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Who was born in 1937

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Boris Spassky

Boris Spassky

19372025

Russian chess grandmaster and the tenth World Chess Champion, known for his elegant style and historic matches against Tigran Petrosian and Bobby Fischer

John Hume

John Hume

19372020

Irish politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who co-founded the Social Democratic and Labour Party and was a central architect of the Good Friday Agreement, dedicating his life to finding a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland

March

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Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa

Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa

19372021

Algerian politician, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the seventh President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019

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Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

19372006

Iraqi politician, revolutionary, and president who led Iraq from 1979 to 2003, known for his leadership in the Ba'ath Party and his political ideologies

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Martti Ahtisaari

Martti Ahtisaari

19372023

Finnish President, teacher, and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his vital efforts in resolving international conflicts

Vladimir Arnold

Vladimir Arnold

19372010

Russian mathematician and physicist known for the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem, and contributions to dynamical systems, topology, and differential equations

July

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Lionel Jospin

Lionel Jospin

19372026

French politician who served as the 93rd Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002 during a period of political cohabitation

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

19372025

Celebrated Czech–English playwright and screenwriter known for his intellectually stimulating plays on human rights, censorship, and philosophical themes

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Bobby Charlton

Bobby Charlton

19372023

English association football player and manager, widely considered one of the greatest of all time, who won the 1966 FIFA World Cup and the Ballon d'Or