Famous Deaths Happened In 1937

Jan 02 Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29 in the year 1937.  

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

Jan 06 On this day in history death of andré Besette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)  

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 Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898) died in the year 1937.  

Jan 23 On this day in history death of orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (b. 1876)  

Jan 28 Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (b. 1862) died in the year 1937.  

Feb 01 In the year 1937 marguerite Audoux, writer, dies  

Feb 03 Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (b. 1887) died on this day in history.  

Feb 05 On this day in history 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 Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 13 C A Bernoulli, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 14 In the year 1937 erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62  

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

Feb 23 On this day in history claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies  

Mar 02 Gustav Wohlgemuth, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1937.  

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

Mar 08 In the year 1937 albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71  

Mar 09 Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist (b. 1864) died in the year 1937.  

Mar 10 Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (b. 1884) died in the year 1937.  

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 H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (b. 1890) died in the year 1937.  

Mar 16 J Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73 in the year 1937.  

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

Mar 23 Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66 in the year 1937.  

Mar 25 In the year 1937 john Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54  

Mar 26 Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide died in the year 1937.  

Mar 29 Karol Szymanowski, Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Apr 02 Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72 on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 02 In the year 1937 birth of marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist  

Jan 04 Dyan Cannon, Tacoma Wash, Mrs Cary Grant/actress (Heaven Can Wait) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04 In the year 1937 birth of r Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s)  

Jan 06 In the year 1937 birth of doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss)  

Jan 06 Lou Holtz, US, football coach (NJ Jets) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08 In the year 1937 birth of robert Moran, composer