Year (''' MCMXXXVII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
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- May - Dáil Éireann passes the Executive Authority (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937, which retrospectively abolishes the office of Governor-General of the Irish Free State. The abolition is retrospectively dated to December 1936.
- May 1 - General Strike in Paris , France
- May 6 - In United States, the German airship Hindenburg bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey .
- Condor Legion Fighter Group , equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco 's forces.
- May 12 - Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth takes place at Westminster Abbey , London .
- May 13 - Canadian writer Roch Carrier is born in Sainte-Justine, Quebec.
- May 21 - a Soviet Station becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the Drift Ice of the Arctic Ocean .
- May 21 - As one of the reprisals for the attempted assassination of Italian viceroy Rodolfo Graziani , a detachment of Italian troops massacre the entire community of Debre Libanos . 297 monks and 23 laymen are killed.
- May 27 - In California , the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County . The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushes a button in Washington, DC signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge.
- May 28 - Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.
), day of elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.]]
- January 1 - Anne Aubrey , British actor
- January 4 - Dyan Cannon , American actress
- January 6 - Underwood Dudley , American mathematician
- January 8 - Shirley Bassey , Welsh singer
- January 13 - George Reisman , American economist
- January 14 - Ken Higgs , English cricketer
- January 15 - Margaret O'Brien , American actress
- January 18 - John Hume , Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998
- January 21 - Prince Max, Duke In Bavaria , heir to Bavarian Royal House
- January 22 - Joseph Wambaugh , American author
- January 27 - John Ogdon , English pianist (d. 1989 )
- January 30
- --- Vanessa Redgrave , English actress
- --- Boris Spassky , Russian chess player
- January 31
- --- Suzanne Pleshette , American actress
- --- Philip Glass , American composer
- February 1
- --- Garrett Morris , American comedian
- --- Don Everly , American musician
- February 2
- --- Tom Smothers , American musician and comedian
- --- Magic Sam , American musician (d. 1969 )
- February 8 - Manfred Krug , German actor and singer
- February 9 - Robert "Bilbo" Walker Jr. , American Blues Guitar ist
- February 10 - Roberta Flack , American soul singer
- February 11 - Bill Lawry , Australian cricketer
- February 12 - Charles Dumas , American athlete
- February 20
- --- Robert Huber , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- --- Roger Penske , American race car driver
- --- Nancy Wilson , American singer and actress
- February 21 - King Harald V Of Norway
- February 25 - Tom Courtenay , English actor
- March 2 - Abdelaziz Bouteflika , President Of Algeria
- March 4
- --- Graham Dowling , New Zealand cricketer
- --- Leslie Gelb , American President of the Council on Foreign Relations
- --- Yuri Senkevich , Russian cosmonaut (d. 2003 )
- --- Barney Wilen , French jazz saxophonist (d. 1996 )
- March 6 - Valentina Tereshkova , cosmonaut
- March 8 - Juvénal Habyarimana , President Of Rwanda (d. 1994 )
- March 17 - Rudy Ray Moore , American comedian
- March 20 - Jerry Reed , American musician
- March 22 - Armin Hary , German athlete
- March 23 - Craig Breedlove , American race car driver
- March 27 - Thomas Aquinas Daly , American painter
- March 30 - Warren Beatty , American actor and director
- April 5 - Colin Powell , U.S. Secretary Of State
- April 6
- --- Merle Haggard , American musician
- --- Billy Dee Williams , American actor
- April 10 - Bella Akhmadulina , Russian poet
- April 16 - Joseph Whipp , American actor
- April 18 - Jan Kaplický , British architect of Czech origin
- April 22 - Jack Nicholson , American actor
- April 27 - Robin Eames , Northern Irish clergyman
- April 28 - Saddam Hussein , President Of Iraq (d. 2006 )
- April 29 - Jill Paton Walsh , English novelist
- May 1 - Una Stubbs , British actor
- May 3
- --- Frankie Valli , American musician
- --- Hans Cieslarczyk , German football player
- May 4 - Ron Carter , jazz musician
- May 6 - Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter , American boxer
- May 8
- --- Thomas Pynchon , American writer
- --- Carlos Gaviria Díaz , Colombian justice and politician.
- May 12 - George Carlin , American comedian
- May 13
- --- Roch Carrier , Canadian writer
-- Roger Zelazny , American writer (d. 1995 )
- --- Trevor Baylis , English inventor
- May 15
- --- Madeleine Albright , U.S. Secretary Of State
- --- Trini Lopez , American musician
- May 17 - Hazel R. O'Leary , U.S. Secretary Of Energy
- May 18
- --- Jacques Santer , Luxembourg politician, President Of The European Council
- June 1 - Morgan Freeman , American actor
- June 3 - Solomon P. Ortiz , U.S. Congressman from Texas
- June 4 - Gorilla Monsoon , American professional wrestler and announcer
- June 7 - Neemi Järvi , Estonian conductor
- June 9 - Harald Rosenthal , German biologist
- June 10 - Luciana Paluzzi , Italian actress
- June 11 - Robin Warren , Australian pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- June 15 - Alan Thornett , British Trotskyist activist
- June 18
- --- Wray Carlton , American football player
- --- Vitali Zholobov , cosmonaut
- June 23 - Martti Ahtisaari , President Of Finland
- June 25 - Keizo Obuchi , Prime Minister Of Japan (d. 2000 )
- June 26 - Robert Coleman Richardson , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- June 28 - Ron Luciano , baseball umpire and writer (d. 1995 )
- July 4 - Sonja Haraldsen , Queen of Norway and wife to King Harald V Of Norway .
- July 6
- --- Vladimir Ashkenazy , Russian pianist
- --- Ned Beatty , American actor
- July 7 - Tung Chee-Hwa , Hong Kong administrator
- July 9 - David Hockney , English-born artist
- July 12
- --- Lionel Jospin , Prime Minister Of France
- --- Bill Cosby , American actor and comedian
- July 14 - Yoshiro Mori , Japanese politician
- July 18 - Roald Hoffmann , Polish-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 18 - Hunter S. Thompson , American author and journalist (d. 2005 )
- July 20 - Ken Ogata , Japanese actor
- July 27 - Don Galloway , American actor
- July 29 - Daniel McFadden , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 4 - David Bedford , American musician
- August 5 - Herb Brooks , American hockey coach (d. 2003 )
- August 6 - Barbara Windsor , English actress
- August 8 - Dustin Hoffman , American actor
- August 16 - David Anderson , Canadian politician
- August 18
- --- Willie Rushton , English comedian and cartoonist (d. 1996 )
- --- Jean Alingué Bawoyeu , Chad ian politician and former Prime Minister.
- August 20 - Jim Bowen , English stand-up comedian and TV personality
- August 21
- --- Donald Dewar , First Minister Of Scotland (d. 2000 )
- --- Robert Stone , American novelist
- August 29 - James Florio , Governor of New Jersey
- August 31 - Bobby Parker , American Blues Music ian/ Guitarist
- September 4
- --- Dawn Fraser , Australian swimmer
- --- Mikk Mikiver , Estonian actor and director (d. 2006 )
- September 7 - Cüneyt Arkın , Turkish film actor
- September 15 - Robert Lucas, Jr. , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- September 15 - Fernando De La Rúa , President Of Argentina
- September 16 - birth of Keith Bosley , broadcaster (retired), poet and translator.
- September 19 - Abner Haynes , American football player
- September 28 - Rod Roddy , American television announcer (d. 2003 )
- October 2 - Johnnie Cochran , American attorney (d. 2005 )
- October 5 - Barry Switzer , American football coach
- October 10 - Bobby Charlton , English footballer
- November 1 - "Whisperin" Bill Anderson American Country Music singer/songwriter born James William Anderson III
- November 2 - Earl Carroll , lead vocalist for The Cadillacs
- November 4 - Michael Wilson , Canadian politician and diplomat
- November 6 - Joe Warfield , American actor
- November 8 - Paul Mackintosh Foot , British journalist
- November 11 - Stephen Lewis , Canadian politician and diplomat
- November 15 - Yaphet Kotto , American actor
- November 17 - Peter Cook , English comedian and writer (d. 1995 )
- November 26 - Boris Yegorov , cosmonaut
- December 1 - Chuck Low , American actor
- December 3 - Bobby Allison , American race car driver
- December 8 - Arne Næss Jr. , Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. 2004 )
- December 9 - Darwin Joston , American actor (d. 1998 )
- December 11 - Jim Harrison , American writer
- December 15 - Donald Goines , original African American novelist (d. 1973 )
- December 17 - Kerry Packer , Australian businessman (d. 2005 )
- December 21 - Jane Fonda , American actress and social activist
- December 26 - Gnassingbe Eyadema , President Of Togo (d. 2005 )
- December 28 - Ratan Tata , Indian industrialist
- December 29 - Maumoon Abdul Gayoom , President Of The Maldives
- December 30
- --- Gordon Banks , English footballer
- --- John Hartford , American musician and composer (d. 2001 )
- --- Jim Marshall , American football player
- --- Noel Paul Stookey , American singer
- December 31
- --- Avram Hershko , Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry
- --- Anthony Hopkins , Welsh actor
- January 2 - Ross Alexander , American actor (b. 1907 )
- January 6 - André Besette , Canadian religious leader (b. 1845 )
- January 23 - Marie Prevost , Canadian actress (b. 1898 )
- February 5 - Lou Andreas-Salome , Russian-born writer (b. 1861 )
- February 7 - Elihu Root , American statesman and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1845 )
- February 11 - Walter Burley Griffin , American architect and town planner (b. 1876 )
- February 27 - Charles Donnelly , Irish poet (b. 1915 )
- March 9 - Paul Elmer More , American critic and essayist (b. 1864 )
- March 11 - Joseph S. Cullinan , American oil industrialist, founder of Texaco (b. 1860 )
- March 12 - Charles-Marie Widor , French organist and composer (b. 1840 )
- March 15 - H. P. Lovecraft , American writer (b. 1890 )
- March 17 - Austen Chamberlain , English statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1863 )
- March 20 - Harry Vardon , English Golf Professional (b. 1870 )
- March 22 - Alfred Dyke Acland , British military officer (b. 1858 )
- March 29 - Karol Szymanowski , Polish composer (b. 1882 )
- April 19 - William Martin Conway , British art critic and mountaineer (b. 1856 )
- April 21 - Saima Harmaja , Finnish poet (b. 1913 )
- April 25 - Michał Drzymała , Polish rebel (b. 1857 )
- May 4 - Noel Rosa , Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910 )
- May 23 - John D. Rockefeller , American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1839 )
- May 28 - Alfred Adler , Austrian psychologist (b. 1870 )
- June 7 - Jean Harlow , American film actress (b. 1911 )
- June 10 - Robert Laird Borden , eighth Prime Minister Of Canada (b. 1854 )
- June 19 - J. M. Barrie , Scottish novelist and dramatist (b. 1860 )
- July 9 - Oliver Law , American labor organizer and Army officer (killed in battle) (b. 1899 )
- July 11 - George Gershwin , American composer (b. 1898 )
- July 20 - Guglielmo Marconi , Italian inventor (b. 1874 )
- July 21 - Louis Vierne , French composer (b. 1870 )
- August 11 - Edith Wharton , American writer (b. 1862 )
- September 2 - Pierre De Coubertin , French founder of the modern Olympic Games (b. 1863 )
- September 26 - Bessie Smith , American singer (b. 1894 )
- September 29 - Ray Ewry , American athlete (b. 1873 )
- October 16 - Jean De Brunhoff , French writer (b. 1899 )
- October 19 - Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford Of Nelson , New Zealand physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry (b. 1871 )
- October 26 - Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki , Polish general (b. 1867 )
- November 9 - Ramsay MacDonald , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1866 )
- November 17 - Jack Worrall , Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1860 )
- November 23 - Jagdish Chandra Bose , Indian physicist (b. 1858 )
- November 23 - George Albert Boulenger , Belgian naturalist (b. 1858 )
- December 9 - Gustaf Dalén , Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869 )
- December 20 - Erich Ludendorff , German general (b. 1865 )
- December 21 - Frank B. Kellogg , United States Secretary Of State , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1856 )
- December 28 - Maurice Ravel , French composer (b. 1875 )
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