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In the year 1957
408 Notable deaths
Antonín Zápotocký
Communist prime minister and president of czechoslovakia (1884-1957).
Born December 19th, 1884 in Zákolany. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1957 at 72 years old in Prague. [ref]
Joseph Canteloube
French composer and musicologist (1879-1957).
Born October 21st, 1879 in Annonay. [ref]
Died November 4th, 1957 at 78 years old in Grigny.
Gheorghe Tătărescu
Romanian politician (1886–1957).
Born November 2nd, 1886 in Târgu Jiu. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1957 at 70 years old in Bucharest (tuberculosis). [ref]
Kenneth Douglas McKellar
American politician.
Born January 29th, 1869 in Richmond. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1957 at 88 years old in Memphis. [ref]
Jerome Frank
American jurist (1889–1957).
Born September 10th, 1889 in New York City.
Died January 13th, 1957 at 67 years old in New Haven.
Maurice Audin
French mathematician and political activist.
Born February 14th, 1932 in Béja.
Died June 21st, 1957 at 25 years old in Algiers.
Heinrich Otto Wieland
German nobel laureate in chemistry (1877-1957).
Born June 4th, 1877 in Pforzheim. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1957 at 80 years old in Starnberg. [ref]
Roy Worters
Canadian ice hockey player (1900–1957).
Born October 19th, 1900 in Toronto.
Died November 7th, 1957 at 57 years old in Toronto (cancer).
Umberto Saba
Italian poet and novelist (1883-1957).
Born March 9th, 1883 in Trieste. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1957 at 74 years old in Gorizia. [ref]
Helen Haye
Actress.
Born August 28th, 1874 in Assam Province.
Died September 1st, 1957 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 408
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht