Famous Deaths Happened In 1937

Jan 02 Ross alexander: Actor (capt blood, boulder dam),  

Jan 05 Marie booth: Child of william and catherine booth (b. 1864)  

Jan 06 André besette: Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)  

Jan 08 John felix august korling: Composer,  

Jan 13 Walter brearley: Cricketer (17 wkts in 4 tests for eng 1905-12),  

Jan 14 Jaishankar prasad: Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (b. 1889)  

Jan 21 Marie prevost: Canadian actress (b. 1898)  

Jan 23 Orso mario corbino: Italian physicist (b. 1876)  

Jan 28 Anastasios metaxas: Greek architect and shooter (b. 1862)  

Feb 01 Marguerite audoux: Writer,  

Feb 03 Marija leiko: Latvian film actress (b. 1887)  

Feb 05 Lou [andreas-]salome: Russian/german author (eroticism),  

Feb 07 Elihu root: Us min of war/foreign affairs (nobel 1912),  

Feb 08 Scato gocko de vries: Dutch paleographer/librarian,  

Feb 13 C a bernoulli: Writer,  

Feb 14 Erkki gustav melartin: Composer,  

Feb 20 "barlow" carkeek: Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series),  

Feb 23 Claude buckenham: Cricketer (21 wkts in 4 tests for eng 1909-10),  

Mar 02 Gustav wohlgemuth: Composer,  

Mar 06 Frank vosper: Actor/writer (jew suss),  

Mar 08 Albert verwey: Dutch poet/literature historian (motion),  

Mar 09 Paul elmer more: American critic and essayist (b. 1864)  

Mar 10 Yevgeny zamyatin: Russian writer (b. 1884)  

Mar 11 Paul scheinpflug: Composer,  

Mar 12 Charles-marie-jean-albert widor: French organist/composer,  

Mar 15 H. p. lovecraft: American writer (b. 1890)  

Mar 16 J austen chamberlain: English min of for affairs (nobel),  

Mar 19 Horacio quiroga: Uruguayan author/poet, commits suicide at 58  

Mar 23 Helge rode: Danish poet/essayist,  

Mar 25 John drinkwater: English poet/playwright (bird in hand),  

Mar 26 Albert relf: Cricketer (13 tests for england 1903-14), commits suicide  

Mar 29 Karol szymanowski: Polish/ukraine composer (stabat mater),  

Apr 02 Nathan birnbaum: Austria philosopher (zionism),  

Apr 04 Frantisek x salda: Czech writer/critic,  

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Jan 02 Marianne mcdonald: Classicist/philanthropist  

Jan 04 Dyan cannon: Tacoma wash, mrs cary grant/actress (heaven can wait)  

Jan 04 Grace bumbry: St louis, mezzo-soprano (venus in tannhäuser)  

Jan 04 R surendranath: Cricketer (indian pace bowler in 11 tests early 60s)  

Jan 06 Doris troy: [payne], us soul singer/songwriter (just one kiss)  

Jan 06 Lou holtz: Us, football coach (nj jets)  

Jan 06 Paolo conte: Italian singer  

Jan 08 Robert moran: Composer