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In the year 1937

1,200 Notable birthdays

Jo Anne Worley

American actress.

Born September 6th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Lowell.

Shirley Eaton

British actress.

Born January 12th, 1937 (age 89 years) in London.

Roger Penske

American racecar driver.

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

Pat Roach

British professional wrestler and actor (1937-2004).

Born May 19th, 1937 in Birmingham.

Died July 17th, 2004 at 67 years old in Bromsgrove (esophageal cancer). [ref]

Nancy Wilson

American singer (1937–2018).

Born February 20th, 1937 in Chillicothe.

Died December 13th, 2018 at 81 years old in Pioneertown (disease).

Derek Fowlds

British actor (1937-2020).

Born September 2nd, 1937 in Wandsworth.

Died January 17th, 2020 at 82 years old in Bath (infectious disease). [ref]

Juvénal Habyarimana

2nd president of rwanda (1937–1994).

Born March 8th, 1937 in Gisenyi Province.

Died April 6th, 1994 at 57 years old in Kigali (surface-to-air missile).

Lois Lowry

American writer.

Born March 20th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Honolulu.

Beverley Owen

American actress (1937-2019).

Born May 13th, 1937 in Ottumwa.

Died February 21st, 2019 at 81 years old in Londonderry (cancer). [ref]

Queen Sonja of Norway

Queen consort of norway.

Born July 4th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Oslo. [ref]

Tony Burton

American actor (1937–2016).

Born March 23rd, 1937 in Flint.

Died February 25th, 2016 at 78 years old in Menifee (pneumonia). [ref]

Lenny Wilkens

American basketball player and coach (1937–2025).

Born October 28th, 1937 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died November 9th, 2025 at 88 years old in Medina. [ref]

Manohar Joshi

Indian politician (1937–2024).

Born December 2nd, 1937 in Raigad district.

Died February 23rd, 2024 at 86 years old in Mumbai (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Harald V of Norway

King of norway since 1991.

Born February 21st, 1937 (age 89 years) in Skaugum.

Jerry Weintraub

American film producer and former chairman and ceo of united artists (1937–2015).

Born September 26th, 1937 in Brooklyn.

Died July 6th, 2015 at 77 years old in Santa Barbara (myocardial infarction). [ref]

John Horton Conway

English mathematician (1937–2020).

Born December 26th, 1937 in Liverpool.

Died April 11th, 2020 at 82 years old in New Brunswick (COVID-19). [ref]

Brooks Robinson

American baseball player.

Born May 18th, 1937 in Little Rock.

Died September 26th, 2023 at 86 years old [ref]

Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa

President of algeria from 1999 to 2019.

Born March 2nd, 1937 in Oujda.

Died September 17th, 2021 at 84 years old in Zéralda (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Anna Massey

British actress (1937-2011).

Born August 11th, 1937 in Thakeham.

Died July 3rd, 2011 at 73 years old in London (cancer). [ref]

Robert Ressler

Fbi agent (1937–2013).

Born February 21st, 1937 in Chicago.

Died May 5th, 2013 at 76 years old in Spotsylvania County (Parkinson's disease).

Tom Monaghan

American entrepreneur who founded domino's pizza in 1960..

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

Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Emir of kuwait.

Born June 25th, 1937 in Kuwait City.

Died December 16th, 2023 at 86 years old [ref]

Trini Lopez

American singer, actor and musician.

Born May 15th, 1937 in Dallas.

Died August 11th, 2020 at 83 years old in Palm Springs (COVID-19). [ref]

Barbara Babcock

American actress.

Born February 27th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Fort Riley.

Angelo Badalamenti

American composer (1937–2022).

Born March 22nd, 1937 in New York City, Brooklyn.

Died December 11th, 2022 at 85 years old in Lincoln Park. [ref]

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