Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1937

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 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

May 1 Snitz Edwards
Actor (phantom of the opera college), dies at 75
May 2 Arthur Somervell
Composer dies at 73
May 4 Noel Rosa
Brazilian songwriter (born 1910)
May 7 Ernst A. Lehmann
German captain and author (b. 1886)
May 9 Walter Mittelholzer
Swiss aviation pioneer, who dies in a crash at the age of 43.
May 10 William Tedmarsh
English-born silent movie actor (born 1876)
May 11 Viliam Figus
Composer dies at 62
May 13 Ekaterina Geladze
Georgian mother to joseph stalin (born 1858).
May 15 Philip Snowden
1st viscount snowden, english politician, chancellor of the exchequer (b. 1864)
May 23 John D. Rockefeller
American business magnate and philanthropist, founder of the Standard Oil Company and one of the wealthiest people in history.
May 23 John Davison
Rockfeller industrialist, who dies in ormond beach (florida) at the age of 97.
May 25 Henry Ossawa Tanner
An African-American painter who was one of the first African-American artists to gain international acclaim for his paintings.
May 28 Alfred Adler
Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist who established the first vienna child psychology clinic in 1920. his pioneering researches on the inferiority complex and child guidance as well as his social interest and delinquency were well-known. adler immigrated to new york in 1934.