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In the year 1937

1,201 Notable birthdays

Vadim Bakatin

Last chairman of the kgb (1937–2022).

Born November 6th, 1937 in Kiselyovsk.

Died July 31st, 2022 at 84 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Dee Palmer

British musician.

Born July 2nd, 1937 (age 88 years) in London.

Mario Capecchi

Molecular geneticist and nobel laureate.

Born October 6th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Verona.

Keizō Obuchi

84th prime minister of japan (1937-2000).

Born June 25th, 1937 in Nakanojō.

Died May 14th, 2000 at 62 years old in Juntendo University Hospital (stroke).

Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa

Portuguese businessman.

Born December 28th, 1937 in Freguesia de Cedofeita. [ref]

Died February 15th, 2025 at 87 years old in Porto (cancer). [ref]

Ron Yeats

Scottish association football player (1937–2024).

Born November 15th, 1937 in Aberdeen.

Died September 6th, 2024 at 86 years old in Liverpool (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]

Peter Medak

Hungarian-born british director.

Born December 23rd, 1937 (age 88 years) in Budapest.

Nikolai Kapustin

Soviet and russian composer and pianist (1937–2020).

Born November 22nd, 1937 in Horlivka.

Died July 2nd, 2020 at 82 years old in Moscow.

Grace Bumbry

American opera singer (1937–2023).

Born January 4th, 1937 in St. Louis. [ref]

Died May 7th, 2023 at 86 years old in Vienna (stroke). [ref]

Magic Sam

American chicago blues musician (1937-1969).

Born February 14th, 1937 in Grenada.

Died December 1st, 1969 at 32 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).

Richard Rhodes

Historian, journalist and writer from the usa.

Born July 4th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Kansas City.

Margo Guryan

American musician (1937–2021).

Born September 20th, 1937 in Far Rockaway. [ref]

Died November 8th, 2021 at 84 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Marlene Schmidt

German actress.

Born February 4th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Wrocław. [ref]

James Florio

American politician and lawyer.

Born August 29th, 1937 in Brooklyn.

Died September 25th, 2022 at 85 years old in Voorhees Township. [ref]

Sigmund Jähn

East german cosmonaut (1937–2019).

Born February 13th, 1937 in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz. [ref]

Died September 21st, 2019 at 82 years old [ref]

Kaffe Fassett

American artist (born 1937).

Born December 7th, 1937 (age 88 years) in San Francisco.

Dennis DeConcini

Democratic u.s. senator from arizona.

Born May 8th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Tucson.

Valentin Pavlov

Soviet official and russian banker (1937-2003).

Born September 27th, 1937 in Moscow. [ref]

Died March 30th, 2003 at 65 years old in Moscow (stroke).

Ryutaro Hashimoto

82nd and 83rd prime minister of japan (1937-2006).

Born July 29th, 1937 in Shibuya-ku, Sōja.

Died July 1st, 2006 at 68 years old in National Center for Global Health and Medicine (surgical complications).

David Bailie

English actor (1937-2021).

Born December 4th, 1937 in Springs.

Died March 6th, 2021 at 83 years old in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. [ref]

Robert Fulghum

American writer.

Born June 4th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Waco. [ref]

Trevor Baylis

English inventor (1937-2018).

Born May 13th, 1937 in Kilburn.

Died March 5th, 2018 at 80 years old in Eel Pie Island.

Ella Mitchell

American actress.

Born August 15th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Toledo.

Hasri Ainun Habibie

Indonesian physician and wife of former president b. j. habibie.

Born August 11th, 1937 in Semarang.

Died May 22nd, 2010 at 72 years old in Munich (ovarian cancer). [ref]

Rudolfo Anaya

American chicano novelist, poet (1937–2020).

Born October 30th, 1937 in Pastura. [ref]

Died June 28th, 2020 at 82 years old in Albuquerque (disease). [ref]

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