List of Famous people who born in 1937

Valentin Vasiliyevich Bondarenko was a Soviet fighter pilot selected in 1960 for training as a cosmonaut. He died as the result of burns sustained in a fire during a 15-day low-pressure endurance experiment in Moscow. The government concealed the death, along with Bondarenko's membership in the cosmonaut corps, until 1980. A crater on the Moon's far side is named after him.

Stelvio Cipriani was an Italian composer, mostly of motion picture soundtracks.

Marie-Claire-Eléonore-Débochère Matip is a Cameroonian writer living in Paris. Her autobiographical novel Ngonda, published in 1958, is one of the first French-language texts to be published by a sub-Saharan African woman.

Alfred Kasha was an American songwriter, whose songs include "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure.

Mengistu Haile Mariam is an Ethiopian soldier and politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991 and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991. He was the chairman of the Derg, the socialist military junta that governed Ethiopia, from 1977 to 1987, and the President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) from 1987 to 1991. He is considered to be one of the most notorious African leaders of the 20th century, and his reign to be infamous for its brutality, autocracy and economic mismanagement.

José María Álvarez del Manzano y López del Hierro is a Spanish politician for the People's Party. Although born in Seville he has lived in Madrid since he was 3 years old. He studied at the Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo. He became the Mayor of Madrid in 1991, a position that he held until 2003. He chaired the board of IFEMA for 24 years, until 2015. He is married to María Eulalia Miró Ramírez and has four children: José, María, Marta, and Mónica.

Margarita Ivanovna Filanovich is a Soviet historian, archaeologist, and leader of a Tashkent archaeological expedition.

Ibrahim Abouleish was an Egyptian philanthropist, drug designer and chemist. He began his chemistry and medicine studies at the age of 19 in Austria. He did his doctorate in 1969 in the field of pharmacology and then worked in leading positions within pharmaceutical research. During this time he was granted patents for a number of new medicines, especially for osteoporosis and arteriosclerosis.

Hisashi Hieda is a Japanese television executive who is the chief executive officer at Fuji Media Holdings, Inc, and chairman since June 2001. He also is chairman of the Japan Art Association.

Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ahmed Qassim is Bahrain's leading Shia cleric and a politician. He is the spiritual leader of Al Wefaq, Bahrain's biggest opposition society. He was the leader and is the founders of Islamic Enlightenment Institution.