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• 1937–2021Colin PowellAmerican U.S. Army general and diplomatApril 5
• b. 1937Thomas PynchonAmerican novelistMay 8 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–2023Bobby CharltonEnglish footballerOctober 11
• 1937–2005Hunter S. ThompsonAmerican journalist and authorJuly 18
• b. 1937George TakeiAmerican actor, author and activistApril 20 · Turned 89 this year
• b. 1937Valentina TereshkovaRussian cosmonaut and politicianMarch 6 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–2025Tom StoppardBritish playwrightJuly 3
• 1937–2022Madeleine AlbrightAmerican diplomat and political scientistMay 15
• 1937–2025Connie FrancisAmerican singer and actressDecember 12
• 1937–2008Suzanne PleshetteAmerican actressJanuary 31
• 1937–2024Ratan TataIndian Business Executive and philanthropistDecember 28
• 1937–2021Ned BeattyAmerican actorJuly 6
• b. 1937Philip GlassAmerican composerJanuary 31 · Turned 89 this year
• b. 1937Shirley BasseyWelsh singerJanuary 8 · Turned 89 this year
• b. 1937Dyan CannonAmerican actress and filmmakerJanuary 4 · Turned 89 this year
• b. 1937Queen Sonja of NorwayQueen of Norway from 1991 to 2026July 4 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–2025Roberta FlackAmerican singerFebruary 10
• 1937–2002Waylon JenningsAmerican country musicianJune 15
• b. 1937Olusegun ObasanjoNigerian head of state (1976–79; 1999–2007)March 5 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–2019Gordon BanksEnglish footballerDecember 30
• b. 1937Jared DiamondAmerican scientist, historian, and authorSeptember 10 · Turned 89 this year
• b. 1937Billy Dee WilliamsAmerican actor, novelist and painterApril 6 · Turned 89 this year
• b. 1937Edward FoxBritish actorApril 13 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–2016Merle HaggardAmerican singer-songwriterApril 6
• 1937–2022Sally KellermanAmerican actressJune 2
• b. 1937Joseph EstradaPresident of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001April 19 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–1970Bruce McLarenNew Zealand racing driver and motorsport executiveAugust 30
• 1937–1994Juvénal HabyarimanaPresident of Rwanda from 1973 to 1994March 8
• 1937–2025Boris SpasskyRussian chess grandmasterJanuary 30
• 1937–1992Sandy DennisAmerican actressApril 27
• 1937–2026Lionel JospinPrime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002July 12
• b. 1937Richard PettyAmerican racing driverJuly 2 · Turned 89 this year
• b. 1937Don BluthAmerican filmmaker and animatorSeptember 13 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–2021Abdelaziz BouteflikaPresident of Algeria from 1999 to 2019March 2
• b. 1937Seymour HershAmerican investigative journalistApril 8 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–2025Loretta SwitAmerican actressNovember 4
• b. 1937Tom CourtenayBritish actorFebruary 25 · Turned 89 this year
• b. 1937Renzo PianoItalian architectSeptember 14 · Turned 89 this year
• b. 1937Egon KrenzLeader of East Germany in 1989March 19 · Turned 89 this year
• b. 1937Simeon IITsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946, Prime Minister from 2001 to 2005June 16 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–2014Rubin CarterAmerican boxerMay 6
• 1937–2025Manoj KumarIndian film actor and filmmakerJuly 24
• 1937–2020John HumeIrish nationalist politicianJanuary 18
• b. 1937Marlo ThomasAmerican actress, producer, and social activistNovember 21 · Turns 89 this year
• 1937–1969John Kennedy TooleAmerican novelistDecember 17
• 1937–2015Jackie CollinsEnglish novelistOctober 4
• b. 1937Andrei KonchalovskyRussian filmmakerAugust 20 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–2019Dick DaleAmerican surf rock guitaristMay 4
• 1937–2023Martti AhtisaariFinnish politician and diplomat, President of FinlandJune 23
• 1937–2020Barbara WindsorEnglish actressAugust 6
• 1937–2019Fernando de la RúaPresident of Argentina from 1999 to 2001September 15
• 1937–2022Angelo BadalamentiAmerican composerMarch 22
• b. 1937Margaret O'BrienAmerican film, television and stage actressJanuary 15 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–2025Polly HollidayAmerican actressJuly 2
• 1937–1995Roger ZelaznyAmerican writer and poetMay 13
• 1937–2025Lenny WilkensAmerican basketball player and coachOctober 28
• 1937–2020John Horton ConwayEnglish mathematicianDecember 26
• b. 1937Queen Paola of BelgiumQueen of the Belgians from 1993 to 2013September 11 · Turned 89 this year
• 1937–2008Jerry ReedAmerican country singer, guitarist, songwriter and actorMarch 20
• 1937–2007Alice ColtraneAmerican jazz musicianAugust 27