List of Famous people who born in 1937

Abdellah Kadiri was a Moroccan politician and military officer.

Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR, is a Nigerian military and political leader who served as Nigeria's military head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its President from 1999 to 2007. Ideologically a Nigerian nationalist, he was a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) from 1999 to 2015 and again from 2018 onward.

Karol Cyryl Modzelewski was a Polish historian, writer, politician and academic of Russian origin, one of the leading figures of the democratic opposition in the Polish People's Republic from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Anthony Richard Birley was a British ancient historian, archaeologist and academic. He was the son of Margaret Isabel (Goodlet) and historian and archaeologist Eric Birley.

Francette Vernillat was a French actress. She was often a voice actor for characters playing young boys.

Arturo López Rodríguez is a former professional baseball player. He played one season in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the New York Yankees in 1965. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball from 1968 until 1973.

Irmin Schmidt is a German keyboardist and composer, best known as a founding member of the band Can.

Ismael Quintana was a Puerto Rican singer and composer of salsa music.

Klara Ivanovna Guseva was a Russian speed skater. After her marriage, she was also known as Klara Nesterova.

Serikbolsyn Abdildauly Abdildin was a Kazakh economist, politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party from 1996 to 2010, member of the Mazhilis from 1999 to 2004 and a candidate in the 1999 presidential election.