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In the year 1957
408 Notable deaths
Kiyoshi Shiga
Japanese physician (1871-1957).
Born February 7th, 1871 in Sendai.
Died January 25th, 1957 at 85 years old in Tokyo.
Russell Hicks
American actor (1895-1957).
Born June 4th, 1895 in Baltimore.
Died June 3rd, 1957 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Gustav Mie
German physicist (1868-1957).
Born September 29th, 1868 in Rostock. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1957 at 88 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Óscar Domínguez
Was a spanish surrealist painter (1906-1957).
Born January 3rd, 1906 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1957 at 51 years old in Paris. [ref]
Serge Chaloff
American musician (1923-1957).
Born November 24th, 1923 in Boston.
Died July 16th, 1957 at 33 years old in Boston (spinal cord neoplasm). [ref]
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di
Sunni muslim scholar.
Born September 8th, 1889 in Unaizah.
Died January 24th, 1957 at 67 years old in Unaizah.
Arthur Lyon Bowley
English statistician and economist (1869–1957).
Born November 6th, 1869 in Bristol.
Died January 21st, 1957 at 87 years old in Surrey.
Claire Waldoff
German singer (1884-1957).
Born October 21st, 1884 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died January 22nd, 1957 at 72 years old in Bad Reichenhall.
Karl Genzken
German physician and ss general, chief of the medical office of the waffen-ss, and convicted war criminal 81885-1957).
Born June 8th, 1885 in Preetz.
Died October 10th, 1957 at 72 years old in Blankenese.
José Linhares
President of brazil (1886-1957).
Born January 28th, 1886 in Baturité.
Died January 26th, 1957 at 70 years old in Caxambu.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 408
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