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In the year 1937

1,177 Notable birthdays

Roald Hoffmann

Nobel laureate organic and inorganic chemist and holocaust child survivor.

Born July 18th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Zolochiv.

Cüneyt Arkın

Turkish film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, physician, and martial artist.

Born September 8th, 1937 in Odunpazarı. [ref]

Died June 28th, 2022 at 84 years old in Istanbul. [ref]

Sami Frey

French actor.

Born October 13th, 1937 (age 88 years) in 10th arrondissement of Paris.

Yılmaz Güney

Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor (1937-1984).

Born April 1st, 1937 in Yenice. [ref]

Died September 9th, 1984 at 47 years old in Paris (stomach cancer). [ref]

Eugen Doga

Soviet and moldovan composer.

Born March 1st, 1937 in Mocra.

Died June 3rd, 2025 at 88 years old in Chișinău. [ref]

Valentin Bondarenko

Soviet cosmonaut (1937–1961).

Born February 16th, 1937 in Kharkiv.

Died March 23rd, 1961 at 24 years old in Moscow.

Rupiah Banda

4th president of zambia (2008–2011); 1937–2022.

Born February 13th, 1937 in Gwanda.

Died March 11th, 2022 at 85 years old in Lusaka (colorectal cancer). [ref]

Joe Osborn

American bassist.

Born August 28th, 1937 in Mound.

Died December 14th, 2018 at 81 years old in Greenwood (pancreatic cancer).

William Lombardy

American chess player (1937-2017).

Born December 4th, 1937 in New York City. [ref]

Died October 13th, 2017 at 79 years old in Martinez (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Jon Hassell

American trumpeter and composer of fusion music (1937-2021).

Born March 22nd, 1937 in Memphis.

Died June 26th, 2021 at 84 years old [ref]

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