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In the year 1937
424 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]
Ikki Kita
Japanese philosopher and right-wing activist.
Died August 19th, 1937 at 54 years old in Tokyo (ballistic trauma).
Joseph Taylor Robinson
American politician (1872–1937).
Born August 26th, 1872 in Lonoke.
Died July 14th, 1937 at 64 years old in Washington, D.C..
Louis Vierne
French organist and composer (1870–1937).
Born October 8th, 1870 in Poitiers.
Died June 2nd, 1937 at 66 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Mehmed Selim Efendi
Ottoman noble (1870–1937).
Born January 11th, 1870 in Istanbul.
Died May 4th, 1937 at 67 years old in Beirut.
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).
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]
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]
Abdul Karim Khan
Indian singer (1872–1937).
Born November 11th, 1872 in Kairana, Muzaffarnagar.
Died October 27th, 1937 at 64 years old in Singaperumalkoil.
Maria Ulyanova
Soviet politician (1878–1937).
Born February 18th, 1878 in Ulyanovsk.
Died June 12th, 1937 at 59 years old in Moscow (atherosclerosis).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 424
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran