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In the year 1937
367 Notable deaths
Hayk Bzhishkyan
Soviet general (1887-1937).
Born February 18th, 1887 in Tabriz.
Died December 11th, 1937 at 50 years old in Moscow.
John Gresham Machen
American theologian.
Born July 28th, 1881 in Baltimore.
Died January 1st, 1937 at 55 years old in Bismarck (pneumonia).
William Morton Wheeler
U.s. entomologist, myrmecologist and harvard professor (1865–1937).
Born March 19th, 1865 in Milwaukee.
Died April 19th, 1937 at 72 years old in Cambridge.
Ilya Ilf
Soviet writer and journalist.
Born October 3rd, 1897 in Odesa. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1937 at 39 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis). [ref]
Enrique Olaya Herrera
President of colombia (1880-1937).
Born November 12th, 1880 in Guateque. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1937 at 56 years old in Rome (stroke).
Karel Kramář
Czech politician, political prisoner and lawyer (1860-1937).
Born December 27th, 1860 in Vysoké nad Jizerou. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1937 at 76 years old in Prague. [ref]
George Horace Lorimer
American journalist and writer.
Born October 6th, 1867 in Louisville. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1937 at 70 years old in Wyncote. [ref]
Otto Hölder
German mathematician.
Born December 22nd, 1859 in Stuttgart.
Died August 29th, 1937 at 77 years old in Leipzig.
Bolesław Leśmian
Polish writer.
Born January 22nd, 1877 in Warsaw.
Died November 5th, 1937 at 60 years old in Warsaw.
Akhmet Baitursynov
Kazakh intellectual (1872-1937).
Born January 28th, 1872 in Turgay Oblast.
Died December 8th, 1937 at 65 years old in Almaty.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 367
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