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In the year 1937
425 Notable deaths
Jānis Akuraters
Latvian writer (1876–1937).
Born January 13th, 1876 in Jēkabpils District.
Died July 25th, 1937 at 61 years old in Riga.
Klym Polishchuk
Ukraninan writer and poet (1891-1937).
Born November 25th, 1891 in Krasnopil.
Died November 3rd, 1937 at 45 years old in Sandarmokh.
John W. Brunius
Swedish actor, writer and director (1884–1937).
Born December 26th, 1884 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1937 at 52 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Nils Collett Vogt
Norwegian poet (1864–1937).
Born September 24th, 1864 in Christiania.
Died December 23rd, 1937 at 73 years old in Christiania.
Tapa Tchermoeff
Russian politician.
Born March 15th, 1882 in Grozny.
Died August 28th, 1937 at 55 years old in Lausanne.
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.
Franz Josef Niedenzu
German botanist (1857–1937).
Born November 29th, 1857 in Koperniki.
Died September 30th, 1937 at 79 years old in Braniewo.
Harold Barker
British rower.
Born April 12th, 1886 in Marylebone.
Died August 29th, 1937 at 51 years old in Henley-on-Thames.
Nygmet Nurmakovich Nurmakov
Soviet union party activist (1895–1937).
Born October 25th, 1895 in Karkaralinsk Uyezd.
Died September 27th, 1937 at 41 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
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