In the year 1937

425 Notable deaths

Carlos Eugenio Restrepo

President of colombia.

Born September 12th, 1867 in Medellín.

Died July 6th, 1937 at 69 years old in Medellín (pneumonia).

Gustav Adolf Deissmann

German theologian (1866–1937).

Born November 7th, 1866 in Langenscheid.

Died April 5th, 1937 at 70 years old in Wünsdorf.

Rosa Valetti

German actress, cabaret performer and singer (1876-1937).

Born January 25th, 1876 in Berlin.

Died December 10th, 1937 at 61 years old in Vienna.

Edvard Ehlers

Danish dermatologist (1863-1937).

Born March 26th, 1863 in Copenhagen.

Died May 7th, 1937 at 74 years old in Copenhagen.

Artur Sirk

Estonian lawyer and politician (1900-1937).

Born September 25th, 1900 in Lehtse.

Died August 2nd, 1937 at 36 years old in Echternach (falling from height).

Jaime Hilario

Spanish christian brother, martyr and saint (1889–1937).

Born January 2nd, 1889 in Sort. [ref]

Died January 18th, 1937 at 48 years old in Tarragona (gunshot wound).

Somerset Gough-Calthorpe

British royal navy officer (1865–1937).

Born December 23rd, 1865 in London.

Died July 27th, 1937 at 71 years old in Ryde.

Paul Behncke

German admiral (1866-1937).

Born August 13th, 1866 in Süsel. [ref]

Died January 4th, 1937 at 70 years old in Berlin.

Grigory Gurkin

Painter (1870-1937).

Born January 12th, 1870 in Gorno-Altaysk.

Died October 11th, 1937 at 67 years old

E. W. Howe

American novelist and editor (1853-1937).

Born May 3rd, 1853.

Died October 3rd, 1937 at 84 years old

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel