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In the year 1937
402 Notable deaths
Charles Robinson
English book illustrator (1870-1937).
Born October 22nd, 1870 in Islington.
Died June 13th, 1937 at 66 years old in Buckinghamshire.
Ralph Ince
American actor, film director and screenwriter (1887-1937).
Born January 16th, 1887 in Boston.
Died April 10th, 1937 at 50 years old in London (traffic collision). [ref]
Sigizmund Levanevsky
Soviet pilot.
Born May 15th, 1902 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 13th, 1937 at 35 years old in North Pole. [ref]
Movses Silikyan
Armenian general.
Born September 14th, 1862 in Oghuz.
Died December 10th, 1937 at 75 years old in Yerevan (gunshot wound).
Kazimierz Nowak
Polish photographer.
Born January 11th, 1897 in Stryi.
Died October 13th, 1937 at 40 years old in Poznań (pneumonia).
Lev Karakhan
Soviet diplomat (1889-1937).
Born January 20th, 1889 in Tbilisi.
Died September 20th, 1937 at 48 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Henri Lebasque
French painter (1865-1937).
Born September 25th, 1865 in Champigné.
Died August 7th, 1937 at 71 years old in Le Cannet.
Paul Émile Chabas
French painter (1869-1937).
Born March 7th, 1869 in Nantes. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1937 at 68 years old in Paris. [ref]
Jaan Anvelt
Estonian communist (1884-1937).
Born April 18th, 1884 in Viljandi County.
Died December 11th, 1937 at 53 years old in Moscow (blunt trauma).
Hermann Jacobi
German indologist (1850-1937).
Born February 11th, 1850 in Cologne. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1937 at 87 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 402
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson