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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Tommy Aaron
Golf
22-Feb-1937   Winner, 1973 Masters Tournament
John E. Abele
Business
c. 1937   Co-Founder of Boston Scientific
Hasil Adkins
Musician
29-Apr-1937 26-Apr-2005 Rockabilly one man band
Martti Ahtisaari
Head of State
23-Jun-1937   President of Finland, 1994-2000
Madeleine Albright
Diplomat
15-May-1937   Bill Clinton's Secretary of State
Bill J. Allen
Business
c. 1937   Founder, VECO Corporation
Bobby Allison
Auto Racing
3-Dec-1937   Three-time winner of the Daytona 500
Rudolfo Anaya
Author
30-Oct-1937   Bless Me, Ultima
J. William Andersen
Business
c. 1937   Administrator, UW-Oshkosh
Bill Anderson
Country Musician
1-Nov-1937   Po' Folks
David Anderson
Diplomat
3-Jan-1937 4-Jul-1997 US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1981-85
Harry Lee Anstead
Judge
4-Nov-1937   Justice, Florida Supreme Court
Sergio Aragones
Cartoonist
6-Sep-1937   Mad Magazine marginalia
Alí Rodríguez Araque
Government
9-Sep-1937   Secretary General of OPEC, 2001-02
George Argyros
Business
4-Feb-1937   Billionaire
Michael Armacost
Diplomat
15-Apr-1937   US Ambassador to Japan, 1989-93
William L. Armstrong
Politician
16-Mar-1937   US Senator from Colorado, 1979-91
Martina Arroyo
Singer
2-Feb-1937   Operatic soprano
Edward Artemiev
Composer
30-Nov-1937   Electroacoustic composer, scored Solaris
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Conductor
6-Jul-1937   Director, NHK Symphony Orchestra
Lee A. Ault III
Business
c. 1937   Telecredit
Sergei Averintsev
Author
10-Dec-1937 21-Feb-2004 Myth of the Peoples of the World
Barbara Babcock
Actor
27-Feb-1937   Dorothy Jennings on Dr. Quinn
Angelo Badalamenti
Composer
22-Mar-1937   Scored several David Lynch films
Max Baer, Jr.
Actor
4-Dec-1937   Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies
Paul Bailey
Novelist
16-Feb-1937   At The Jerusalem
Ina Balin
Actor
12-Nov-1937 20-Jun-1990 The Patsy
Carroll Ballard
Film Director
14-Oct-1937   The Black Stallion
Gordon Banks
Soccer
30-Dec-1937   English goalkeeper, 1966 World Cup
Tommy Barnett
Religion
c. 1937   Phoenix First Assembly of God
J. Patrick Barrett
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Avis, 1981-87
Maryanne Trump Barry
Judge
5-Apr-1937   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert L. Bartley
Editor
12-Oct-1937 10-Dec-2003 Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003
Shirley Bassey
Singer
8-Jan-1937   Goldfinger
James R. Bath
Business
1937   Bush, bin Laden business partner
Lucy Baxley
Politician
21-Dec-1937   Lt. Governor of Alabama, 2003-07
Ned Beatty
Actor
6-Jul-1937   Deliverance
Warren Beatty
Actor
30-Mar-1937   Dick Tracy
Nancy H. Bechtle
Business
1937   President, San Francisco Symphony
Hildegard Behrens
Singer
9-Feb-1937 18-Aug-2009 Operatic soprano
Marcus C. Bennett
Business
c. 1937   CFO of Lockheed Martin, 1988-99
Raymond F. Bentele
Business
c. 1937   Mallinckrodt, Inc.
Robert M. Berdahl
Educator
15-Mar-1937   Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1997-2004
Stephen Berger
Business
c. 1937   Chairman of Odyssey Investment Partners
Steven Berkoff
Actor
3-Aug-1937   London Theatre Group
Warren Berlinger
Actor
31-Aug-1937   American character actor
Judy Biggert
Politician
15-Aug-1937   Congresswoman, Illinois 13th
Brian Blessed
Actor
9-Oct-1937   Prince Vultan of the Hawk Men
Don Bluth
Cartoonist
13-Sep-1937   Ex-Disney, created Fievel, Dragon's Lair
Ivan Boesky
Business
6-Mar-1937   Investment banker did insider trades
Frederick M. Bohen
Business
c. 1937   COO of Rockefeller University, 2002-05
Graham Bond
Musician
28-Oct-1937 8-May-1974 Influential blues keyboardist
Don Bonker
Politician
7-Mar-1937   Congressman from Washington, 1975-89
Sheldon M. Bonovitz
Attorney
26-Apr-1937   Partner, Duane, Morris & Hecksher
David M. Borden
Judge
4-Aug-1937   Justice, CT Supreme Court, 1990-2007
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Head of State
2-Mar-1937   President of Algeria
Reginald K. Brack
Business
26-Aug-1937   CEO of Time Inc., 1986-94
Richard Bradford
Actor
10-Nov-1937   Man in a Suitcase
Herb Brooks
Hockey
5-Aug-1937 11-Aug-2003 Coach, 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team
Robert H. Brooks
Business
6-Feb-1937 16-Jul-2006 Hooters chairman
Claude Brown
Author
23-Feb-1937 2-Feb-2002 Manchild in the Promised Land
J. Hyatt Brown
Business
c. 1937   Brown & Brown
Lee P. Brown
Politician
4-Oct-1937   Mayor of Houston, 1998-2004
James L. Bryan
Business
c. 1937   Former EVP at Newpark Drilling Fluids
Richard Bryan
Politician
16-Jul-1937   Governor of Nevada, 1983-89
Don Buchla
Inventor
Apr-1937   Modular synthesizer designer
G. Clyde Buck
Business
c. 1937   Davis/Chambers & Company
Joyce Bulifant
Actor
16-Dec-1937   Match Game panelist
Grace Bumbry
Singer
4-Jan-1937   Operatic mezzo-soprano, then soprano
Roland W. Burris
Politician
8-Aug-1937   US Senator from Illinois, 2009-10
Dan Burros
Activist
5-Mar-1937 31-Oct-1965 Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times
Robert N. Burt
Business
c. 1937   CEO of FMC, 1992-2001
Tony Burton
Actor
23-Mar-1937   Rocky
August Busch III
Business
6-Jun-1937   Anheuser-Busch CEO, 1975-2002
Kermit E. Bye
Judge
13-Jan-1937   8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ronald K. Calgaard
Business
1937   President of Trinity University, 1979-99
Robert H. Campbell
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Sunoco, 1991-2000
Joseph Canizaro
Business
1937   Real estate mogul
Billy Cannon
Football
8-Feb-1937   Winner, 1959 Heisman Trophy
Dyan Cannon
Actor
4-Jan-1937   Heaven Can Wait
Mario Capecchi
Scientist
6-Oct-1937   Knock-out mice
George Carlin
Comic
12-May-1937 22-Jun-2008 Seven Dirty Words
Billy Carter
Relative
29-Mar-1937 25-Sep-1988 Brother of Jimmy Carter
Hurricane Carter
Boxing
6-May-1937   Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder
Gerhard Casper
Educator
25-Dec-1937   President of Stanford University, 1992-2000
Robert B. Catell
Business
1-Feb-1937   CEO of KeySpan, 1998-2007
Dale R. Cathell
Judge
30-Jul-1937   Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1998-2007
Richard Celeste
Politician
11-Nov-1937   Governor of Ohio, 1983-91
Orlando Cepeda
Baseball
17-Sep-1937   MLB first baseman
Gene Chandler
Singer
6-Jul-1937   Duke of Earl
Bobby Charlton
Soccer
11-Oct-1937   Manchester United
Jerome Charyn
Novelist
13-May-1937   The Good Policeman
Monte Clark
Football
24-Jan-1937 16-Sep-2009 Detroit Lions Head Coach, 1978-84
David L. Clarke
Archaeologist
3-Nov-1937 27-Jun-1976 Analytical Archaeology
Robert Cline
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Airborne, Inc., 1984-2002
James F. Clingman, Jr.
Business
c. 1937   H.E. Butt Grocery Company
Ann Clwyd
Politician
21-Mar-1937   Welsh pol, spread Saddam shredder story
Adam Clymer
Journalist
27-Apr-1937   The New York Times
Sue M. Cobb
Attorney
c. 1937   Florida Secretary of State
Johnnie Cochran
Attorney
2-Oct-1937 29-Mar-2005 Successfully defended O. J. Simpson
Thad Cochran
Politician
7-Dec-1937   US Senator from Mississippi
Joel J. Cohen
Attorney
c. 1937   Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Jackie Collins
Novelist
4-Oct-1937   Hollywood Wives
Alice Coltrane
Jazz Musician
27-Aug-1937 12-Jan-2007 Musician and widow of John Coltrane
Kevin Connor
Film Director
1937   Motel Hell
John Conway
Mathematician
26-Dec-1937   Game of Life
Charles Coody
Golf
13-Jul-1937   Winner, 1971 Masters Tournament
Peter Cook
Comic
19-Nov-1937 9-Jan-1995 Bedazzled
John Cooper
Football
2-Jul-1937   OSU Head Coach, 1988-2000
Bill Cosby
Comic
12-Jul-1937   Comedy fixture, pudding industry shill
Tom Courtenay
Actor
25-Feb-1937   The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Yvonne Craig
Actor
16-May-1937   Batgirl on Batman
Robert Crippen
Astronaut
11-Sep-1937   Pilot of first shuttle mission, STS-1
Denny Crum
Basketball
2-Mar-1937   Louisville Head Coach, 1971-2001
James W. Crystal
Business
9-Oct-1937   Frank Crystal & Company
Mike Cuellar
Baseball
8-May-1937 2-Apr-2010 1969 Cy Young Award Winner
Richard Currie
Business
1937   Loblaws, George Weston Ltd.
Norman D'Amours
Politician
14-Oct-1937   Congressman from New Hampshire, 1975-85
Dick Dale
Guitarist
4-May-1937   Surf music guitarist, Deltones
Al D'Amato
Politician
1-Aug-1937   US Senator from New York, 1981-99
Stuart Damon
Actor
5-Feb-1937   Alan Quartermaine on General Hospital
Carol G. Dawson
Government
8-Sep-1937   Conservative activist
Howard M. Dean
Business
27-Jun-1937 25-Mar-2012 CEO of Dean Foods, 1987-2001
Simon D. deBree
Business
1937   CEO of Royal DSM NV, 1993-99
Dennis DeConcini
Politician
8-May-1937   US Senator from Arizona, 1977-95
Sandy Dennis
Actor
27-Apr-1937 2-Mar-1992 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Delia Derbyshire
Electronic Musician
5-May-1937 3-Jul-2001 Constructed the Doctor Who theme
Anita Desai
Novelist
24-Jun-1937   Cry, the Peacock
William Devane
Actor
5-Sep-1937   Greg Sumner on Knots Landing
Donald Devine
Government
c. 1937   Director, Office of Personnel Management, 1981-85
Jared Diamond
Scientist
10-Sep-1937   Collapse of societies
Dirk Dirksen
Business
25-Aug-1937 20-Nov-2006 Godfather of San Francisco punk
Gerald V. Dirvin
Business
c. 1937   EVP at Procter & Gamble, 1989-94
Carol Doda
Performance Artist
29-Aug-1937   Stripper at San Francisco's Condor Club
Elinor Donahue
Actor
19-Apr-1937   Father Knows Best
Boyd Dowler
Football
18-Nov-1937   Former Green Bay Packers WR
Bobby Driscoll
Actor
3-Mar-1937 30-Mar-1968 Child actor, succumbed to drugs
Marie Dubois
Actor
12-Jan-1937   La Menace
Peter Duchin
Pianist
28-Jul-1937   Rebel Rouser
Michael J. Dugan
Military
22-Feb-1937   USAF Chief of Staff, 1990
Daniel W. Duval
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Robbins & Myers, 1986-98
Timothy B. Dyk
Judge
14-Feb-1937   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Shirley Eaton
Actor
12-Jan-1937   Goldfinger
Mickey Edwards
Politician
12-Jul-1937   Congressman from Oklahoma, 1977-93
Susan S. Elliott
Business
1937   Systems Service Enterprises
Nancy H. Ely-Raphel
Diplomat
1937   US Ambassador to Slovenia, 1998-2001
Wayne Embry
Basketball
26-Mar-1937   NBA General Manager
Gordon R. England
Government
15-Sep-1937   US Deputy Secretary of Defense
Joseph Ejercito Estrada
Head of State
19-Apr-1937   Deposed president of the Philippines
Daniel E. Evans
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Bob Evans Farms, 1971-2001
Terry Everett
Politician
15-Feb-1937   Congressman, Alabama 2nd
Don Everly
Musician
1-Feb-1937   The Everly Brothers
Gnassingbe Eyadema
Head of State
26-Dec-1937 5-Feb-2005 Dictator of Togo, 1967-2005
Barbara S. Feigin
Business
c. 1937   Grey Advertising Inc.
Leonard Feinstein
Business
c. 1937   Co-Founder, Bed Bath and Beyond
Alan D. Feld
Attorney
c. 1937   Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
Freddy Fender
Musician
4-Jun-1937 14-Oct-2006 Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Ferdinand F. Fernandez
Judge
29-May-1937   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989-2002
Robert W. Fisher
Business
c. 1937   President of Dole Food, 1986-90
Ronnie G. Flippo
Politician
15-Aug-1937   Congressman from Alabama, 1976-91
Tom Flores
Football
21-Mar-1937   Raiders QB, later Head Coach
James Florio
Politician
29-Aug-1937   Governor of New Jersey, 1990-94
Edward T. Fogarty
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Tambrands, 1994-97
Jane Fonda
Actor
21-Dec-1937   Prominent Vietnam War protester
Joe T. Ford
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Alltel, 1987-2002
Edward Fox
Actor
13-Apr-1937   Force 10 from Navarone
Dawn Fraser
Swimmer
4-Sep-1937   Olympic gold medal swimmer
Morgan Freeman
Actor
1-Jun-1937   Unforgiven
Stephen Friedman
Business
21-Dec-1937   Former Partner, Goldman Sachs
Robert C. Gallo
Doctor
23-Mar-1937   Identified first retroviruses in humans
Don Galloway
Actor
27-Jul-1937 8-Jan-2009 Det. Sgt. Ed Brown on Ironside
Wilbur H. Gantz
Business
1937   President of Baxter International, 1987-92
Lorraine Gary
Actor
16-Aug-1937   Jaws
William Gaunt
Actor
3-Apr-1937   Richard Barrett on The Champions
Al Geiberger
Golf
1-Sep-1937   Winner, 1966 PGA Championship
Leslie H. Gelb
Government
4-Mar-1937   President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1993-2003
Francis Cardinal George
Religion
16-Jan-1937   Catholic Archbishop of Chicago
Andrés Gimeno
Tennis
3-Aug-1937   Winner, 1972 French Open
Alfred R. Glancy III
Business
c. 1937   CEO of MCN Energy Group, 1988-2001
Philip Glass
Composer
31-Jan-1937   Einstein on the Beach
Alan B. Glassberg
Doctor
c. 1937   Oncology Professor, UCSF, 1970-2006
Gail Godwin
Novelist
18-Jun-1937   A Southern Family
Luella G. Goldberg
Business
26-Feb-1937   Chairman of Wellesley College, 1985-93
Robert Gore
Chemist
15-Apr-1937   Co-inventor of Gore-Tex
Joseph T. Gorman
Business
1-Oct-1937   CEO of TRW, 1988-2001
Roger F. Greaves
Business
c. 1937   Chairman of Health Net
James J. Grosfeld
Business
22-Jun-1937   CEO of Pulte Homes, 1974-90
Bill Guthridge
Basketball
27-Jul-1937   UNC Head Coach, 1997-2000
Richard A. Hackborn
Business
c. 1937   Former HP Vice President
Charlie Haden
Jazz Musician
6-Aug-1937   Jazz bassist
Merle Haggard
Country Musician
6-Apr-1937   Okie From Muskogee
Susan Hampshire
Actor
12-May-1937   The Forsyte Saga
Jon F. Hanson
Business
c. 1937   Hampshire Companies
King Harald V
Royalty
21-Feb-1937   King of Norway
Del Harris
Basketball
18-Jun-1937   Head Coach, LA Lakers, 1994-99
Jim Harrison
Novelist
11-Dec-1937   Legends of the Fall
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Head of State
29-Jul-1937 1-Jul-2006 Prime Minister of Japan, 1996-98
Rodney A. Hawes, Jr.
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Life Re, 1988-98
Alice B. Hayes
Educator
c. 1937   President, University of San Diego, 1996-2003
George T. Haymaker, Jr.
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Kaiser Aluminum, 1994-99
Abner Haynes
Football
19-Sep-1937   Football RB hall-of-famer
Brooke Hayward
Socialite
5-Jul-1937   Haywire
Bessie Head
Novelist
6-Jul-1937 17-Apr-1986 A Question of Power
Roger L. Headrick
Business
c. 1937   ProtaTek International
Frank M. Hennessey
Business
c. 1937   Hennessey Capital, LLC
Marvin J. Herb
Business
c. 1937   Billionaire, Herbco Enterprises
Seymour Hersh
Journalist
8-Apr-1937   Uncovered the My Lai Massacre
Avram Hershko
Scientist
31-Dec-1937   Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
David Hockney
Painter
9-Jul-1937   Paintings of LA swimming pools
Dustin Hoffman
Actor
8-Aug-1937   The Graduate
Roald Hoffmann
Chemist
18-Jul-1937   Woodward-Hoffmann reaction
Polly Holliday
Actor
2-Jul-1937   Somebody, kiss her grits already
Lou Holtz
Football
6-Jan-1937   Head Coach, South Carolina, 1999-2004
Robert Hooks
Actor
18-Apr-1937   Trouble Man
Anthony Hopkins
Actor
31-Dec-1937   Hannibal Lecter
Robert L. Howard
Business
c. 1937   Retired VP at Shell Oil
Carroll Hubbard, Jr.
Politician
7-Jul-1937   Congressman from Kentucky, 1975-93
Robert Huber
Chemist
20-Feb-1937   Proteins of photosynthesis
Garth Hudson
Musician
2-Aug-1937   The Band
H. Wayne Huizenga
Business
29-Dec-1937   Waste Management, Blockbuster
John Hume
Politician
18-Jan-1937   Northern Ireland pol, Nobel recipient
James B. Hunt
Politician
16-May-1937   Twice Governor of North Carolina
Jon M. Huntsman
Business
21-Jun-1937   Founder of Huntsman Corporation
Saddam Hussein
Head of State
28-Apr-1937 30-Dec-2006 President of Iraq, 1979-2003
Thomas Penfield Jackson
Judge
10-Jan-1937   Federal district court judge
Wanda Jackson
Singer
20-Oct-1937   United States' first female rock and roll singer
Eli S. Jacobs
Baseball
5-Oct-1937   Former Baltimore Orioles owner
Joseph Jarman
Musician
14-Sep-1937   Art Ensemble of Chicago multi-intrumentalist
Neeme Järvi
Conductor
7-Jun-1937   Principal Conductor, Residentie Orchestra
Leonard Jeffries
Scholar
19-Jan-1937   Controversial blackademic
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins
Actor
29-Aug-1937 14-Aug-2001 MGM child star
Waylon Jennings
Country Musician
15-Jun-1937 13-Feb-2002 Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys
Little Willie John
Singer
15-Oct-1937 26-May-1968 Fever
Franklin R. Johnson
Business
c. 1937   Former Partner, Price Waterhouse
Thomas L. Johnson
Business
c. 1937   Associated General Contractors of Texas
E. Grady Jolly
Judge
3-Oct-1937   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Eddie Jones
Actor
1937   Jonathan Kent on Lois & Clark
Fred Joseph
Business
22-Apr-1937 27-Nov-2009 CEO of Drexel Burnham Lambert, 1985-90
Lionel Jospin
Head of State
12-Jul-1937   Prime Minister of France, 1997-2002
Jan Kalff
Business
1937   Former Chairman, ABN AMRO
Paul Kangas
Journalist
1937   Nightly Business Report
Paul Kanjorski
Politician
2-Apr-1937   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1985-2011
Yvonne Kauger
Judge
3-Aug-1937   Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court
Yuzo Kayama
Actor
11-Apr-1937   Red Beard
Rodd Keith
Musician
30-Jan-1937 15-Dec-1974 Legendary Song-Poem Composer
Stephen F. Keller
Business
c. 1937   Former Los Angeles attorney
Sally Kellerman
Actor
2-Jun-1937   Hot Lips in M*A*S*H
Harvey Klein
Doctor
c. 1937   Cornell University Medical College
Ernest Konnyu
Politician
17-May-1937   Congressman from California, 1987-89
Masaru Konuma
Film Director
30-Dec-1937   Wife to Be Sacrificed
Arthur Kopit
Playwright
10-May-1937   Mama's Hung You in the Closet
Yaphet Kotto
Actor
15-Nov-1937   Homicide
Egon Krenz
Head of State
19-Mar-1937   East German leader, 1989
Marty Krofft
Film/TV Producer
9-Apr-1937   Co-Creator: H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost
Benjamin J. Lambert III
Politician
29-Jan-1937   Virginia State Senate
Zohra Lampert
Actor
13-May-1937   Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Jackie Lane
Actor
16-May-1937   Tickle Me
Sidney Lapidus
Business
c. 1937   Warburg Pincus
Asbjørn Larsen
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Saga Petroleum ASA, 1979-98
Linda Lavin
Actor
15-Oct-1937   Alice
Mel S. Lavitt
Business
c. 1937   GC Capital Management
John Phillip Law
Actor
7-Sep-1937 13-May-2008 The Russians Are Coming
Ron Leibman
Actor
11-Oct-1937   Kaz
Claude Lelouch
Film Director
30-Oct-1937   A Man and a Woman
Ann Lewis
Activist
19-Dec-1937   Clinton advisor
Perry J. Lewis III
Business
c. 1937   Heartland Industrial Partners
Bill Lipinski
Politician
22-Dec-1937   Congressman from Illinois, 1983-2005
Virna Lisi
Actor
8-Sep-1937   La Reine Margot
Victor S. Liss
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Trans-Lux, 1993-2000
Jerry Litton
Politician
12-May-1937 3-Aug-1976 Congressman from Missouri, 1973-76
Sanford M. Litvack
Attorney
c. 1937   General Counsel of Disney, 1991-98
Gary Lockwood
Actor
21-Feb-1937   Dr. Frank Poole, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Jack London
Business
c. 1937   Chairman of CACI International
Trini Lopez
Musician
15-May-1937   If I Had A Hammer
Winston Lord
Diplomat
17-Aug-1937   President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1977-85
Nita Lowey
Politician
5-Jul-1937   Congresswoman, New York 18th
Lois Lowry
Author
19-Feb-1937   The Giver
Robert Lucas
Economist
15-Sep-1937   Theory of rational expectations
James MacArthur
Actor
8-Dec-1937 28-Oct-2010 Dano from Hawaii 5-O
Robert I. MacDonnell
Business
c. 1937   Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John MacGregor
Politician
14-Feb-1937   Leader, House of Commons, 1990-92
Antonio Madero Bracho
Business
c. 1937   Founder, SANLUIS Corporación
John W. Madigan
Business
7-Jun-1937   CEO of Tribune Co., 1995-2002
Tom Magliozzi
Radio Personality
28-Jun-1937   "Don't drive like my brother"
Henry J. Mansell
Religion
10-Oct-1937   Catholic Archbishop of Hartford
Juan Marichal
Baseball
20-Oct-1937   Nine-time All-Star SF Giants pitcher
Jim Marshall
Football
30-Dec-1937   Minnesota Vikings
Raymond A. Mason
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Legg Mason, 1981-2008
Anna Massey
Actor
11-Aug-1937 3-Jul-2011 Peeping Tom
Peter Max
Artist
19-Oct-1937   Psychedelic art has featured Statues of Liberty
George L. Mazanec
Business
c. 1937   Vice Chairman of PanEnergy, 1989-96
Colleen McCullough
Novelist
1-Jun-1937   The Thorn Birds
Daniel L. McFadden
Economist
29-Jul-1937   Statistical analysis of individual and household behavior
F. Warren McFarlan
Educator
c. 1937   Baker Foundation Professor
Bud McFarlane
Government
12-Jul-1937   Iran-Contra figure
Robert J. McGuire
Government
c. 1937   NYC Police Commissioner, 1978-83
Thomas McInerney
Military
1937   Fox News military analyst
Peter Medak
Film Director
23-Dec-1937   Romeo Is Bleeding
Phillip J. Meek
Business
c. 1937   Senior VP at ABC, 1986-97
John W. Meisenbach
Business
c. 1937   Meisenbach Capital Management
Mary S. Metz
Educator
c. 1937   President of Mills College, 1981-90
Edward Mezvinsky
Politician
17-Jan-1937   Congressman from Iowa, 1973-77
Richard M. Miles
Diplomat
8-Jan-1937   Former US Ambassador to Georgia, Bulgaria
Alan B. Miller
Business
17-Aug-1937   Founder of Universal Health Services
Eugene A. Miller
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Comerica, 1993-2002
Paul Moller
Inventor
1937   The Skycar
Eric H. Molson
Business
c. 1937   Chairman of Molson Coors Brewing
Thomas Monaghan
Business
25-Mar-1937   Domino's Pizza founder, pro-life activist
Rudy Ray Moore
Actor
17-Mar-1937 19-Oct-2008 Dolemite
Stephen Moore
Actor
11-Dec-1937   Voice of Marvin the paranoid android
Yoshiro Mori
Head of State
14-Jul-1937   Prime Minister of Japan, 2000-01
Garrett Morris
Comic
25-Jan-1937   Saturday Night Live
Joe Morrison
Football
21-Aug-1937 5-Feb-1989 NY Giant, Gamecocks Coach
H. Gary Morse
Business
c. 1937   CEO, The Villages of Lake-Sumter
William G. Morton, Jr.
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Boston Stock Exchange, 1985-2001
C. D. Mote, Jr.
Educator
c. 1937   President, University of Maryland
David C. Mulford
Business
1937   US Ambassador to India
Mary O. Mundinger
Educator
c. 1937   Dean, Columbia School of Nursing
Thomas Nagel
Philosopher
4-Jul-1937   What is it like to be a bat?
Ted Nelson
Computer Programmer
17-Jun-1937   Hypertext pioneer, Xanadu
Art Neville
Musician
17-Dec-1937   One of the Neville Brothers
Tony Newton
Politician
29-Aug-1937   Leader, House of Commons, 1992-97
Jack Nicholson
Actor
22-Apr-1937   Chinatown
Abu Nidal
Terrorist
May-1937 16-Aug-2002 Palestinian terrorist
David A. Norcross
Activist
30-Mar-1937   Republican National Lawyers Association
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Politician
13-Jun-1937   Congresswoman, Washington DC
Bernard W. Nussbaum
Attorney
23-Mar-1937   White House Counsel for Bill Clinton
Joseph S. Nye
Government
19-Jan-1937   Chairman, National Intelligence Council, 1993-94
Margaret O'Brien
Actor
15-Jan-1937   Meet Me in St. Louis
James J. O'Connor
Business
15-Mar-1937   CEO of Commonwealth Edison, 1980-98
Hazel O'Leary
Government
17-May-1937   US Secretary of Energy 1993-97
Shaun F. O'Malley
Business
c. 1937   Chairman of Price Waterhouse, 1987-95
Ron O'Neal
Actor
1-Sep-1937 14-Jan-2004 Youngblood Priest in Superfly
Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain
Judge
28-Mar-1937   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Olusegun Obasanjo
Head of State
5-Mar-1937   President of Nigeria, 1999-2007
Keizo Obuchi
Head of State
25-Jun-1937 14-May-2000 Prime Minister of Japan, 1998-2000
David A. Olsen
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Johnson & Higgins, 1990-97
Solomon Ortiz
Politician
3-Jun-1937   Congressman from Texas, 1983-2011
Burl Osborne
Publisher
25-Jun-1937 15-Aug-2012 Dallas Morning News
Tom Osborne
Football
23-Feb-1937   Congressman from Nebraska, 2001-07
Wayne Owens
Politician
2-May-1937 18-Dec-2002 Congressman from Utah, 1987-93
Kerry Packer
Business
17-Dec-1937 26-Dec-2005 Richest man in Australia
David Palmer
Musician
2-Jul-1937   Transsexual keyboardist, Jethro Tull
Luciana Paluzzi
Actor
10-Jun-1937   Thunderball
Lara Parker
Actor
27-Oct-1937   Angelique on Dark Shadows
Bill Pascrell
Politician
25-Jan-1937   Congressman, New Jersey 8th
Paul Patton
Politician
26-May-1937   Governor of Kentucky, 1995-2003
Tom Paxton
Singer/Songwriter
31-Oct-1937   Rambling Boy
James L. Payne
Business
c. 1937   Santa Fe Energy Resources
Victor A. Pelson
Business
c. 1937   Former AT&T Executive
Roger Penske
Business
20-Feb-1937   CEO of Penske Corporation
Marty Peretz
Publisher
c. 1937   Co-Owner, The New Republic
Richard Petty
Auto Racing
2-Jul-1937   Seven-time NASCAR Champion
R. Anderson Pew
Business
c. 1937   Former Sunoco executive
Renzo Piano
Architect
14-Sep-1937   Designed the Pompidou Center rehab
Ingrid Pitt
Actor
21-Nov-1937 23-Nov-2010 Countess Dracula
Suzanne Pleshette
Actor
31-Jan-1937 19-Jan-2008 The Birds
John W. Poduska
Business
c. 1937   Founder of Apollo Computer
Bill Poole
Economist
19-Jun-1937   President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Boone Powell, Jr.
Business
9-Feb-1937   CEO of Baylor Health Care, 1980-2001
Colin Powell
Government
5-Apr-1937   US Secretary of State, 2001-05
Jay A. Precourt
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Tejas Gas, 1986-99
Windle B. Priem
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Korn/Ferry International, 1998-2001
Larry L. Prince
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Genuine Parts, 1989-2004
Dorothy Provine
Actor
20-Jan-1937 25-Apr-2010 The Roaring 20's
Thomas Pynchon
Novelist
8-May-1937   Gravity's Rainbow
Ernest S. Rady
Business
28-Aug-1937   CEO of WestCorp, 1978-2006
Ivar B. Ramberg
Business
1937   CEO of Norsk Hydro Canada, 1996-2000
G. Jackson Ratcliffe
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Hubbell Inc., 1987-2001
Raj Reddy
Educator
13-Jun-1937   Professor of Computer Science, CMU
Vanessa Redgrave
Actor
30-Jan-1937   Julia
Jerry Reed
Country Musician
20-Mar-1937 1-Sep-2008 When You're Hot, You're Hot
Joseph Verner Reed
Government
17-Dec-1937   US Ambassador to Morocco, 1981-85
William F. Reilly
Business
c. 1937   President of PRIMEDIA, 1990-99
Robin W. Renwick
Diplomat
13-Dec-1937   UK Ambassador to the US, 1991-95
Robert K. Ressler
Author
15-Feb-1937   Whoever Fights Monsters
W. Ann Reynolds
Educator
3-Nov-1937   Chancellor of CUNY, 1990-97
Richard Rhodes
Historian
4-Jul-1937   The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Robert C. Richardson
Physicist
26-Jun-1937   Superfluidity of helium-3
Joseph B. Richey II
Business
c. 1937   Senior VP at Invacare
S. Donley Ritchey
Business
c. 1937   Former CEO of Lucky Stores
Larry Roberts
Scientist
c. 1937   Principal architect, ARPANET
Brooks Robinson
Baseball
18-May-1937   Baltimore Orioles third base
Jay Rockefeller
Politician
18-Jun-1937   US Senator from West Virginia
Ross E. Roeder
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Smart & Final, 1999-2004
Hal Rogers
Politician
31-Dec-1937   Congressman, Kentucky 5th
Kenneth L. Rose
Business
c. 1937   Henkels & McCoy
Wilbur Ross
Business
28-Nov-1937   Private equity, W. L. Ross & Co.
Carol Eve Rossen
Actor
12-Aug-1937   The Stepford Wives
Gary L. Roubos
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Dover Corporation, 1981-94
Jill S. Ruckelshaus
Business
1937   Wife of William Ruckelshaus
Ann Rule
Author
22-Oct-1937   Prolific true crime paperback writer
Edward Ruscha
Painter
16-Dec-1937   Twenty-six Gasoline Stations
Joanna Russ
Author
22-Feb-1937 29-Apr-2011 The Female Man
Patrick G. Ryan
Business
15-May-1937   CEO of Aon, 1982-2005
Erskine Sandiford
Head of State
24-Mar-1937   Prime Minister of Barbados, 1987-94
Tommy Sands
Singer
27-Aug-1937   Teenage Crush
A. Eugene Sapp, Jr.
Business
c. 1937   CEO of SCI Systems, 1999-2001
Severo Sarduy
Author
25-Feb-1937 8-Jun-1993 De donde son los Cantantes
Joseph D. Sargent
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Guardian Life, 1995-2003
Sky Saxon
Singer
20-Aug-1937 25-Jun-2009 The Seeds
Bob Schieffer
Journalist
25-Feb-1937   Face the Nation moderator
Roger W. Schipke
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Sunbeam, 1993-96
Conrad Schnitzler
Electronic Musician
1937 4-Aug-2011 German tape musician
Charles Schwab
Business
29-Jul-1937   Founded Charles Schwab & Co.
Joe Schwarz
Politician
15-Nov-1937   Congressman from Michigan, 2005-07
Ridley Scott
Film Director
30-Nov-1937   Alien
Peter Secchia
Diplomat
15-Apr-1937   US Ambassador to Italy, 1989-93
Erich Segal
Novelist
16-Jun-1937 17-Jan-2010 Love Story
Rodolfo Segovia
Business
c. 1937   Former President of Ecopetrol
John Seymour
Politician
3-Dec-1937   Mayor of Anaheim, 1978-82
Archie Shepp
Jazz Musician
24-May-1937   Jazz tenor saxophonist
Mark Shields
Columnist
25-May-1937   Shields and Brooks
David Shire
Composer
3-Jul-1937   It Goes Like It Goes
Ricky Silberman
Activist
1937 18-Feb-2007 Cofounder, Independent Women's Forum
Felix Silla
Actor
11-Jan-1937   Cousin Itt on The Addams Family
Fred Silverman
Film/TV Producer
13-Sep-1937   TV producer and executive
Louis A. Simpson
Business
c. 1937   Head of investments at GEICO
Carl S. Sloane
Business
1937   Co-Founder, Temple, Barker & Sloane
Tommy Smothers
Comic
2-Feb-1937   A Smothers Brother
Richard H. Solomon
Diplomat
1937   President of US Institute For Peace
Boris Spassky
Chess Player
30-Jan-1937   Grandmaster defeated by Bobby Fischer
Gordon M. Sprenger
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Allina Health System, 1999-2001
John R. Stafford
Business
1937   CEO of American Home Products, 1986-2001
Barbara Steele
Actor
29-Dec-1937   Black Sunday
Vivian M. Stephenson
Business
c. 1937   COO of Williams-Sonoma, 2003-06
John R. Stockwell
Spy
1937   CIA whistleblower
Robert Stone
Novelist
21-Aug-1937   Dog Soldiers
Paul Stookey
Singer/Songwriter
30-Dec-1937   The Paul in Peter, Paul, and Mary
Tom Stoppard
Playwright
3-Jul-1937   Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
George Strawbridge, Jr.
Business
10-Oct-1937   Campbell Soup scion
Gerry Studds
Politician
12-May-1937 14-Oct-2006 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-97
Gordon R. Sullivan
Military
25-Sep-1937   US Army Chief of Staff, 1991-95
James N. Sullivan
Business
1937   Vice Chairman of Chevron, 1989-2000
Niki Sullivan
Guitarist
23-Jun-1937 6-Apr-2004 Guitarist for The Crickets
Louis B. Susman
Diplomat
19-Nov-1937   US Ambassador to the UK
Orson Swindle
Government
8-Mar-1937   Federal Trade Commissioner, 1997-2005
Loretta Swit
Actor
4-Nov-1937   Hot Lips on M*A*S*H
Barry Switzer
Football
5-Oct-1937   Dallas Cowboys Head Coach, 1994-97
Morris Tabaksblat
Business
1937   Chairman of Reed Elsevier, 1999-2005
George Takei
Actor
20-Apr-1937   Sulu on Star Trek
Peter Tarnoff
Government
1937   President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1986-93
Herbert B. Tasker
Business
c. 1937   Mason McDuffie Mortgage
Ratan N. Tata
Business
28-Dec-1937   Chairman of Tata Group
Thomas C. Theobald
Business
5-May-1937   CEO of Continental Bank, 1987-94
Samuel O. Thier
Doctor
23-Jun-1937   CEO of Massachusetts General, 1996-2002
Marlo Thomas
Actor
21-Nov-1937   That Girl
Hunter S. Thompson
Journalist
18-Jul-1937 20-Feb-2005 Gonzo journalist and author
Richard Threlkeld
Journalist
30-Nov-1937 13-Jan-2012 CBS and ABC News Correspondent, 1965-98
Lionel Tiger
Educator
1937   The Decline of Males
Rosemary Tomich
Business
c. 1937   Hope Cattle Company
John Kennedy Toole
Novelist
7-Dec-1937 26-Mar-1969 A Confederacy of Dunces
Morton L. Topfer
Business
c. 1937   Vice Chairman of Dell, 1994-99
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
Educator
c. 1937   GWU President, 1988-2007
Liz Trotta
Journalist
28-Mar-1937   Fox News contributor
Richard H. Truly
Astronaut
12-Nov-1937   NASA Administrator, 1989-92
Peter F. Tufo
Diplomat
1937   US Ambassador to Hungary, 1997-2001
Amos Tversky
Psychologist
16-Mar-1937 2-Jun-1996 Cognitive psychologist, studied risks
Peter Ueberroth
Baseball
2-Sep-1937   Commissioner of Baseball, 1984-89
James R. Ukropina
Attorney
1937   Former Partner, O'Melveny & Myers
Jim Unger
Cartoonist
21-Jan-1937 29-May-2012 Herman
Francis Veber
Screenwriter
28-Jul-1937   The Dinner Game
Vaira Vike-Freiberga
Head of State
1-Dec-1937   President of Latvia, 1999-2007
Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia
Royalty
12-Feb-1937   Crown Prince of Italy
Joseph P. Viviano
Business
c. 1937   Vice Chairman of Hershey, 1999-2000
John G. Vlazny
Religion
22-Feb-1937   Catholic Archbishop of Portland
Franz Vranitzky
Head of State
4-Oct-1937   Chancellor of Austria, 1986-97
John C. Waddell
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Arrow Electronics, 1980-86
Diane Wakoski
Poet
3-Aug-1937   Coins & Coffins
John H. Waller, Jr.
Judge
31-Oct-1937   Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court
Joseph Wambaugh
Novelist
22-Jan-1937   The Onion Field
J. Robin Warren
Doctor
11-Jun-1937   H. pylori bacteria causes ulcers
Cynthia Weil
Songwriter
18-Oct-1937   Half of songwriting duo Mann and Weil
Allen Weinstein
Historian
1-Sep-1937   US National Archivist
Jerry Weintraub
Film/TV Producer
29-Sep-1937   Hollywood producer
Stanley I. Westreich
Business
c. 1937   Westfield Realty, Inc.
Leslie H. Wexner
Business
8-Sep-1937   CEO of Limited Brands
John C. Whitaker, Jr.
Business
7-Aug-1937   CEO of Inmar Enterprises
John P. White
Government
27-Feb-1937   US Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1995-97
Margita E. White
Government
27-Jun-1937 20-Nov-2002 FCC Commissioner, 1976-79
James B. Wigdale
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Marshall & Ilsley, 1992-2001
Lenny Wilkens
Basketball
28-Oct-1937   Winningest coach in NBA history
Billy Dee Williams
Actor
6-Apr-1937   Lando Calrissian, Colt-45 malt liquor pitchman
John Patrick Williams
Politician
30-Oct-1937   Congressman from Montana, 1979-97
Mollie B. Williford
Business
c. 1937   Williford Companies
Peter S. Willmott
Business
1937   President of Federal Express, 1980-83
Lanford Wilson
Playwright
13-Apr-1937 24-Mar-2011 The Hot L Baltimore
Michael H. Wilson
Politician
4-Nov-1937   Canadian Ambassador to the US
Nancy Wilson
Singer
20-Feb-1937   Jazz and pop diva
Barbara Windsor
Actor
6-Aug-1937   EastEnders
Edward Winter
Actor
3-Jun-1937 8-Mar-2001 Col. Flagg on M*A*S*H
David A. Wollard
Business
c. 1937   Former President, Bank One Colorado NA
Robert R. Womack
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Zurn Industries, 1994-99
Lynn Woolsey
Politician
3-Nov-1937   Congresswoman, California 6th
Jo Anne Worley
Comic
6-Sep-1937   Laugh-In
Harry Wu
Activist
8-Feb-1937   Human rights activist
Tony Young
Actor
28-Jun-1937 26-Feb-2002 Taggart
Harris Yulin
Actor
5-Nov-1937   Roger Stanton on 24
Roger Zelazny
Novelist
13-May-1937 14-Jun-1995 Damnation Alley
John E. Zuccotti
Business
23-Jun-1937   Real estate tycoon
Mort Zuckerman
Business
4-Jun-1937   Owner, New York Daily News
Zulu
Actor
17-Oct-1937 3-May-2004 Kono on Hawaii 5-O


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