In the year 1937
401 Notable deaths
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
British politician (1864-1937).
Born July 18th, 1864 in Cowling. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1937 at 72 years old in Tilford. [ref]
Ivor Gurney
British composer and poet.
Born August 28th, 1890 in Gloucester. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1937 at 47 years old in Dartford (tuberculosis). [ref]
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 (1872–1937).
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 (1869–1937).
Born November 30th, 1869.
Died December 9th, 1937 at 68 years old in Lidingö Parish.
Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Grand duchess consort of hesse and by rhine (1871–1937).
Born September 17th, 1871 in Lich.
Died November 16th, 1937 at 66 years old in Ostend (Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 401
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel