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<html> <head> <title>Died in 1937</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Died in 1937 LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000097962/">Alfred Adler</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1937</tt></td> <td>Founder of Individual Psychology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/915/000068711/">Ross Alexander</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1937</tt></td> <td>Captain Blood</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/535/000113196/">Newton D. Baker</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1871</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of War, 1916-21</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/973/000043844/">J. M. Barrie</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1937</tt></td> <td>Peter Pan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000134824/">Robert Worth Bingham</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1871</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>Publisher of The Louisville Courier-Journal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/127/000174602/">Richard Boleslawsky</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1937</tt></td> <td>Les misérables</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/509/000111176/">Robert Laird Borden</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1937</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Canada, 1911-20</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/894/000213255/">J. C. Bose</a></td> <td><center>Botanist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1858</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1937</tt></td> <td>Plant physiology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/171/000282322/">Constantin Brunner</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1937</tt></td> <td>German Jewish philosopher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/139/000208512/">John Burke</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1937</tt></td> <td>North Dakota Governor, US Treasurer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/469/000172950/">William M. Butler</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/668/000210038/">Robert D. Carey</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1937</tt></td> <td>Governor and Senator from Wyoming</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/670/000117319/">Wallace Hume Carothers</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1937</tt></td> <td>Inventor of Nylon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/748/000091475/">Austen Chamberlain</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>British pol, Nobel Prize recipient</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/131/000136720/">Colin Clive</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1937</tt></td> <td>Frankenstein</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000084850/">Ralph Connor</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1937</tt></td> <td>Canadian pulp author, Black Rock</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/518/000099221/">Gustaf Dalén</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>Automatic sun valve</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/728/000196140/">Edward F. Dunne</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1853</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1937</tt></td> <td>Governor of Illinois, 1913-17</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000026865/">Amelia Earhart</a></td> <td><center>Aviator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1937</tt></td> <td>Misplaced aviatrix</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/191/000114846/">Élie Faure</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1937</tt></td> <td>History of Art</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/268/000179728/">Edward Garnett</a></td> <td><center>Editor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1937</tt></td> <td>English critic and editor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/189/000022123/">George Gershwin</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1937</tt></td> <td>Rhapsody In Blue</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/736/000090466/">William Gillette</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1853</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1937</tt></td> <td>Portrayed Sherlock Holmes on the stage</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/461/000094179/">Antonio Gramsci</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1937</tt></td> <td>Founder of the Italian Communist Party</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/695/000180155/">Ivor Gurney</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>War's Embers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/918/000101615/">Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>Descartes: His Life and Times</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/144/000206523/">Lamartine G. Hardman</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1856</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1937</tt></td> <td>Governor of Georgia, 1927-31</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/731/000043602/">Jean Harlow</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1937</tt></td> <td>Bombshell</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/571/000278734/">Ted Healy</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>Creator of The Three Stooges</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/805/000162319/">Charles Hires</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1851</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1937</tt></td> <td>Root beer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/069/000111733/">Richmond Pearson Hobson</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>Spanish-American War hero</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/599/000349549/">William Temple Hornaday</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>Defender of the American bison</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/955/000167454/">Frederic Eugene Ives</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1856</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1937</tt></td> <td>Halftone process</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/787/000114445/">J. Franklin Jameson</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1937</tt></td> <td>Dictionary of United States History</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/490/000059313/">Frank B. Kellogg</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1856</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of State, 1925-29</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/600/000205982/">Harry G. Leslie</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>Governor of Indiana, 1929-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/987/000031894/">H. P. Lovecraft</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>The Call of Cthulhu</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/969/000024897/">Ramsay MacDonald</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1937</tt></td> <td>First Labour Prime Minister of UK</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/552/000071339/">Guglielmo Marconi</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1937</tt></td> <td>Inventor of radio</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/029/000114684/">Don Marquis</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>archy and mehitabel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/660/000092384/">Tomas Masaryk</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1850</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1937</tt></td> <td>Czech President, 1920-35</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/533/000165038/">Frederick L. Maytag</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1857</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>Founder of Maytag Corporation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/133/000056962/">Andrew W. Mellon</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1855</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1937</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/391/000167887/">Ogden L. Mills</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Aug-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1937</tt></td> <td>US Treasury Secretary, 1932-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/626/000209996/">Andrew J. Montague</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Oct-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1937</tt></td> <td>Governor and Congressman from Virginia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/023/000114678/">Paul Elmer More</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>Shelburne Essays</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/177/000166676/">Howie Morenz</a></td> <td><center>Hockey</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>Montreal Canadiens, Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/765/000134363/">Grayson Murphy</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>Nov-1937</tt></td> <td>Banker, Co-Founder of American Legion</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/802/000346761/">Osgood Perkins</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1937</tt></td> <td>Broadway and radio actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/606/000209976/">John G. Pollard</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-1871</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1937</tt></td> <td>Governor of Virginia, 1930-34</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/460/000063271/">Maurice Ravel</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>Bolero</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000206648/">Joe T. Robinson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1872</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1937</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Arkansas, 1913-37</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/339/000086081/">John D. Rockefeller</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1839</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-1937</tt></td> <td>Founder of Standard Oil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/457/000059280/">Elihu Root</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1845</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1937</tt></td> <td>Senator, Secretary of War, State</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/218/000068014/">Ernest Rutherford</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1871</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1937</tt></td> <td>Father of nuclear physics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/854/000196266/">Granville Ryrie</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1937</tt></td> <td>Soldier, High Commissioner to the UK</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/440/000166939/">Jacob Schick</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1937</tt></td> <td>Electric razor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/217/000022151/">Bessie Smith</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1937</tt></td> <td>Empress of the Blues</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/337/000205719/">Joe Smith</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>Cool jazz trumpeter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/345/000348298/">John W. Summers</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Sep-1937</tt></td> <td>US Congressman from Washington, 1919-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/248/000173726/">Ambrose Swasey</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1846</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jun-1937</tt></td> <td>Warner and Swasey Company and Observatory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/991/000167490/">Elihu Thomson</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1853</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>Electric welding and A/C motors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/758/000116410/">Harry Vardon</a></td> <td><center>Golf</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>Early golf superstar</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/025/000163533/">Felix M. 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