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Born in 1937

1,600 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Luka Bebić

    politician

    89 years old

    August 21 · 1937

    No external source identified

  2. Jo de Roo

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    89 years old

    July 5 · 1937

    No external source identified

  3. Bernt Rosengren

    jazz musician, composer

    1937–2023 · aged 85

    December 24 · 1937

    Source: Discogs

  4. Mascarenhas

    association football player

    1937–2015 · aged 78

    April 28 · 1937

    No external source identified

  5. Zurab Sotkilava

    music educator, musician

    1937–2017 · aged 80

    March 12 · 1937

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  6. Zenon Jankowski

    astronaut

    88 years old

    November 22 · 1937

    No external source identified

  7. Ifeoma Okoye

    author, writer

    Born 1937

    1937

    No external source identified

  8. Ola Wærhaug

    biathlete

    1937–2025 · aged 87

    December 24 · 1937

    No external source identified

  9. Lily Castel

    singer

    89 years old

    April 10 · 1937

    No external source identified

  10. Mikk Mikiver

    sportsperson, actor

    1937–2006 · aged 68

    September 4 · 1937

    Source: Estonian Film Database

  11. John Peter

    field hockey player

    1937–1998 · aged 61

    June 19 · 1937

    No external source identified

  12. Malcolm Spence

    athletics competitor

    1937–2010 · aged 73

    September 4 · 1937

    No external source identified

  13. Arturo Chaires

    association football player

    1937–2020 · aged 83

    March 14 · 1937

    Source: Transfermarkt

  14. João Cutileiro

    artist, ceramicist

    1937–2021 · aged 83

    June 26 · 1937

    Source: Cutileiro, João

  15. Hugo Carvana

    television actor, film director

    1937–2014 · aged 77

    June 4 · 1937

    Source: SNAC

  16. Alois Kothgasser

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1937–2024 · aged 86

    May 29 · 1937

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  17. Fernando Schwartz

    diplomat, journalist

    88 years old

    November 16 · 1937

    Source: The Peerage

  18. Otto Schaden

    anthropologist, Egyptologist

    1937–2015 · aged 78

    August 26 · 1937

    Source: obits.dignitymemorial.com

  19. Enrique García Asensio

    fiddler, conductor

    89 years old

    August 22 · 1937

    Source: SNAC

  20. Galya Novents

    actor

    1937–2012 · aged 75

    July 1 · 1937

    Source: arm-cinema.am

  21. Vladimir Leonov

    sport cyclist

    89 years old

    April 25 · 1937

    No external source identified

  22. Vidya Bal

    journalist, writer

    1937–2020 · aged 83

    January 12 · 1937

    Source: Sankshipt Marathi Vangmayakosh Khand 1 to 3

  23. Aleksandr Ivanitsky

    amateur wrestler, sports journalist

    1937–2020 · aged 82

    December 10 · 1937

    No external source identified

  24. Wojciech Łazarek

    association football player, association football coach

    1937–2023 · aged 86

    October 4 · 1937

    No external source identified

  25. Annekathrin Bürger

    musician, actor

    89 years old

    April 3 · 1937

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  26. Mario Rodríguez

    association football player

    1937–2015 · aged 77

    October 20 · 1937

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  27. Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1937–1999 · aged 62

    May 24 · 1937

    No external source identified

  28. Uzi Baram

    sociologist, politician

    89 years old

    April 6 · 1937

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  29. Anne-Marie Albiach

    poet, linguist

    1937–2012 · aged 75

    August 9 · 1937

    Source: SNAC

  30. Bo Nilsson

    composer, writer

    1937–2018 · aged 81

    May 1 · 1937

    Source: Musicalics

  31. Milan Vukcevich

    university teacher, chess player

    1937–2003 · aged 66

    March 11 · 1937

    Source: chessgames.com

  32. Almir Pernambuquinho

    association football player

    1937–1973 · aged 35

    October 28 · 1937

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  33. Ivan Klajn

    linguist, philologist

    1937–2021 · aged 84

    January 31 · 1937

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  34. Willy Giesemann

    association football player

    1937–2024 · aged 87

    September 2 · 1937

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Grace Oladunni Taylor

    biochemist, university teacher

    1937–2025 · aged 88

    April 24 · 1937

    No external source identified

  36. Dumitru Țepeneag

    essayist, translator

    89 years old

    February 14 · 1937

    No external source identified

  37. Anke Fuchs

    jurist, politician

    1937–2019 · aged 82

    July 5 · 1937

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  38. Luciano Lutring

    painter, writer

    1937–2013 · aged 75

    December 30 · 1937

    Source: RKDartists

  39. Mervat Tallawy

    politician, diplomat

    Born 1937

    1937

    No external source identified

  40. Gilles Latulippe

    theatre director, comedian

    1937–2014 · aged 77

    August 31 · 1937

    Source: Roglo

  41. Anthony Bryer

    historian

    1937–2016 · aged 78

    October 31 · 1937

    No external source identified

  42. Bob Mark

    tennis player

    1937–2006 · aged 68

    November 28 · 1937

    No external source identified

  43. Anthony Francis Sharma

    regular cleric, Catholic priest

    1937–2015 · aged 77

    December 12 · 1937

    No external source identified

  44. Joseph S. Nelson

    biologist, university teacher

    1937–2011 · aged 74

    April 12 · 1937

    No external source identified

  45. Hervé Télémaque

    printmaker, illustrator

    1937–2022 · aged 85

    November 5 · 1937

    Source: Le Delarge

  46. Ferenc Kósa

    film director, politician

    1937–2018 · aged 81

    November 21 · 1937

    Source: filmportal.de

  47. Giuseppe Pisanu

    politician

    89 years old

    January 2 · 1937

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  48. Stepan Khmara

    politician, human rights defender

    1937–2024 · aged 86

    October 12 · 1937

    No external source identified

  49. Jan-Erik Lundquist

    tennis player

    89 years old

    April 14 · 1937

    Source: ITF website

  50. Stuart MacKenzie

    rower

    1937–2020 · aged 83

    April 5 · 1937

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  51. Maryvonne Dupureur

    middle-distance runner

    1937–2008 · aged 70

    May 24 · 1937

    Source: BnF authorities

  52. Tatyana Shchelkanova

    heptathlete, long jumper

    1937–2011 · aged 74

    April 18 · 1937

    No external source identified

  53. Julian Pearce

    field hockey player

    89 years old

    April 15 · 1937

    No external source identified

  54. Violeta Rivas

    singer, actor

    1937–2018 · aged 80

    October 4 · 1937

    Source: MusicBrainz

  55. Rafael Edri

    politician

    1937–2024 · aged 86

    September 10 · 1937

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  56. Léo Lacroix

    alpine skier

    88 years old

    November 26 · 1937

    Source: GeneaStar

  57. Monica Nielsen

    singer, actor

    1937–2025 · aged 87

    November 30 · 1937

    Source: Discogs

  58. Jesús Hermida Pineda

    journalist, film actor

    1937–2015 · aged 77

    June 27 · 1937

    Source: IMDb

  59. Rune Börjesson

    association football player

    1937–1996 · aged 58

    April 5 · 1937

    Source: Transfermarkt

  60. Nikola Stipić*

    association football player, journalist

    Date disputed

    December 18 · 1937

    No external source identified

  61. Manfred Lahnstein

    politician, writer

    88 years old

    December 20 · 1937

    Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag

  62. Ounsi el-Hajj

    journalist, poet

    1937–2014 · aged 76

    July 27 · 1937

    No external source identified

  63. Dan Tichon

    politician, economist

    1937–2024 · aged 87

    January 5 · 1937

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  64. Giorgio Pressburger

    dramaturge, writer

    1937–2017 · aged 80

    April 21 · 1937

    Source: Discogs

  65. Judith D. Sally

    mathematician, university teacher

    1937–2024 · aged 86

    March 23 · 1937

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  66. Eddie Blay

    boxer

    1937–2006 · aged 68

    November 9 · 1937

    No external source identified

  67. Carl Bertelsen

    association football player

    1937–2019 · aged 81

    November 15 · 1937

    Source: Transfermarkt

  68. Alberto Goldman

    engineer, politician

    1937–2019 · aged 81

    October 12 · 1937

    No external source identified

  69. Kari Simonsen

    stage actor, voice actor

    89 years old

    June 5 · 1937

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  70. Viktor Merezhko

    writer, dramaturge

    1937–2022 · aged 84

    July 28 · 1937

    No external source identified

  71. Emiko Miyamoto

    volleyball player

    1937–2023 · aged 86

    May 10 · 1937

    Source: Olympedia

  72. Bob Minkler

    engineer, audio engineer

    1937–2015 · aged 78

    August 31 · 1937

    No external source identified

  73. Franco Bracardi

    comedian, composer

    1937–2005 · aged 67

    May 16 · 1937

    Source: BnF authorities

  74. Jean Nicolay

    association football coach, association football player

    1937–2014 · aged 76

    December 27 · 1937

    No external source identified

  75. Fernando Mendes

    association football player, association football coach

    1937–2016 · aged 78

    July 15 · 1937

    Source: Transfermarkt

  76. Marietta Chudakova

    literary historian, literary scholar

    1937–2021

    January 2 · 1937

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  77. Hiroshi Ninomiya

    association football player, association football coach

    89 years old

    February 13 · 1937

    No external source identified

  78. Hansruedi Führer

    association football coach, association football player

    88 years old

    December 24 · 1937

    Source: Transfermarkt

  79. Viktor Mamatov

    biathlete

    1937–2023 · aged 86

    July 21 · 1937

    No external source identified

  80. Berge Furre

    historian, theologian

    1937–2016 · aged 78

    April 13 · 1937

    Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon

  81. Yair Nossovsky

    association football player

    89 years old

    June 29 · 1937

    Source: FBref

  82. Pål Bang-Hansen

    director, television director

    1937–2010 · aged 72

    July 29 · 1937

    Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon

  83. Jozef Jankech

    association football player, association football coach

    88 years old

    October 24 · 1937

    No external source identified

  84. Tursunoy Akhunova

    writer, politician

    1937–1983 · aged 46

    May 20 · 1937

    No external source identified

  85. Arolde de Oliveira

    politician, engineer

    1937–2020 · aged 83

    March 11 · 1937

    No external source identified

  86. Yvonne Reynders

    sport cyclist

    89 years old

    August 4 · 1937

    No external source identified

  87. Emin Sabitoglu

    musician, composer

    1937–2000 · aged 63

    November 2 · 1937

    No external source identified

  88. Elżbieta Kępińska

    film actor, actor

    89 years old

    April 5 · 1937

    Source: IMDb

  89. Olga Bondareva

    economist, mathematician

    1937–1991 · aged 54

    April 27 · 1937

    No external source identified

  90. Oleg Grigoryev

    boxer

    88 years old

    December 25 · 1937

    No external source identified

  91. Pierre-Jean Rémy

    scholar, diplomat

    1937–2010 · aged 73

    March 21 · 1937

    Source: IMDb

  92. Tseten Dolma

    singer, politician

    89 years old

    August 1 · 1937

    No external source identified

  93. Paul Méfano

    composer, professor of music composition

    1937–2020 · aged 83

    March 6 · 1937

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  94. Maharani Chakravorty

    botanist, university teacher

    1937–2015 · aged 77

    February 2 · 1937

    Source: Women Scientists in India: Lives, Struggles and Achievements

  95. David Segal

    athletics competitor

    89 years old

    March 20 · 1937

    No external source identified

  96. Mitsuo Kamata

    association football player, association football coach

    88 years old

    December 16 · 1937

    Source: Transfermarkt

  97. Iván Izquierdo

    neurologist, researcher

    1937–2021 · aged 83

    September 16 · 1937

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  98. Giorgos Leonardos

    journalist, news presenter

    89 years old

    February 20 · 1937

    No external source identified

  99. Christiane Jaccottet

    musician, harpsichordist

    1937–1999 · aged 62

    May 18 · 1937

    Source: BnF authorities

  100. Lorraine Coghlan

    tennis player

    89 years old

    September 23 · 1937

    Source: 100 years of Wimbledon

  101. Yazid Zerhouni

    military personnel, politician

    1937–2020 · aged 83

    September 5 · 1937

    Source: Turkish Wikipedia

  102. Azio Corghi

    musicologist, composer

    1937–2022 · aged 85

    March 9 · 1937

    Source: SNAC

  103. Walter Roque

    association football player, association football coach

    1937–2014 · aged 77

    May 8 · 1937

    Source: National-Football-Teams.com

  104. Giorgos Zaimis

    sailor

    1937–2020 · aged 82

    June 28 · 1937

    No external source identified

  105. Fred Van Hove

    composer, musician

    1937–2022 · aged 84

    February 19 · 1937

    Source: Discogs

  106. Georgi Tringov

    chess player

    1937–2000 · aged 63

    March 7 · 1937

    No external source identified

  107. Vladimir Salkov

    association football coach, association football player

    1937–2020 · aged 83

    April 1 · 1937

    No external source identified

  108. Gennadios Zervós

    Christian minister

    1937–2020 · aged 83

    July 8 · 1937

    Source: ortodossia.it

  109. Margot Werner

    chansonnier, musician

    1937–2012 · aged 74

    December 8 · 1937

    Source: Discogs

  110. Juan Vicente Lezcano

    association football player, association football coach

    1937–2012 · aged 74

    April 5 · 1937

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  111. Fausto Cigliano

    singer, actor

    1937–2022 · aged 85

    February 15 · 1937

    No external source identified

  112. Vratislav Mazák

    translator, world traveler

    1937–1987

    June 22 · 1937

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  113. Peter Nilson

    writer, science fiction writer

    1937–1998 · aged 60

    October 17 · 1937

    Source: runeberg.org

  114. Raúl Páez*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    May 26 · 1937

    Source: FBref

  115. Alberto Sainz

    association football player

    1937–2016 · aged 78

    December 13 · 1937

    Source: Transfermarkt

  116. Radu Gabrea

    film director, film producer

    1937–2017 · aged 79

    June 20 · 1937

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  117. Antonio Bailetti

    sport cyclist

    1937–2025 · aged 87

    September 29 · 1937

    No external source identified

  118. Conrad Detrez

    writer, poet

    1937–1985

    April 1 · 1937

    Source: Biographie Nationale de Belgique

  119. Francesco Musso

    boxer

    89 years old

    August 22 · 1937

    No external source identified

  120. Idé Oumarou

    writer, politician

    1937–2002

    1937

    Source: BnF authorities

  121. Nicolas Born

    writer, librettist

    1937–1979 · aged 41

    December 31 · 1937

    Source: Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartsliteratur

  122. Anders Andersson

    ice hockey player

    1937–1989 · aged 52

    January 2 · 1937

    Source: SOK database

  123. Ludmil Staikov

    film director, politician

    88 years old

    October 18 · 1937

    Source: SNAC

  124. Yuri Falin

    association football player, association football coach

    1937–2003 · aged 66

    April 2 · 1937

    Source: FBref

  125. Ramón Abeledo

    association football player

    89 years old

    April 29 · 1937

    Source: FBref

  126. Frank Gorman

    competitive diver

    88 years old

    November 11 · 1937

    No external source identified

  127. Ayşe Seitmuratova

    historian, dissident

    1937–2025 · aged 88

    February 11 · 1937

    No external source identified

  128. Olayinka Koso-Thomas

    physician

    Born 1937

    1937

    No external source identified

  129. Didier Opertti

    diplomat, university teacher

    89 years old

    April 23 · 1937

    Source: authority file of the National Library of Uruguay

  130. Vladimir Liberzon

    chess player

    1937–1996 · aged 59

    March 23 · 1937

    No external source identified

  131. Doris Gercke

    writer, crime fiction writer

    1937–2025 · aged 88

    February 7 · 1937

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  132. Raoul Casadei

    composer, singer

    1937–2021 · aged 83

    August 15 · 1937

    No external source identified

  133. Henning Wind

    sailor

    1937–2025 · aged 88

    January 19 · 1937

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  134. Judita Vaičiūnaitė

    children's writer, writer

    1937–2001 · aged 63

    July 12 · 1937

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  135. Jenő Kamuti

    fencer, surgeon

    89 years old

    September 17 · 1937

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  136. Giuseppe Nazzaro

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1937–2015 · aged 77

    December 22 · 1937

    No external source identified

  137. Augusto Cicaré

    military flight engineer, engineer

    1937–2022 · aged 84

    May 25 · 1937

    No external source identified

  138. Ivan Ivančić

    athletics competitor, coach

    1937–2014 · aged 76

    December 6 · 1937

    Source: World Athletics database

  139. Tsukasa Hosaka

    association football player, association football coach

    1937–2018 · aged 80

    March 3 · 1937

    Source: Transfermarkt

  140. Pier Luigi Celata

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    89 years old

    January 23 · 1937

    No external source identified

  141. Cosmas Michael Angkur

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1937–2024 · aged 87

    January 4 · 1937

    No external source identified

  142. Max Lundgren

    children's writer, screenwriter

    1937–2005 · aged 68

    March 22 · 1937

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  143. Yuri Korneev

    basketball player

    1937–2002 · aged 65

    March 26 · 1937

    No external source identified

  144. José Antonio Irulegui

    association football player, association football coach

    89 years old

    April 1 · 1937

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  145. Larisa Kadochnikova

    television actor, film director

    89 years old

    August 30 · 1937

    Source: SNAC

  146. Jacob Zur

    politician

    89 years old

    April 4 · 1937

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  147. János Dunai

    association football coach, association football player

    1937–2025 · aged 87

    June 26 · 1937

    Source: Transfermarkt

  148. Eva Christian

    actor, film actor

    89 years old

    May 27 · 1937

    Source: IMDb

  149. Florence Sally Horner

    1937–1952 · aged 15

    April 16 · 1937

    No external source identified

  150. Obed Dlamini

    politician

    1937–2017 · aged 79

    April 4 · 1937

    No external source identified

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