- February 28
- Alexander W F Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1909-16), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 3
- Neville Knox, cricket player (bowled in two Tests for England 1907), dies. [1]
- March 10
- Barend Barendse, actor/director (Broken Lives), dies at age 82. [1]
- March 16
- John J R Macleod, Scottish/Canadian physiologist (Nobel Prize 1923), dies at age 58. [1]
- May 4
- Lodewijk Scharpé, Flemish literature historian, dies at age 65. [1]
- May 11
- Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at age 78. [1]
- May 12
- Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies. [1]
- May 17
- Paul A Dukas, French composer/tutor of Messiaen (Velléda), dies at age 69. [1]
- May 19
- Death of Thomas Edward Shaw [Lawrence], "Lawrence of Arabia", from injuries in a motorcycle accident. [1] [129]
- May 21
- Hugo de Vries, botanist (Gruppenweise Artbildung), dies at age 87. [1]
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- Jane Addams, a founder of ACLU (Nobel Prize 1973), dies at age 65. [1]
- August 15
- Wiley Post and Will Rogers (age 55, humorist) are killed in a plane crash in Alaska. [1] [457]
- August 29
- In Switzerland, King Leopold II of Belgium and wife Astrid-Louise Sophie-Thyra in a car go off the road, Astrid is killed. [1093.528]
- September 10
- Death of Huey "Kingfish" Long by assassin Carl Weiss, in Louisiana, USA; American politician, governor of Louisiana (1928-32), US Senator (1932-35). [1] [910.40]
- October 23
- At the Palace Chop House in Newark, New Jersey, Arthur Flegenheimer AKA Dutch Schultz, Otto "Abbadabba" Biederman, and two others are killed by the crime syndicate. [806.154]
- December 1
- Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies. [1]
- December 4
- Hylton Philipson, cricket player (England keeper in five Tests 1892-95), dies. [1]
- December 5
- Frans [MJ François] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at age 78. [1]
- December 13
- John Nicolson, cricket player (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies. [1]
- December 14
- Stanley G Weinbaum, American sci-fi writer (Martian Odyssey), dies. [1]
- December 16
- Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies at age 30. [1]
- December 18
- Juan V Gómez, general/dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies. [1]
- December 21
- Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist/writer (Panter, Tiger and Co), dies at age 45. [1]
- December 28
- Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies. [1]
1936
- January 5
- Ramón M del Valle-Inclán, playwright (Tirano banderas), dies at age 66. [1]
- January 6
- Charles A Stoneham, president (New York Giants), dies. [1]
- January 7
- Howard Francis, cricket player (two Tests South Africa versus England 1898-99, 39 runs), dies. [1]
- January 9
- John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at age 40. [1]
- January 10
- Charles Wright, cricket player (3 Tests England versus South Africa 1895-96), dies. [1]
- January 15
- Henry Forster, cricket player (Hants and Oxford University), Governor-General of Australia, dies. [1]
- January 18
- Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel Prize 1907), dies in Burwash, England at age 70. [1]
- January 20
- King George V of Great Britain dies at age 70 at Sandringham, succeeded by Edward VIII. [1] [420.82] [859.34] [1394.40]
- January 23
- Dame Clara Butt, alto singer ("Country of Hope and Glory"), dies at age 62. [1]
- February 16
- Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted. [1]
- February 17
- Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theozentrische), dies at age 74. [1]
- February 20
- John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at age 67. [1]
- February 22
- Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at age 74. [1]
- February 27
- Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel Prize 1904), dies at age 86. [1]
- March 18
- Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at age 58. [1]
- March 19
- John Larkin IV, actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panamá), dies at age 63. [1]
- March 20
- Durant Clifford Parkin, cricket player (Tests for South Africa 1891-92), dies. [1]
- March 21
- Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer ("Chopiniana"), dies at age 70. [1]
- April 3
- Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed in electric chair in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. [1] [244.4]
- April 17
- Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck, Dutch Prime Minister (1918-23, 1929-33), dies. [1]
- April 18
- Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (Belkis), dies at age 56. [1]
- April 27
- Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at age 72. [1]
- April 28
- Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies. [1]
- May 8
- Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies. [1]
- May 14
- Edmond Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at age 74. [1]
- Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian, dies at age 71. [1]
- August 14
- Rainey Bethea is hung, last US public execution. [1]
- December 10
- Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel Prize 1934), dies at age 69. [1]
- Robert Abel, cricket player (744 runs in 13 Tests for England 1888-1902), dies. [1]
- December 20
- Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, is murdered in Madrid, Spain. [1]
- December 27
- Hans von Seeckt, German general/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at age 70. [1]
- December 31
- Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Spanish philosopher/poet ("Cancionero"), dies at age 72. [1]
1937
- January 2
- Ross Alexander, actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at age 29. [1]
- January 13
- Walter Brearley, cricket player (17 wickets in four Tests for England 1905-12), dies. [1]
- February 5
- Lou [Andreas-]Salomé, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at age 75. [1]
- February 7
- Elihu Root, US Minister of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel Prize 1912), dies at age 91. [1]
- February 20
- "Barlow" Carkeek, Australia cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies. [1]
- February 23
- Claude Buckenham, cricket player (21 wickets in four Tests for England 1909-10), dies. [1]
- March 6
- Frank Vosper, actor/writer (Jew Suss), dies at age 37. [1]
- March 8
- Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at age 71. [1]
- March 16
- J Austen Chamberlain, English Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nobel), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 24
- Léopold Courouble, Belgian writer (Pauline Flatbread), dies at age 76. [1]
- March 25
- John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at age 54. [1]
- March 26
- Albert Relf, cricket player (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide. [1]
- March 29
- Karol Szymanowski, Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at age 54. [1]
- April 2
- Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about age 72. [1]
- April 8
- William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at age 77. [1]
- April 19
- William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at age 81. [1]
- April 25
- Clem Sohn, air show performer, dies at age 26 when his chute fails to open. [1]
- April 27
- Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at age 46. [1]
- May 1
- Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at age 75. [1]
- May 9
- Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at age 43. [1]
- May 10
- Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in Wüste), dies. [1]
- May 23
- John Davison, Rockfeller industrialist, dies at age 97 in Ormond Beach, Florida. [1]
- May 28
- Alfred Adler, Austrian psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at age 67. [1]
- July 11
- George Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at age 38. [1] [5]
- July 28
- Joseph Lee, father of Playgrounds movement, dies. [1]
- September 2
- Baron Pierre de Coubertin, revivor of Olympics, dies at age 74. [1]
- December 3
- Prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies. [1]
- December 12
- Alfred Abel, actor (Dr Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at age 57. [1]
- December 17
- Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at age 72. [1]
- December 18
- S S Schultz, cricket player (one Test England versus Australia 1879), dies. [1]
- December 20
- Erich Ludendorff, German general (WWI), dies at age 72. [1]
- December 21
- Frank Kellog, US foreign minister (Nobel Prize 1929), dies at age 80. [1]
- December 22
- Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto, Tokyo at age 55. [1]
- December 28
- Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer ("Bolero"), dies in Paris, France at age 62. [1]
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