March 4, 1937

1937José Araquistáin, Spanish footballer (died 2025)^[†]

José Araquistáin Arrieta was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1937William Deverell, Canadian lawyer, author, and activist^[†]

William Herbert Deverell is a Canadian writer, criminal lawyer, and civil liberties activist. One of Canada's best-known novelists, his debut novel Needles, based on his legal experience, won the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award from McClelland & Stewart. He received the Hammett Prize in 1998 for Trial of Passion, which also won the 1998 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel; April Fool won the same award in 2003. Trial of Passion launched his long-running crime series about Arthur Beauchamp, a classically trained, self-doubting barrister who solves crimes in releases such as April Fool, Kill All the Judges, Snow Job, I'll See You in My Dreams, Sing a Worried Song, Whipped, and Stung.

1937Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer^[†]

Graham Thorne Dowling is a former cricketer who played 39 Test matches for New Zealand and captained the national team in 19 of those matches. He led New Zealand to its first victory in a Test series, against Pakistan in November 1969. He was a specialist right-handed batsman who usually opened the innings. After his playing career, he became an administrator.

1937Leslie H. Gelb, American journalist and author (died 2019)^[†]

Leslie Howard "Les" Gelb was an American government official, academic and journalist. He was a correspondent and columnist for The New York Times and served as the 4th Director of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs from 1977 to 1979. He was the President and President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.

1937Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and explorer (died 2003)^[†]

Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich was a Soviet physician, voyager, scientist, and Candidate of Sciences.

1937Barney Wilen, French saxophonist and composer (died 1996)^[†]

Bernard "Barney" Jean Wilen was a French jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer.