In the year 1957
440 Notable deaths
Camil Petrescu
Romanian playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet.
Born April 21st, 1894 in Bucharest.
Died May 14th, 1957 at 63 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Christian Hülsmeyer
German inventor and entrepreneur (1881-1957).
Born December 25th, 1881 in Eydelstedt.
Died January 31st, 1957 at 75 years old in Ahrweiler.
Duchess Sophie Adelheid, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach
German princess (1875–1957).
Born February 22nd, 1875 in Possenhofen.
Died September 4th, 1957 at 82 years old in Seefeld Castle.
Robert Lowie
American anthropologist.
Born June 12th, 1883 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1957 at 74 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Gus Schilling
American comedian (1908-1957).
Born June 20th, 1908 in New York City.
Died June 16th, 1957 at 48 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Othmar Schoeck
Swiss composer (1886-1957).
Born September 1st, 1886 in Brunnen. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1957 at 70 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Harcourt Williams
English actor (1880–1957).
Born March 30th, 1880 in Croydon.
Died December 13th, 1957 at 77 years old in London.
János Esterházy
Politician of hungarian ethnicity in inter-war czechoslovakia, member of czechoslovak national parliament and of the slovak assembly (1901-1957).
Born March 14th, 1901 in Veľké Zálužie. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1957 at 55 years old in Mírov (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alice Milliat
Pioneer of women's sport.
Born May 5th, 1884 in Nantes. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1957 at 73 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Ray Cummings
American writer (1887-1957).
Born August 30th, 1887 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1957 at 69 years old in Mount Vernon. [ref]
Deaths 221 to 230 of 440
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci