In the year 1957
394 Notable deaths
Alfred Döblin
German expressionist novelist.
Born August 10th, 1878 in Szczecin. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1957 at 78 years old in Emmendingen. [ref]
Qi Baishi
Chinese painter (1864-1957).
Born January 1st, 1864 in Xiangtan County. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1957 at 93 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Harrison Ford
American stage and silent film actor (1884-1957).
Born March 16th, 1884 in Kansas City.
Died December 2nd, 1957 at 73 years old in Woodland Hills (traffic collision).
Josephine Hull
American stage and film actress (1877-1957).
Born January 3rd, 1877 in Newtonville.
Died March 12th, 1957 at 80 years old in The Bronx (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Japanese diplomat and politician in the empire of japan (1887-1957).
Died January 26th, 1957 at 69 years old in Yugawara.
Alfonso Bedoya
Mexican actor.
Born April 16th, 1904 in Sonora.
Died December 15th, 1957 at 53 years old in Mexico City.
Kurt von Tippelskirch
German world war ii general.
Born October 9th, 1891 in Charlottenburg.
Died May 10th, 1957 at 65 years old in Lüneburg.
František Kupka
Czech painter and graphic artist (1871-1957).
Born September 23rd, 1871 in Opočno. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1957 at 85 years old in Puteaux. [ref]
Maurice Garin
French cyclist (1871-1957).
Born March 3rd, 1871 in Arvier.
Died February 18th, 1957 at 85 years old in Lens.
Giovanni Battista Caproni
Italian aeronautical engineer.
Died October 27th, 1957 at 71 years old in Rome.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 394
Death makes equal the high and low. John Heywood