List of Famous people who died in 1937

Mostafa Saadeq Al-Rafe'ie was an Egyptian poet, born in Egypt in Tanta, Egypt.

Yekaterina Ottovna Vazem aka Ekaterina Vazemwas a Russian prima ballerina and instructor, whose most noted pupil was the legendary Anna Pavlova.

Ruffin Golson Pleasant was the 36th Governor of Louisiana from 1916 to 1920, who is remembered for having mobilized his state for World War I. Prior to his governorship, Pleasant was the Louisiana attorney general from 1912 to 1916 and the city attorney of Shreveport from 1902 to 1908.

Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist.

Mihály Lenhossék, named often given as Michael von Lenhossék was a Hungarian anatomist and histologist born in Budapest. He was the son of anatomist József Lenhossék (1818–1888) and an uncle to Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893–1986).

Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet PC, FBA was an English jurist best known for his History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, written with F.W. Maitland, and his lifelong correspondence with US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. He was a Cambridge Apostle.

Ali-Akbar Dāvar was an Iranian politician and judge and the founder of the modern judicial system of Iran.