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In the year 1937
424 Notable deaths
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).
Gaston Doumergue
French lawyer and statesman (1863-1937).
Born August 1st, 1863 in Aigues-Vives. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1937 at 73 years old in Aigues-Vives (pulmonary embolism). [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).
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.
Died February 11th, 1937 at 60 years old in Lucknow (peritonitis).
Wallace Carothers
American organic chemist.
Born April 27th, 1896 in Burlington.
Died April 29th, 1937 at 41 years old in Wilmington (poison).
Alfred Abel
German actor and director (1879-1937).
Born March 12th, 1879 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1937 at 58 years old in Berlin (disease). [ref]
Ross Alexander
Actor (1907-1937).
Born July 27th, 1907 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1937 at 29 years old in Los Angeles (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Pavel Florensky
Russian orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor and neomartyr (*1882 – †1937).
Born January 21st, 1882 in Yevlakh.
Died December 8th, 1937 at 55 years old in Leningrad Oblast.
Elihu Thomson
American inventor.
Born March 29th, 1853 in Manchester. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1937 at 83 years old in Swampscott. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 424
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