In the year 1937
367 Notable deaths
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]
Abdul Karim Khan
Indian singer.
Born November 11th, 1872 in Kairana, Muzaffarnagar.
Died October 27th, 1937 at 64 years old in Singaperumalkoil.
Attila József
Hungarian poet (1905-1937).
Born April 11th, 1905 in Budapest. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1937 at 32 years old in Balatonszárszó (railway accident). [ref]
Ikki Kita
Japanese philosopher and right-wing activist.
Died August 19th, 1937 at 54 years old in Tokyo (ballistic trauma).
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist and philosopher (1850-1937); first czechoslovak president.
Born March 7th, 1850 in Hodonín. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1937 at 87 years old in Lány Castle. [ref]
Max von Gallwitz
German general (1852-1937).
Born May 2nd, 1852 in Wrocław.
Died April 18th, 1937 at 84 years old in Naples (myocardial infarction).
Gustaf Dalén
Swedish nobel laureate and industrialist.
Born November 30th, 1869 in Stenstorp. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1937 at 68 years old in Lidingö församling. [ref]
Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Grand duchess consort of hesse and by rhine.
Born September 17th, 1871 in Lich.
Died November 16th, 1937 at 66 years old in Ostend (Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash).
Jean de Brunhoff
French artist and writer.
Born December 9th, 1899 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1937 at 37 years old in Montana (tuberculosis). [ref]
Newton Diehl Baker Jr.
American politician (1871–1937).
Born December 3rd, 1871 in Martinsburg. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1937 at 66 years old in Shaker Heights (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 367
Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die. Forrest Church