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In the year 1937

1,291 Notable birthdays

Matthew Carter

English typographer (born 1937).

Born October 1st, 1937 (age 88 years) in London.

Steve Russell

American video game programmer and designer (born 1937).

Born May 12th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Hartford.

Robert Stone

American novelist (1937–2015).

Born August 21st, 1937 in Brooklyn.

Died January 10th, 2015 at 77 years old in Key West (disease).

Ramanathan Krishnan

Indian tennis player.

Born April 11th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Chennai. [ref]

Eduard Artemyev

Soviet and russian composer (1937–2022).

Born November 30th, 1937 in Novosibirsk.

Died December 29th, 2022 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Johnny Dorelli

Italian actor, singer and television host.

Born February 20th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Meda.

Ahmed Qurei

Prime minister of palestine (2003 - 2006).

Born March 26th, 1937 in Abu Dis.

Died February 22nd, 2023 at 85 years old in Ramallah. [ref]

Krzysztof Komeda

Polish musician.

Born April 27th, 1937 in Poznań. [ref]

Died April 23rd, 1969 at 31 years old in Warsaw. [ref]

Carlo Bonomi

Italian actor (1937–2022).

Born March 12th, 1937 in Milan.

Died August 6th, 2022 at 85 years old in Milan. [ref]

Bob Boozer

American basketball player (1937-2012).

Born April 26th, 1937 in Omaha.

Died May 19th, 2012 at 75 years old in Omaha (intracranial aneurysm).

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga

6th president of latvia.

Born December 1st, 1937 (age 88 years) in Riga.

Cornelis Vreeswijk

Dutch-swedish troubadour (1937–1987).

Born August 8th, 1937 in IJmuiden.

Died November 12th, 1987 at 50 years old in Stockholm (liver cancer).

John Seymour

United states senator from california (born 1937).

Born December 3rd, 1937 in Chicago.

Died April 18th, 2026 at 88 years old in Carlsbad. [ref]

Robert W. Gore

American scientist and businessman (1937-2020).

Born April 15th, 1937 in Utah, Salt Lake City.

Died September 17th, 2020 at 83 years old in Newark. [ref]

Julia Blake

Australian actress.

Born March 13th, 1937 (age 89 years) in London.

Michael Jeffery

Australian governor-general and army officer (1937-2020).

Born December 12th, 1937 in Wiluna.

Died December 18th, 2020 at 83 years old in Canberra. [ref]

Joseph Saidu Momoh

Sierra leonean politician (1937-2003).

Born January 26th, 1937 in Binkolo.

Died August 3rd, 2003 at 66 years old in Conakry.

Irmin Schmidt

German composer and pianist (born 1937).

Born May 29th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Berlin. [ref]

Bailey Howell

American basketball player.

Born January 20th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Middleton.

Spiros Focás

Greek actor.

Born August 17th, 1937 in Patras.

Died November 10th, 2023 at 86 years old in Elefsina. [ref]

Daniel McFadden

American economist.

Born July 29th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Raleigh.

Jacques Santer

Prime minister of luxembourg from 1984 to 1995.

Born May 18th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Wasserbillig.

Adin Steinsaltz

Israeli rabbi and educator (1937–2020).

Born July 11th, 1937 in Jerusalem.

Died August 7th, 2020 at 83 years old in Jerusalem (pneumonia).

Ange-Félix Patassé

Former president of the central african republic (1937-2011).

Born January 25th, 1937 in Paoua.

Died April 5th, 2011 at 74 years old in Douala (diabetes). [ref]

Robin Warren

Australian microbiologist and nobel laureate (1937–2024).

Born June 11th, 1937 in Adelaide.

Died July 23rd, 2024 at 87 years old in Perth. [ref]

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