Ted Nelson

American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist; coined the terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia".

Born June 17th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Chicago.

Tom Simpson

Professional cyclist (1937-1967).

Born November 30th, 1937 in Haswell.

Died July 13th, 1967 at 29 years old in Mont Ventoux (heart failure).

Joseph Nye

American political scientist.

Born January 19th, 1937 in South Orange.

Died May 6th, 2025 at 88 years old in Cambridge. ^[ref]

Dawn Fraser

Australian swimmer and politician.

Born September 4th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Balmain.

Tom Paxton

American folk singer and singer-songwriter.

Born October 31st, 1937 (age 88 years) in Chicago.

Suman Kalyanpur

Indian singer.

Born January 28th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Dhaka.

Vladimir Ashkenazy

(1937 - ) icelandic pianist and conductor from russia.

Born July 6th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Nizhny Novgorod.

Don Galloway

American actor (1937-2009).

Born July 27th, 1937 in Augusta.

Died January 8th, 2009 at 71 years old in Reno (stroke). ^[ref]

David Margulies

American actor (1937–2016).

Born February 19th, 1937 in Brooklyn.

Died January 11th, 2016 at 78 years old in Manhattan (disease).

Daniel Defert

French aids activist (1937–2023).

Born September 10th, 1937 in Avallon.

Died February 7th, 2023 at 85 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Hal Rogers

American politician.

Born December 31st, 1937 (age 88 years) in Barrier.

Hélène Cixous

French philosopher and writer.

Born June 5th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Oran. ^[ref]

Ed Ruscha

American painter and photographer (born 1937).

Born December 16th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Omaha.

Princess Birgitta of Sweden

Swedish princess (1937-2024); elder sister of king carl xvi gustaf of sweden.

Born January 19th, 1937 in Haga Palace.

Died December 4th, 2024 at 87 years old in Mallorca. ^[ref]

Donald Dewar

Scottish politician, 1st first minister of scotland (in office from 1999 to 2000).

Born August 21st, 1937 in Glasgow.

Died October 11th, 2000 at 63 years old in Edinburgh (cerebral hemorrhage).

Karen Dalton

American musician (1937-1993).

Born July 19th, 1937 in Bonham. ^[ref]

Died March 19th, 1993 at 55 years old in Hurley (laryngeal cancer).

Claude Lelouch

French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer.

Born October 30th, 1937 (age 88 years) in 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Fernando de la Rúa

Argentine politician, president of argentina from 1999 to 2001.

Born September 15th, 1937 in Córdoba.

Died July 9th, 2019 at 81 years old in Loma Verde (cardiac arrest). ^[ref]

Peter Ueberroth

American water polo player and businessman.

Born September 2nd, 1937 (age 88 years) in Evanston.

Joe Henderson

American jazz saxophonist (1937–2001).

Born April 24th, 1937 in Lima.

Died June 30th, 2001 at 64 years old in San Francisco.

Zohra Lampert

Actress.

Born May 13th, 1937 (age 88 years) in New York City.

Dan Burros

American neo-nazi (1937–1965).

Born March 5th, 1937 in The Bronx.

Died October 31st, 1965 at 28 years old in Reading (gunshot wound).

Chandrashekhara Kambara

Indian writer.

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

Mark Donohue

Racecar driver (1937-1975).

Born March 18th, 1937 in Summit.

Died August 19th, 1975 at 38 years old in Graz.

Dennis Banks

Ojibwe co-founder of the american indian movement (1937-2017).

Born April 12th, 1937 in Leech Lake Indian Reservation. ^[ref]

Died October 29th, 2017 at 80 years old in Mayo Clinic (pneumonia). ^[ref]