In the year 1937
367 Notable deaths
Philip de Laszlo
Hungarian artist (1869-1937).
Born April 30th, 1869 in Pest. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1937 at 68 years old in Hampstead (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Emilio Mola
Spanish military commander (1887-1937).
Born July 9th, 1887 in Placetas.
Died June 3rd, 1937 at 49 years old in Alcocero de Mola. [ref]
Karol Szymanowski
Polish composer.
Born September 21st, 1883 in Tymoshivka. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1937 at 53 years old in Lausanne (tuberculosis). [ref]
Rudolf Otto
German theologian, philosopher, and comparative religionist (1869-1937).
Born September 25th, 1869 in Peine.
Died March 7th, 1937 at 67 years old in Marburg (pneumonia).
Howie Morenz
Canadian ice hockey player.
Born September 21st, 1902 in Mitchell.
Died March 8th, 1937 at 34 years old in Montreal (myocardial infarction).
Marie Prevost
Canadian actress.
Born November 8th, 1898 in Sarnia.
Died January 23rd, 1937 at 38 years old in Hollywood (heart failure).
Chūya Nakahara
Japanese symbolist poet.
Born April 29th, 1907 in Shimounorei.
Died October 22nd, 1937 at 30 years old in Ōgigayatsu (tuberculosis, meningitis).
Frank B. Kellogg
American politician (1856-1937).
Born December 22nd, 1856 in Potsdam.
Died December 21st, 1937 at 80 years old in Saint Paul (pneumonia).
William Gillette
American actor, inventor and writer.
Born July 24th, 1863 in Hartford.
Died April 29th, 1937 at 73 years old in Hartford (pulmonary hemorrhage). [ref]
Walter Burley Griffin
American architect and landscape architect (1876-1937).
Born November 24th, 1876 in Maywood. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1937 at 60 years old in Lucknow (peritonitis).
Deaths 41 to 50 of 367
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder