John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937)
Entrepreneur
1
Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
Blues Singer
2
JM Barrie (1860-1937)
Children's Author
3
Jean Harlow (1911-1937)
Movie Actress
4
HP Lovecraft (1890-1937)
Novelist
5
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Composer
6
J Bruce Ismay (1862-1937)
Titanic Survivor
7
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)
Physicist
8
Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937)
9
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
10
Daniel Daly (1873-1937)
War Hero
11
John Drinkwater (1882-1937)
Poet
12
Pierre De Coubertin (1863-1937)
Historian
13
Joseph Bruce Ismay (1862-1937)
14
Ted Healy (1896-1937)
Comedian
15
Chester Greenwood (1858-1937)
16
Villiam Figus-Bystry (1875-1937)
17
Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)
Sculptor
18
Martin Burns (1861-1937)
Wrestler
19
Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937)
Philosopher
20
Osgood Perkins (1892-1937)
Stage Actor
21
John Russell Pope (1874-1937)
Architect
22
Horacio Quiroga (1878-1937)
Playwright
23
Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
24
Jaishankar Prasad (1889-1937)
25
Colin Campbell Cooper (1856-1937)
Painter
26
Robert D. Carey (1878-1937)
Politician
27
William Gillette (1853-1937)
Movie Actor
28
Robert Borden (1854-1937)
29
Andre Bessette (1845-1937)
Religious Leader
30
Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
31
Marta Cunningham (1869-1937)
Opera Singer
32
Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937)
33
Marvel Rea (1901-1937)
34
Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858-1937)
Inventor
35
Dawood Hosni (1870-1937)
36
Theodore G. Bilbo (1877-1937)
37
Rayner Hoff (1894-1937)
38
Walter Burley Griffin (1876-1937)
39
Jujiro Wada (1872-1937)
Dog Musher
40
Alfred Adler (1880-1937)
Psychologist
41
Ray Ewry (1873-1937)
High Jumper
42
Afonso Costa (1871-1937)
43
Wallace Carothers (1896-1937)
44
Johnny Dunn (1897-1937)
Trumpet Player
45
Ned Hanlon (1857-1937)
Baseball Manager
46
Keene Thompson (1885-1937)
Screenwriter
47
Anastasios Metaxas (1862-1937)
48
Celebrities Born in 1937
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