Famous people and celebrities who died in September 1937

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in September 1937. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Sept. 2 Pierre de Coubertin

  The international olympic committee was founded by a french historian and educator (d. 1937).

• Sept. 2 Aleksandr Gavrilovič Šljapnikov
• Sept. 3 Gaetano Badii
• Sept. 3 François Guiguet
• Sept. 3 Pietro di Maria
• Sept. 4 Juan Campisteguy
• Sept. 5 Edgard Blochet
• Sept. 5 Carlo Pellegrini
• Sept. 10 Sergei Tretyakov

  Russian author and playwright (b. 1892).

• Sept. 12 Giuseppe Colli di Felizzano
• Sept. 13 David Donaldson Robertson
• Sept. 14 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

  Czech sociologist and politician, 1st president of czechoslovakia (b. 1850).

• Sept. 17 Walter Dubislav

  German logician and philosopher of science, vienna circle member (b. 1895).

• Sept. 21 Osgood Perkins

  American actor (b. 1892).

• Sept. 22 Ruth Roland
• Sept. 23 Cleto González Víquez
• Sept. 23 Alessandro Lustig Piacezzi
• Sept. 26 Bessie Smith

  Singer dies from injuries sustained in a car accident at 43.

• Sept. 26 Vera Ermolaeva
• Sept. 26 Hubert Lefèbvre
• Sept. 26 Teodoro Pascal
• Sept. 27 Tonino Benelli
• Sept. 27 Nygmet Nurmakov
• Sept. 28 Gerald Duckworth
• Sept. 28 Vladimir Jakovlevič Zubcov
• Sept. 29 Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková

  Czech botanist and zoologist (b. 1877).

• Sept. 29 Ray Ewry

  Jumper (1900-04, 06, 08 olympics, 10 gold medals), is killed at 63.