In the year 1957
440 Notable deaths
Mstislav Dobuzhinsky
Russian artist (1875-1957).
Born August 14th, 1875 in Veliky Novgorod. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1957 at 82 years old in New York City. [ref]
Richard Riemerschmid
German architect, painter, designer and city planner (1868-1957).
Born June 20th, 1868 in Munich. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1957 at 88 years old in Munich. [ref]
Wilhelm Lenz
German physicist (1888-1957).
Born February 8th, 1888 in Frankfurt.
Died April 30th, 1957 at 69 years old in Hamburg.
Paul Walden
Russian chemist (1863-1957).
Born July 26th, 1863 in Livonia Governorate. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1957 at 93 years old in Gammertingen. [ref]
P. C. Chang
Chinese philosopher and diplomat.
Born April 22nd, 1892 in Tianjin. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1957 at 65 years old in New Jersey. [ref]
Valery Larbaud
French writer and poet (1881-1957).
Born August 29th, 1881 in Vichy. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1957 at 75 years old in Vichy. [ref]
Michael Fekete
Israeli-hungarian mathematician (1886–1957).
Born July 19th, 1886 in Senta. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1957 at 70 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Nicolaas Havenga
South african politician.
Born May 1st, 1882 in Fauresmith.
Died March 4th, 1957 at 74 years old in Cape Town.
Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl
Hungarian rabbi (1903–1957).
Born October 25th, 1903 in Debrecen.
Died November 29th, 1957 at 54 years old in Mount Kisco.
William Woodthorpe Tarn
British classical scholar and historian of classical antiquity (1869–1957).
Born February 26th, 1869 in London.
Died November 7th, 1957 at 88 years old in Inverness.
Deaths 241 to 250 of 440
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks