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In the year 1937

1,291 Notable birthdays

Shel Talmy

American record producer, arranger (1937–2024).

Born August 11th, 1937 in Chicago.

Died November 13th, 2024 at 87 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Eduard Streltsov

Soviet footballer (1937-1990).

Born July 21st, 1937 in Perovo.

Died July 22nd, 1990 at 53 years old in Moscow (laryngeal cancer).

Carlo Mazzone

Italian football player and manager (1937-2023).

Born March 19th, 1937 in Rome.

Died August 19th, 2023 at 86 years old in Ascoli Piceno. [ref]

Lanford Wilson

American playwright (1937-2011).

Born April 13th, 1937 in Lebanon.

Died March 24th, 2011 at 73 years old in Wayne (pneumonia). [ref]

David Seidler

British-american playwright, film, and television writer.

Born August 4th, 1937 in London.

Died March 16th, 2024 at 86 years old in New Zealand. [ref]

E. P. Sanders

American biblical scholar (1937–2022).

Born April 18th, 1937 in Grand Prairie.

Died November 21st, 2022 at 85 years old [ref]

Dragoslav Šekularac

Serbian footballer (1937-2019).

Born November 8th, 1937 in Štip.

Died January 5th, 2019 at 81 years old in Belgrade (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]

Baden Powell

Brazilian musician (1937-2000).

Born August 3rd, 1937 in Varre-Sai.

Died September 26th, 2000 at 63 years old in Rio de Janeiro (pneumonia).

Edna Adan Ismail

Somaliland politician.

Born September 8th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Hargeisa.

Wilf McGuinness

English football player and manager (born 1937).

Born October 25th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Manchester.

Richard H. Truly

American astronaut and nasa administrator (1937–2024).

Born November 12th, 1937 in Fayette.

Died February 27th, 2024 at 86 years old in Genesee. [ref]

Martin J. Sherwin

American historian (1937-2021).

Born July 2nd, 1937 in Brooklyn.

Died October 6th, 2021 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (lung cancer). [ref]

Luther Ingram

American r&b and soul singer-songwriter (1937-2007).

Born November 30th, 1937 in Jackson.

Died March 19th, 2007 at 69 years old in Belleville (heart failure). [ref]

Hidekatsu Shibata

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator.

Born March 25th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Villena.

Francis Veber

French film director (born 1937).

Born July 28th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

George Zweig

American physicist.

Born May 30th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Moscow.

Fred Akuffo

Soldier, politician, former chief of defence staff and head of state of ghana (1937-1979).

Born March 21st, 1937 in Akropong.

Died June 26th, 1979 at 42 years old in Accra (gunshot wound).

Jean-Pierre Beltoise

French motorcycle racer and racing driver.

Born April 26th, 1937 in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]

Died January 5th, 2015 at 77 years old in Dakar (stroke).

Nicholas Worth

American actor (1937–2007).

Born September 4th, 1937 in Clayton.

Died May 7th, 2007 at 69 years old in Van Nuys (heart failure).

Rafael Moneo

Spanish architect (born 1937).

Born May 9th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Tudela.

Louis Hayes

American drummer.

Born May 31st, 1937 (age 88 years) in Detroit.

Christopher Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat

British politician (born 1937).

Born February 23rd, 1937 (age 89 years) in London.

Yisrael Meir Lau

Polish-born israeli rabbi and holocaust survivor (b. 1937).

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

Mehdi Karroubi

Iranian reformist politician, democracy activist, mojtahed, and chairman of the national trust party.

Born September 26th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Aligudarz.

Titiek Puspa

Indonesian singer and songwriter.

Born November 1st, 1937 in Tanjung.

Died April 10th, 2025 at 87 years old in Medistra Hospital (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

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