List of Famous people who born in 1937

Paul Hampton is an American actor, singer, lyricist and writer. He is listed as one of one hundred major architects of American rock and roll in the British rock journal "Footsoldiers and Kings." While he was a sophomore at Dartmouth College, he was signed to Columbia Records and Columbia Pictures at the same time to write music with Hal David and Burt Bacharach. In 1960, with Bacharach he co-composed and performed the strange death disc "Two Hour Honeymoon". After this initial outing he co-wrote hits for Don Gibson, Gene Pitney, Johnny Tillotson and hits for overseas artists Also he wrote the theme for "My Mother the Car" and sang it under the group name Albuquerque. He made two albums, "Beautiful Beginnings" and "Rest Home For Children."

Jean-Michel Arnold, is General Secretary of the Cinémathèque Française, vice President of UNESCO's IFTC, founder of the Cinéma du Réel, Director of CNRS Image/Media, General Secretary of RIAVS, and President of CAMERA. Without being a filmmaker, Mr. Arnold has been the instigator of some very important events in the world of cinema.

Vladimir Markovich Entov was an applied mathematician and physicist.

Wilhelmus Jacobus Duyn was a Dutch singer, actor, and entertainer. Under the stage name Big Mouth he was co-vocalist of the Dutch pop music duos Mouth & MacNeal (1971–1974) and Big Mouth & Little Eve (1975–1977).

Donald Campbell Dewar was a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 1999 to 2000. He previously served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1997 to 1999. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South from 1966 to 1970 and for Glasgow Anniesland, formerly Glasgow Garscadden, from 1978 to 2000. He was also Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the equivalent seat from 1999 to 2000.

Richard Foronjy is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the mobster Tony Darvo in the 1988 film Midnight Run. He wrote and published a book called "From The Mob To The Movies" on October 8th, 2020. As of 2023, he has retired and is now residing in the Hudson Valley area of New York.

Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr:Jacques Acar; see its history for attribution.

Robert Charles Totten was an American television director, writer, and actor, best known for directing many Gunsmoke episodes between 1966 and 1971.