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In the year 1957
394 Notable deaths
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
British statistician and economist.
Born November 6th, 1869 in Bristol. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1957 at 87 years old in Surrey. [ref]
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.
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]
Wilhelm Filchner
German explorer (1877-1957).
Born September 13th, 1877 in Munich. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1957 at 79 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Metodija Andonov-Čento
Macedonian politician (1902-1957).
Born August 17th, 1902 in Prilep.
Died July 24th, 1957 at 54 years old in Prilep (cancer).
Deaths 191 to 200 of 394
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman