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In the year 1937

1,200 Notable birthdays

Suzanne Pleshette

American actress (1937-2008).

Born January 31st, 1937 in New York City.

Died January 19th, 2008 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia, lung cancer). [ref]

Loretta Swit

American actress.

Born November 4th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Passaic.

Shirley Bassey

Welsh singer.

Born January 8th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Cardiff.

Connie Francis

American singer and actress (1937–2025).

Born December 12th, 1937 in Newark. [ref]

Died July 16th, 2025 at 87 years old in Pompano Beach. [ref]

Barbara Windsor

British actress (1937-2020).

Born August 6th, 1937 in Shoreditch.

Died December 10th, 2020 at 83 years old in London (dementia). [ref]

Ned Beatty

American actor (1937–2021).

Born July 6th, 1937 in Louisville.

Died June 13th, 2021 at 83 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Max Baer, Jr.

American film and television actor, producer and director.

Born December 4th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Oakland.

Rubin Carter

American boxer (1937-2014).

Born May 6th, 1937 in Clifton.

Died April 20th, 2014 at 76 years old in Toronto (prostate cancer).

Linda Lavin

American actress and singer (1937–2024).

Born October 15th, 1937 in Portland.

Died December 29th, 2024 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]

Jerry Reed

American singer and actor (1937–2008).

Born March 20th, 1937 in Atlanta.

Died September 1st, 2008 at 71 years old in Nashville (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]

Edward Fox

British actor (born 1937).

Born April 13th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Chelsea.

Roberta Flack

American singer (1937–2025).

Born February 10th, 1937 in Black Mountain.

Died February 24th, 2025 at 88 years old in New York City (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Les Wexner

American billionaire, chairman and ceo of the l brands.

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

Thomas Pynchon

American novelist (born 1937).

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

Manoj Kumar

Indian actor.

Born July 24th, 1937 in Abbottabad.

Died April 4th, 2025 at 87 years old in Mumbai. [ref]

Philip Glass

American composer (born 1937).

Born January 31st, 1937 (age 89 years) in Baltimore.

Richard Petty

American racing driver.

Born July 2nd, 1937 (age 88 years) in Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina.

David Hockney

English painter and printmaker.

Born July 9th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Bradford. [ref]

Frank Vincent

American actor (1937–2017).

Born April 15th, 1937 in North Adams.

Died September 13th, 2017 at 80 years old in New Jersey (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Elinor Donahue

Actress.

Born April 19th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Tacoma.

Jackie Collins

British-american writer and actress (1937–2015).

Born October 4th, 1937 in Hampstead.

Died September 19th, 2015 at 77 years old in Beverly Hills (breast cancer). [ref]

Bruce McLaren

New zealand racecar driver, designer and team owner (1937-1970).

Born August 30th, 1937 in Auckland.

Died June 2nd, 1970 at 32 years old in Goodwood Circuit (traffic collision).

Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space.

Born March 6th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Bolshoye Maslennikovo.

Garrett Morris

American actor.

Born February 1st, 1937 (age 89 years) in Morgan City.

Don Bluth

American animator.

Born September 13th, 1937 (age 88 years) in El Paso.

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