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In the year 1937
368 Notable deaths
Ivan Kataev
Soviet writer (1902-1937).
Born May 27th, 1902 in Moscow.
Died August 19th, 1937 at 35 years old in Moscow.
Lars Edvard Phragmén
Swedish mathematician.
Born October 2nd, 1863 in Örebro. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1937 at 73 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Friedrich Lorentz
Historian.
Born December 18th, 1870 in Güstrow.
Died April 27th, 1937 at 66 years old in Sopot. [ref]
Vladimir Maksimov
Russian actor (1880-1937).
Born July 27th, 1880 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 22nd, 1937 at 56 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Jānis Akuraters
Latvian writer (1876-1937).
Born January 13th, 1876 in Jēkabpils District.
Died July 25th, 1937 at 61 years old in Riga.
Clémentine Hélène Dufau
French painter (1869-1937).
Born August 18th, 1869 in Quinsac.
Died March 18th, 1937 at 67 years old in Paris (stomach cancer).
René Cagnat
French art historian, archaeologist, epigrapher, historian, military historian, classical scholar and professor.
Born October 10th, 1852 in Paris. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1937 at 84 years old in Paris. [ref]
Nils Collett Vogt
Norwegian poet.
Born September 24th, 1864 in Christiania.
Died December 23rd, 1937 at 73 years old in Christiania.
Friedrich Bödeker
German botanist (1867-1937).
Born September 11th, 1867 in Helpup.
Died April 9th, 1937 at 69 years old in Cologne.
Carl Adolf Georg Lauterbach
German botanist and explorer (1864-1937).
Born April 21st, 1864 in Wrocław.
Died September 1st, 1937 at 73 years old in Wrocław.
Deaths 331 to 340 of 368
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker