In the year 1957
400 Notable deaths
James Connolly
American triple jumper (1868-1957).
Born October 28th, 1868 in Boston.
Died January 20th, 1957 at 88 years old in Brookline.
Miguel Covarrubias
20th-century mexican artist (1904-1957).
Born November 22nd, 1904 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1957 at 52 years old [ref]
Henry Norris Russell
American astronomer.
Born October 25th, 1877 in Oyster Bay. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1957 at 79 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Alexander Vertinsky
Russian artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor (1889-1957).
Born March 20th, 1889 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1957 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg (heart failure).
Cora Witherspoon
Actress (1890-1957).
Born January 5th, 1890 in New Orleans.
Died November 17th, 1957 at 67 years old in Las Cruces.
Rudolf Schmidt
German general (1886-1957).
Born May 12th, 1886 in Berlin.
Died April 7th, 1957 at 70 years old in Krefeld.
Charles Brabin
British-american film director (1882–1957).
Born April 17th, 1883 in Liverpool.
Died November 3rd, 1957 at 74 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Prussian princess (1887-1957).
Born April 21st, 1887 in Holstein.
Died April 15th, 1957 at 69 years old in Lyon.
Elisabeth Hesselblad
Swedish nurse and religious foundress.
Born June 4th, 1870 in Fåglavik.
Died April 24th, 1957 at 86 years old in Rome.
Patrick Abercrombie
English architect.
Born June 6th, 1879 in Ashton on Mersey. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1957 at 77 years old in Aston Tirrold. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 400
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler