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In the year 1937
401 Notable deaths
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]
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
British politician, banker and zoologist (1868-1937).
Born February 8th, 1868 in London.
Died August 27th, 1937 at 69 years old in Tring.
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. [ref]
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.
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]
Deaths 31 to 40 of 401
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