Famous Deaths Happened In 1937

Jan 02 Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Jan 05 In the year 1937 death of marie Booth, child of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1864)  

Jan 06 André Besette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845) died in the year 1937.  

Jan 08 John Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1937.  

Jan 13 Walter Brearley, cricketer (17 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1905-12), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 14 Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (b. 1889) died on this day in history.  

Jan 21 In the year 1937 death of marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898)  

Jan 23 In the year 1937 death of orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (b. 1876)  

Jan 28 Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (b. 1862) died on this day in history.  

Feb 01 Marguerite Audoux, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 03 Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (b. 1887) died in the year 1937.  

Feb 05 In the year 1937 lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75  

Feb 07 On this day in history elihu Root, US min of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91  

Feb 08 In the year 1937 scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian, dies at 75  

Feb 13 On this day in history c A Bernoulli, writer, dies  

Feb 14 Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Feb 20 In the year 1937 "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies  

Feb 23 In the year 1937 claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies  

Mar 02 Gustav Wohlgemuth, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 06 Frank Vosper, actor/writer (Jew Suss), dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Mar 08 On this day in history albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71  

Mar 09 In the year 1937 death of paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist (b. 1864)  

Mar 10 On this day in history death of yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (b. 1884)  

Mar 11 On this day in history paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61  

Mar 12 On this day in history charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93  

Mar 15 In the year 1937 death of h. P. Lovecraft, American writer (b. 1890)  

Mar 16 In the year 1937 j Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73  

Mar 19 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet, commits suicide at 58 died on this day in history.  

Mar 23 On this day in history helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66  

Mar 25 On this day in history john Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54  

Mar 26 On this day in history death of albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide  

Mar 29 Karol Szymanowski, Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 54 in the year 1937.  

Apr 02 In the year 1937 nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72  

Apr 04 Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02 On this day in history birth of marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist  

Jan 04 Dyan Cannon, Tacoma Wash, Mrs Cary Grant/actress (Heaven Can Wait) was born in the year 1937.  

Jan 04 Grace Bumbry, St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhäuser) was born in the year 1937.  

Jan 04 R Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of lou Holtz, US, football coach (NJ Jets)  

Jan 06 In the year 1937 birth of paolo Conte, Italian singer  

Jan 08 Robert Moran, composer was born in the year 1937.