page_title: 1937
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 1937 / Births / May
caption_attribution_description: עברית: תמונתו של שליט ונשיא אתיופיה מנגיסטו היילה מריאם (1977 - 1991)
context_page_description: 1937 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1937th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 937th year of the 2nd millennium, the 37th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1930s decade.
context_section_description: May 2
  Lorenzo Music, American actor, voice actor, writer, producer and musician (d. 2001)
  Ted Dabney, American engineer (d. 2018)
  May 4 – Dick Dale, American guitarist (d. 2019)
  May 6 – Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, African-American boxer (d. 2014)
  May 8
  Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian justice, politician
  Thomas Pynchon, American writer
  May 9 – Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect
  May 11 – Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer
  May 12 – George Carlin, American stand-up comedian (d. 2008)
  May 13
  Roger Zelazny, American writer (d. 1995)
  Trevor Baylis, English inventor (d. 2018)
  May 15
  Madeleine Albright, American politician and diplomat, 64th U.S. Secretary of State
  Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2020)
  May 16 – Yvonne Craig, American actress (Batman) (d. 2015)
  May 18 – Jacques Santer, Luxembourg politician, 20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg
  May 21
  Sofiko Chiaureli, Georgian actress (d. 2008)
  Mengistu Haile Mariam, President of Ethiopia
  May 22 – Facundo Cabral, Argentine singer (d. 2011)
  May 27 – Andrei Bitov, Russian writer (d. 2018)
  May 30 – Aleksandr Demyanenko, Russian film and theater actor (d. 1999)
  Date unknown – Abu Nidal, Palestinian militant (d. 2002)
caption: Mengistu Haile Mariam
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