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In the year 1937

1,200 Notable birthdays

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist.

Born December 21st, 1937 (age 88 years) in New York City.

Jack Nicholson

American actor and filmmaker (born 1937).

Born April 22nd, 1937 (age 89 years) in Neptune City. [ref]

Morgan Freeman

American actor, film director, and narrator.

Born June 1st, 1937 (age 88 years) in Memphis.

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and baathist politician.

Born April 28th, 1937 in Al-Awja. [ref]

Died December 30th, 2006 at 69 years old in Kadhimiya (hanging). [ref]

Bill Cosby

American actor and comedian (born 1937).

Born July 12th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Philadelphia.

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh–american actor and director (born 1937).

Born December 31st, 1937 (age 88 years) in Port Talbot.

Ratan Tata

Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1937–2024).

Born December 28th, 1937 in Mumbai.

Died October 9th, 2024 at 86 years old in Mumbai. [ref]

Ridley Scott

English filmmaker (born 1937).

Born November 30th, 1937 (age 88 years) in South Shields.

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker.

Born March 30th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Richmond.

Dustin Hoffman

American actor.

Born August 8th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Los Angeles. [ref]

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008).

Born May 12th, 1937 in New York City. [ref]

Died June 22nd, 2008 at 71 years old in Santa Monica (heart failure). [ref]

Vanessa Redgrave

British actress and activist (born 1937).

Born January 30th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Blackheath.

Hunter S. Thompson

American journalist and author (1937-2005).

Born July 18th, 1937 in Louisville.

Died February 20th, 2005 at 67 years old in Woody Creek. [ref]

Colin Powell

American general and diplomat (1937–2021).

Born April 5th, 1937 in New York City. [ref]

Died October 18th, 2021 at 84 years old in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (COVID-19). [ref]

Frankie Valli

American singer.

Born May 3rd, 1937 (age 88 years) in Newark.

Waylon Jennings

American country musician (1937–2002).

Born June 15th, 1937 in Littlefield. [ref]

Died February 13th, 2002 at 64 years old in Chandler (diabetes). [ref]

Johnnie Cochran

American attorney (1937–2005).

Born October 2nd, 1937 in Shreveport.

Died March 29th, 2005 at 67 years old in Los Feliz (brain cancer).

Marlo Thomas

American actress, producer, and social activist.

Born November 21st, 1937 (age 88 years) in Detroit.

George Takei

American actor, author and activist (born 1937).

Born April 20th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Los Angeles.

Merle Haggard

American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016).

Born April 6th, 1937 in Bakersfield.

Died April 6th, 2016 at 79 years old in Palo Cedro (pneumonia). [ref]

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023).

Born October 11th, 1937 in Ashington.

Died October 21st, 2023 at 86 years old in Macclesfield District General Hospital. [ref]

Madeleine Albright

U.s. politician and former secretary of state of the united states from 1997 to 2001.

Born May 15th, 1937 in Prague. [ref]

Died March 23rd, 2022 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (cancer). [ref]

Maryanne Trump Barry

American judge (1937–2023).

Born April 5th, 1937 in Queens.

Died November 13th, 2023 at 86 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]

Billy Dee Williams

American actor (born 1937).

Born April 6th, 1937 (age 89 years) in New York City.

Dyan Cannon

American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer (born 1937).

Born January 4th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Tacoma.

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