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In the year 1937

1,290 Notable birthdays

Audrys Bačkis

Catholic cardinal.

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

Mascarenhas

Angolan footballer (1937-2015).

Born April 28th, 1937 in N'dalatando.

Died August 25th, 2015 at 78 years old in Lisbon.

Pentti Saarikoski

Finnish writer, poet and translator (1937–1983).

Born September 2nd, 1937 in Impilahti.

Died August 24th, 1983 at 45 years old in Joensuu.

Kitty Courbois

Dutch actress (1937-2017).

Born July 13th, 1937 in Nijmegen. [ref]

Died March 11th, 2017 at 79 years old in Amsterdam (intracranial hemorrhage). [ref]

Mohamed Benaissa

Moroccan politician.

Born January 3rd, 1937 in Asilah.

Died February 28th, 2025 at 88 years old in Rabat. [ref]

Robert Griffiths

American physicist.

Born February 25th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Etah.

Giorgi Shengelaia

Georgian film director (1937–2020).

Born May 11th, 1937 in Moscow. [ref]

Died February 17th, 2020 at 82 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]

Emiliano Rodríguez

Spanish basketball player.

Born June 10th, 1937 (age 88 years) in San Feliz de Torío.

Ran Cohen

Israeli politician.

Born June 20th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Baghdad. [ref]

Azio Corghi

Italian composer (1937–2022).

Born March 9th, 1937 in Cirié.

Died November 17th, 2022 at 85 years old in Guidizzolo. [ref]

Paciano Aniceto

Filippino roman-catholic archbishop.

Born March 9th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Santa Ana.

Giuseppe Pisanu

Italian politician.

Born January 2nd, 1937 (age 89 years) in Ittiri.

Helke Sander

German film director and writer (born 1937).

Born January 31st, 1937 (age 89 years) in Berlin. [ref]

Martin Lauer

Athletics competitor (1937–2019).

Born January 2nd, 1937 in Cologne.

Died October 6th, 2019 at 82 years old in Lauf an der Pegnitz. [ref]

Smarck Michel

Haitian prime minister (1937–2012).

Born March 29th, 1937 in Saint-Marc.

Died September 1st, 2012 at 75 years old in Port-au-Prince (brain cancer).

Alar Toomre

American-estonian astronomer and mathematician (born 1937).

Born February 5th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Rakvere.

Simeon II of Bulgaria

Bulgarian politician and royal (born 1937).

Born June 16th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Sofia.

Skunder Boghossian

Ethiopian artist (1937-2003).

Born July 22nd, 1937 in Addis Ababa.

Died May 4th, 2003 at 65 years old in Washington, D.C..

Martín Almada

Paraguayan lawyer and writer (1937–2024).

Born January 30th, 1937 in Puerto Sastre.

Died March 30th, 2024 at 87 years old in Asunción. [ref]

Birgitta Dahl

Swedish politician (1937–2024).

Born September 20th, 1937 in Fässberg parish.

Died November 26th, 2024 at 87 years old in Gamla Uppsala. [ref]

Andrzej Schinzel

Polish mathematician (1937-2021).

Born April 5th, 1937 in Sandomierz.

Died August 22nd, 2021 at 84 years old in Konstancin-Jeziorna. [ref]

Josef Stiegler

Alpine skier.

Born April 20th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Lienz.

Rodolfo Tan Cardoso

Filipino chess player (1937–2013).

Born December 25th, 1937 in Anda.

Died August 21st, 2013 at 75 years old in Quezon City (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Michel Peissel

French ethnologist, author and explorer (1937–2011).

Born February 11th, 1937 in 12th arrondissement of Paris.

Died October 7th, 2011 at 74 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Daniel Filho

Brazilian film producer, film director, actor and screenwriter.

Born September 30th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

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