In the year 1937

424 Notable deaths

Ida Dalser

Mother of benito mussolini's natural son.

Born August 20th, 1880 in Kingdom of Italy.

Died December 3rd, 1937 at 57 years old in Venice (cerebral hemorrhage).

Henry Ossawa Tanner

American artist (1859-1937).

Born June 21st, 1859 in Pittsburgh. [ref]

Died May 25th, 1937 at 77 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Jaishankar Prasad

Hindi author (1889–1937).

Born January 30th, 1889 in Varanasi.

Died November 15th, 1937 at 48 years old in Varanasi.

Madison Grant

American lawyer, eugenicist, and conservationist (1865–1937).

Born November 19th, 1865 in New York City. [ref]

Died May 30th, 1937 at 71 years old in New York City (nephritis).

R. J. Mitchell

Aeronautical engineer; designer of the spitfire.

Born May 20th, 1895 in Butt Lane.

Died June 11th, 1937 at 42 years old in Portswood (colorectal cancer).

Colin Clive

British actor (1900–1937).

Born January 20th, 1900 in Saint-Malo.

Died June 25th, 1937 at 37 years old in Hollywood (tuberculosis).

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Russian author (1884–1937).

Born February 1st, 1884 in Lebedyan.

Died March 10th, 1937 at 53 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Austen Chamberlain

British politician (1863-1937).

Born October 16th, 1863 in Birmingham.

Died March 17th, 1937 at 73 years old in London.

Karol Szymanowski

Polish composer (1882–1937).

Born October 6th, 1882 in Tymoshivka. [ref]

Died March 29th, 1937 at 54 years old in Lausanne (tuberculosis).

Keke Geladze

Mother of joseph stalin.

Born February 5th, 1858 in Gori. [ref]

Died June 4th, 1937 at 79 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]

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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler