Madeleine Albright

United states secretary of state 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]

Billy Dee Williams

American actor (born 1937).

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

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]

Shirley Bassey

Welsh singer.

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

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]

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]

Ned Beatty

American actor (1937–2021).

Born July 6th, 1937 in Louisville.

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

Barbara Windsor

English actress and singer (1937–2020).

Born August 6th, 1937 in Shoreditch.

Died December 10th, 2020 at 83 years old in London (Alzheimer's disease). ^[ref]

Max Baer, Jr.

American film and television actor, producer and director.

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

Thomas Pynchon

American novelist (born 1937).

Born May 8th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Glen Cove. ^[ref]

Les Wexner

American businessman (1937-present).

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

Rubin Carter

American boxer (1937–2014).

Born May 6th, 1937 in Clifton. ^[ref]

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

Manoj Kumar

Indian actor and director (1937-2025).

Born July 24th, 1937 in Abbottabad.

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

Edward Fox

British actor (born 1937).

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

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]

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 89 years) in Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina.

Garrett Morris

American actor.

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

David Hockney

English painter and printmaker (1937–2026).

Born July 9th, 1937 in Bradford. ^[ref]

Died June 11th, 2026 at 88 years old in London. ^[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]

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).

Elinor Donahue

Actress.

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

Don Bluth

American animator.

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

Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937).

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

Tom Stoppard

Czech–english playwright (1937–2025).

Born July 3rd, 1937 in Zlín. ^[ref]

Died November 29th, 2025 at 88 years old in Dorset. ^[ref]