In the year 1957
431 Notable deaths
Carlos Castillo Armas
Guatemalan president (1914-1957).
Born November 4th, 1914 in Quetzaltenango.
Died July 26th, 1957 at 42 years old in Guatemala City.
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of tommy dorsey.
Born February 29th, 1904 in Shenandoah. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1957 at 53 years old in New York City (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Luisa Casati
Italian model, heiress, socialite (1881–1957).
Born January 23rd, 1881 in Milan.
Died June 1st, 1957 at 76 years old in London.
Ernest Oppenheimer
South african businessman (1880-1957).
Born May 22nd, 1880 in Friedberg.
Died November 25th, 1957 at 77 years old in Johannesburg.
Tanguturi Prakasam
Indian politician and freedom fighter.
Born August 23rd, 1872 in Vinodarayunipalem.
Died May 20th, 1957 at 84 years old in Hyderabad. [ref]
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957).
Born December 6th, 1886 in Sakata.
Died December 24th, 1957 at 71 years old in Kominka Yamajū-tei (asthma).
Irving Langmuir
American chemist and physicist.
Born January 31st, 1881 in Brooklyn.
Died August 16th, 1957 at 76 years old in Woods Hole (cardiovascular disease).
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
Irish writer and dramatist (1878-1957).
Born July 24th, 1878 in London. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1957 at 79 years old in Dublin (appendicitis). [ref]
Ernst Gräfenberg
German gynaecologist and medical researcher (1881–1957).
Born September 26th, 1881 in Adelebsen.
Died October 28th, 1957 at 76 years old in New York City.
Vere Gordon Childe
British historian and archaeologist.
Born April 14th, 1892 in Sydney. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1957 at 65 years old in Blackheath (falling). [ref]
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A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson