Famous Deaths In 1937

Apr 08 On this day in history arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84  

Apr 10 In the year 1937 algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77  

Apr 15 In the year 1937 nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79  

Apr 17 On this day in history death of yi Sang, Korean Poet (b. 1910)  

Apr 19 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81 in the year 1937.  

Apr 25 On this day in history clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open  

Apr 27 On this day in history antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46  

Apr 29 In the year 1937 death of william Gillette, American actor (b. 1853)  

May 01 Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75 in the year 1937.  

May 02 On this day in history arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73  

May 04 On this day in history death of noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910)  

May 09 On this day in history walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43  

May 10 On this day in history death of william Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (b. 1876)  

May 11 Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1937.  

May 13 On this day in history death of ekaterina Geladze, mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858)  

May 15 Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864) died in the year 1937.  

May 23 John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla in the year 1937.  

May 25 Henry O Tanner, artist, dies on this day in history.  

May 28 On this day in history alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67  

Jun 02 Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1937.  

Jun 04 In the year 1937 donald Eligon, cricketer (Trinidad, nail in his cricket boot), dies  

Jun 06 Jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26 in the year 1937.  

Jun 10 Robert Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854) died in the year 1937.  

Jun 11 On this day in history death of r. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (b. 1895)  

Jun 12 Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893) died on this day in history.  

Jun 18 Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 19 James M Barrie, Scottish writer (Dear Brutus/Peter Pan), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 25 Colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Jun 26 On this day in history georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82  

Jun 28 In the year 1937 max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64  

Jul 02 Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atl, dies at 40 in the year 1937.  

Jul 09 In the year 1937 death of oliver Law, first African-American commander of U.S. troops (b. 1899)  

Jul 10 Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1937.  

Jul 11 George Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at 38 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02 Marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist was born in the year 1937.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of dyan Cannon, Tacoma Wash, Mrs Cary Grant/actress (Heaven Can Wait)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of grace Bumbry, St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhäuser)  

Jan 04 On this day in history 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 in the year 1937.  

Jan 06 Paolo Conte, Italian singer was born on this day in history.  

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