In the year 1957
394 Notable deaths
Max Ophüls
German film director (1902-1957).
Born May 6th, 1902 in Saarbrücken. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1957 at 54 years old in Hamburg (heart failure).
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual.
Born December 6th, 1886 in Sakata.
Died December 24th, 1957 at 71 years old in Tokyo (asthma).
Carl Clauberg
German physician and ss officer in concentration camp auschwitz (1898-1957).
Born September 28th, 1898 in Leichlingen.
Died August 9th, 1957 at 58 years old in Kiel (myocardial infarction).
Ernst Gräfenberg
German physician (1881-1957).
Born September 26th, 1881 in Adelebsen.
Died October 28th, 1957 at 76 years old in New York City.
Wheeler Dryden
British actor and director.
Born August 31st, 1892 in Brixton.
Died September 30th, 1957 at 65 years old in Los Angeles.
Karl Patterson Schmidt
American herpetologist (1890-1957).
Born June 19th, 1890 in Lake Forest.
Died September 26th, 1957 at 67 years old in Chicago (poison).
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Sicilian writer and prince (1896-1957).
Born December 23rd, 1896 in Palermo. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1957 at 60 years old in Rome (cancer). [ref]
Ronald Knox
English priest and theologian.
Born February 17th, 1888 in Kibworth. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1957 at 69 years old in Mells (cancer). [ref]
Curzio Malaparte
Italian writer (1898-1957).
Born June 9th, 1898 in Prato. [ref]
Died July 19th, 1957 at 59 years old in Rome (lung cancer). [ref]
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]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 394
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler