List of Famous people who died in 1937

Sir Robert Laird Borden was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada, in office from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during World War I.

Count Aladár Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister besides the King twice: between 1906–1910 and during the end of the First World War. He was also Minister of Croatian Affairs in the third Wekerle cabinet.

Ras Desta Damtew was an Ethiopian noble, an army commander, and a son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie I.

Julius Bredt was a German organic chemist. He was the first to determine, in 1893, the correct structure of camphor. Bredt also discovered that a double bond cannot be placed at the bridgehead of a bridged ring system, a statement now known as Bredt's rule.

Charles Robert Crisp was a U.S. Representative from Georgia, son of Charles Frederick Crisp.

Hermann Kümmell was a German surgeon.

Georg Christian Thilenius was a German physician and anthropologist who was a native of Soden am Taunus.