernesto De Curtis

Italian composer (1875–1937).

Born October 4th, 1875 in Naples.

Died December 31st, 1937 at 62 years old in Naples.

Yi Sang

Korean writer.

Born August 20th, 1910 in Jongno.

Died April 17th, 1937 at 26 years old in Tokyo (tuberculosis).

Leonid Serebryakov

Russian politician (1888-1937).

Born June 11th, 1888 in Samara.

Died February 1st, 1937 at 48 years old in Moscow.

Arthur Edmund Carewe

American actor (1884-1937).

Born December 30th, 1884 in Trabzon.

Died April 23rd, 1937 at 52 years old in Santa Monica (ballistic trauma).

William Peel, 1st Earl Peel

British politician (1867-1937).

Born January 7th, 1867 in London.

Died September 28th, 1937 at 70 years old in East Meon.

Harriet Chalmers Adams

American explorer, writer and photographer (1875-1937).

Born October 22nd, 1875 in Stockton.

Died July 17th, 1937 at 61 years old in Nice.

Charles Homer Haskins

American historian.

Born December 21st, 1870 in Meadville. [ref]

Died May 14th, 1937 at 66 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

Ndre Mjeda

Albanian poet (1866–1937).

Born November 20th, 1866 in Shkodër.

Died August 1st, 1937 at 70 years old in Shkodër.

Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller

German-born british pragmatist philosopher.

Born August 16th, 1864 in Ottensen. [ref]

Died August 9th, 1937 at 72 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Ruth Roland

American actress.

Born August 26th, 1892 in San Francisco. [ref]

Died September 22nd, 1937 at 45 years old in Hollywood (cancer). [ref]

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