October 24, 1937

1937Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator (died 2016)^[†]

Miguel Ángel Coria Varela was a Spanish composer of classical music. His early work showed affinities to the music of Anton Webern, but he became increasingly influenced by Impressionism. From 1973 he entered his post-modern period where his compositions were marked by "attempts to evoke the spirit of the music of the past, but without literal allusions". In addition to his instrumental music, he also composed an opera, Belisa, which premiered at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in 1992. Coria served as the Administrative Director of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the 1980s and was a co-founder of ALEA, Spain's first laboratory for electronic music.

1937Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter^[†]

Santo & Johnny were an American rock and roll instrumental duo of Italian descent from Brooklyn, New York, composed of brothers Santo Farina and Johnny Farina.

1937John Goetz, American baseball player (died 2008)^[†]

John Hardy Goetz was an American professional baseball player. Despite being left handed, he was a right-handed pitcher. He appeared in four games for the 1960 Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball, but had an 11-year career in minor league baseball. A native of Goetzville, Michigan, he stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, weighed 185 pounds (84 kg) and attended Western Michigan University.

1937Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic^[†]

Heribert Offermanns is a German chemist and former member of the board of the Degussa AG.

1937M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic^[†]

Maria Rosaria Piomelli is an Italian architect. She became the first woman to hold the position of dean at any architectural school in the United States when she was appointed dean of the CCNY School of Architecture in 1980.

1937Petar Stipetić, Croatian general (died 2018)^[†]

Petar Stipetić was a Croatian general who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Croatia from 2000 until 2002.