Curated category
1937 births
- Jack NicholsonJohn Joseph Nicholson entered the world on the 22nd of April 1937 in Neptune City, New Jersey. His mother June Frances Nicholson was a showgirl who performed…
- Robert Lucas Jr.Robert Emerson Lucas Jr. was born on the 15th of September 1937 in Yakima, Washington. His parents ran an ice creamery there before it failed during the…
- Hunter S. ThompsonHunter Stockton Thompson entered the world on the 18th of July 1937, in Louisville, Kentucky. He grew up as the first of three sons born to Virginia Davison…
- Jasper GriffinJasper Griffin arrived in the world on the 29th of May 1937. His early years unfolded under the roof of Christ's Hospital, a private school located in…
- Oswyn MurrayOswyn Murray entered the world on the 26th of March 1937. His bloodline traced back to James Augustus Henry Murray, a famous Scottish lexicographer who spent…
- Ridley ScottRidley Scott was born on the 30th of November 1937 in South Shields. His father Francis Percy Scott served as a Colonel in the Royal Engineers during the…
- Jonathan HalesJonathan Hales began his screenwriting career in 1970 with the British television series Manhunt. That year marked a shift from his extensive work as an…
- Tom StoppardOn the 15th of March 1939, the day Nazi forces invaded Czechoslovakia, a five-year-old boy named Tomáš Sträussler fled his hometown of Zlín with his mother…
- Richard GombrichRichard Francis Gombrich was born on the 17th of July 1937 into a family that bridged two distinct cultural spheres. His mother Ilse Gombrich worked as a…
- Roger ZelaznyRoger Joseph Zelazny was born in Euclid, Ohio on the 13th of May 1937. He grew up as the only child of a Polish immigrant father and an Irish-American mother.
- Amos TverskyAmos Tversky was born in Haifa, British Palestine on the 16th of March 1937. His father Yosef worked as a veterinarian while his mother Jenia served as a…
- Richard MarquandRichard Alfred Marquand entered the world on the 22nd of September 1937 in Llanishen, Cardiff. His father Hilary Marquand served as Minister of Health under…
- Robert Holmes à CourtMichael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court entered the world on the 27th of July 1937 in Johannesburg, South Africa. His family lineage traced back to William à…
- Anatoly KhazanovAnatoly Mikhailovich Khazanov was born on the 13th of December 1937 in Moscow. He entered Moscow State University to begin his higher education journey.
- Valentina TereshkovaValentina Tereshkova was born on the 6th of March 1937 in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, a small village along the Volga River. Her father Vladimir died in the…
- Billy Dee WilliamsWilliam December Williams Jr. was born on the 6th of April 1937 in New York City. He grew up on 110th Street between Lenox and 5th Avenue, right next to the…
- Eric ChristiansenEric Christiansen entered the world on the 15th of September 1937 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. His early education took place at Charterhouse School before he…
- Graham E. FullerGraham E. Fuller was born on the 28th of November 1937 in the United States. He entered Harvard University to study Russian and Middle Eastern studies.