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In the year 1937
367 Notable deaths
Rosa Valetti
German actress, cabaret performer and singer.
Born March 17th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died December 10th, 1937 at 59 years old in Vienna.
Mikheil Javakhishvili
Soviet writer.
Born November 20th, 1880 in Tserakvi.
Died September 30th, 1937 at 56 years old in Tbilisi (ballistic trauma).
Paolo Iashvili
Georgian poet (1894-1937).
Born June 29th, 1894 in Gamogma Argveti.
Died July 22nd, 1937 at 43 years old in Tbilisi (ballistic trauma).
Thorvald Aagaard
Danish composer, organist and college teacher.
Born June 8th, 1877 in Denmark.
Died March 22nd, 1937 at 59 years old in Ringe.
Somerset Gough-Calthorpe
British royal navy officer.
Born December 23rd, 1865 in London.
Died July 27th, 1937 at 71 years old in Ryde.
Élie Faure
French art historian and essayist.
Born April 4th, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1937 at 64 years old in Paris. [ref]
Máté Zalka
Hungarian writer and revolutionary.
Born April 23rd, 1896 in Tunyogmatolcs.
Died June 11th, 1937 at 41 years old in Huesca.
Silvestras Žukauskas
General of the lithuanian army.
Born January 12th, 1861 in Pakruojis District Municipality.
Died November 26th, 1937 at 76 years old in Kaunas.
James B. Frazier
American politician (1856-1937).
Born October 18th, 1856 in Tennessee.
Died March 28th, 1937 at 80 years old in Tennessee.
Chrystal Macmillan
British feminist and pacifist (1872-1937).
Born June 13th, 1872 in Edinburgh.
Died September 21st, 1937 at 65 years old in Edinburgh.
Deaths 211 to 220 of 367
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler