List of Famous people who born in 1937

Shengying Gu was a prominent Chinese classical concert pianist. In 1957, she won the gold medal at the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow and in 1958, the women's piano award at the 14th Geneva International Music Competition. Suffering under the Cultural Revolution, when she was just 29 years old she committed suicide on 31 January 1967. In 2019, a commemorative wall on Yuyuan Road in Shanghai was inaugurated to revive memories of the years she lived there.

Albert Moses, KStJ was a Sri Lankan actor based in the United Kingdom. He is best known for the role of Ranjeet Singh in the sitcom Mind Your Language.

Francisco Xavier do Amaral was an East Timorese politician. A founder of the Frente Revolucionária de Timor Leste Independente (Fretilin), Amaral was sworn in as the first President of East Timor when the country, then a Portuguese colony, made a unilateral declaration of independence on 28 November 1975. He was a member of the National Parliament for the Timorese Social Democratic Association from 2001 until his death. Amaral was also known as "Abo (Grandfather) Xavier", a term of endearment, by East Timorese.

David Antônio Corrêa was a Brazilian singer-songwriter of the genres samba, samba-enredo and pagode.

Fred Ulysse was a French actor. He was known for his role of Martin Féral, brother of Jacquou le Croquant in the television series Jacquou le Croquant, based on the novel of the same name by Eugène Le Roy.