In the year 1937
367 Notable deaths
Antonio Gramsci
Italian writer, politician, theorist, sociologist and linguist (1891-1937).
Born January 22nd, 1891 in Ales, Sardinia. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1937 at 46 years old in Rome (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Erich Ludendorff
German army officer and later nazi leader in adolf hitler's beer hall putsch (1865-1937).
Born April 9th, 1865 in Kruszewnia. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1937 at 72 years old in Munich (liver cancer). [ref]
Maurice Ravel
French composer.
Born March 7th, 1875 in Ciboure. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1937 at 62 years old in Paris (neurological disorder). [ref]
J. Bruce Ismay
Chairman of white star shipping line (1862-1937).
Born December 12th, 1862 in Crosby.
Died October 17th, 1937 at 74 years old in Mayfair (stroke).
Edith Wharton
American novelist, short story writer, designer (1862–1937).
Born January 24th, 1862 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1937 at 75 years old in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt (stroke). [ref]
Alfred Adler
Austrian psychiatrist and psychotherapist.
Born February 7th, 1870 in Penzing, Rudolfsheim. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1937 at 67 years old in Aberdeen (acute myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ramsay MacDonald
British statesman; prime minister of the united kingdom (1866-1937).
Born October 12th, 1866 in Lossiemouth. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1937 at 71 years old in Atlantic Ocean (heart failure). [ref]
Pierre de Coubertin
Founder of modern olympic games, pedagogue and historian (1863-1937).
Born January 1st, 1863 in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1937 at 74 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Marshal of the soviet union (1893-1937).
Born February 16th, 1893. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1937 at 44 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Lou Andreas-Salomé
German-russian psychoanalyst and author.
Born February 12th, 1861 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 5th, 1937 at 75 years old in Göttingen (kidney failure).
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde