In the year 1937

367 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).

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).

Madison Grant

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

Born November 19th, 1865 in New York City.

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

Colin Clive

Actor.

Born January 20th, 1900 in Saint-Malo. [ref]

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

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Russian author.

Born February 1st, 1884 in Lebedyan. [ref]

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

Austen Chamberlain

British politician (1863-1937).

Born October 16th, 1863 in Birmingham. [ref]

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

William Sealy Gosset

British statistician.

Born June 13th, 1876 in Canterbury. [ref]

Died October 16th, 1937 at 61 years old in Beaconsfield (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Keke Geladze

Mother of joseph stalin.

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

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

Horacio Quiroga

Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer.

Born December 31st, 1878 in Salto. [ref]

Died February 19th, 1937 at 58 years old in Buenos Aires (cyanide poisoning). [ref]

Sergo Ordzhonikidze

Soviet politician (1886-1937).

Born October 24th, 1886 in Ghoresha.

Died February 18th, 1937 at 50 years old in Moscow.

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Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone. Jiddu Krishnamurti