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In the year 1937
425 Notable deaths
Josep Comas i Solà
Catalan astronomer (1868-1937).
Born December 17th, 1868 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1937 at 68 years old in Barcelona.
Bekir Çoban-zade
Crimean tatar intellectual.
Born May 27th, 1893 in Bilohirsk.
Died October 13th, 1937 at 44 years old in Baku.
Agnes Slott-Møller
Danish painter and sculptor (1862-1937).
Born June 10th, 1862 in Nyboder.
Died June 11th, 1937 at 75 years old in Løgismose.
Robert John Tillyard
English–australian entomologist and geologist (1881–1937).
Born January 31st, 1881 in Norwich.
Died January 13th, 1937 at 55 years old in Goulburn (car collision).
Uryū Sotokichi
Japanese admiral and politician (1857-1937).
Born January 2nd, 1857 in Daishōji Domain.
Died November 11th, 1937 at 80 years old in Tokyo.
Hans Molisch
Austrian botanist (1856-1937).
Born December 6th, 1856 in Brno. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1937 at 81 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Panas Lyubchenko
Ukrainian politician.
Born January 14th, 1897 in Kaharlyk.
Died August 30th, 1937 at 40 years old in Kyiv (unnatural death).
Adalbert Deșu
Romanian footballer (1909-1937).
Born March 24th, 1909 in Gătaia.
Died June 6th, 1937 at 28 years old in Timișoara (pneumonia).
Juan Campisteguy
Uruguayan soldier, lawyer and president (1859-1937).
Born September 7th, 1859 in Montevideo.
Died September 4th, 1937 at 77 years old in Montevideo.
Nikolai Batalov
Russian and soviet actor (1899–1937).
Born December 6th, 1899 in Moscow.
Died November 10th, 1937 at 37 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Deaths 311 to 320 of 425
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson