1937 deaths

New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)

Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)

American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)

Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)

American writer and editor (1890–1937)

founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian (1863-1937)

Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937)

French composer (1875–1937)

American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)

Scottish writer and playwright (1860–1937)

Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist and philosopher; first Czechoslovak president (1850–1937)

American writer and designer (1862–1937)

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist (1869–1937)

British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 (1866–1937)

Russian author (1884–1937)

German Army officer (1865–1937)

British politician (1863-1937)

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)

French lawyer and statesman (1863–1937)

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1893—1937)

Armenian poet (1897–1937)

American politician (1845-1937)

American politician (1856-1937)

American blues singer (1892–1937)

Soviet politician (1886-1937)

Japanese association football player (1907-1937)

Hungarian poet (1905–1937)

Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor and Neomartyr (1882–1937)

American architect and landscape architect (1876-1937)

Polish composer (1882–1937)

American organic chemist (1896–1937)

French organist and composer (1844–1937)

German photographer, best known for her reporting on the Spanish Civil War (1910–1937)

Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer (1878–1937)

German theologian, philosopher, and comparative religionist (1869-1937)

Belgian-British zoologist (1858–1937), member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino from 1900

8th prime minister of Canada (1854–1937)

Spanish military commander (1887-1937)

Soviet writer and journalist (1897–1937)

British banker and zoologist (1868–1937)

French composer (1869–1937)

American track and field athlete (1873–1937)

Chairman of White Star shipping line (1862–1937)

Greek and Danish princess

Soviet writer (1880–1937)

French organist and composer (1870–1937)

Spanish politician (1892-1937)

Armenia ambassador (1859–1937)

German aristocrat (1868-1937)

American diplomat, banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, and art collector (1855–1937)

Turkish military officer and statesperson (1864–1937)

American inventor (1853–1937)

Polish photographer

Swedish 20th century prime minister (1875-1937)

German politician and judge (1861-1937)

British statistician (1876–1937)

Sultan of Morocco (1875-1937)

Austrian sociologist (1873-1937)