page_title: 1937 in the United States
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1937 in the United States / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Dustin Hoffman in Paris at the French premiere of "Quartet"
context_page_description: Events from the year 1937 in the United States.
context_section_description: August 1 – Al D'Amato, American politician
  August 3 – Roland Burris, American politician
  August 4
  Paul Abels, American United Methodist minister (d. 1992)
  David Bedford, American musician (d. 2011)
  David Holliday, American actor (d. 1999)
  August 5 – Herb Brooks, American hockey coach (d. 2003)
  August 6 – Charlie Haden, American jazz bassist (d. 2014)
  August 7 – Magic Slim, African-American blues singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
  August 8 – Dustin Hoffman, American actor, director
  August 14 – Alberta Nelson, American actress (d. 2006)
  August 21
  Robert Stone, American novelist (d. 2015)
  Chuck Traynor, American pornographer (d. 2002)
  August 26 – Don Bowman, American comedian, country music singer, songwriter, and radio host (d. 2013)
  August 27 – Alice Coltrane, African-American jazz harpist, organist, pianist and composer (d. 2007)
  August 31 – Bobby Parker, American rock musician (d. 2013)
caption: Dustin Hoffman
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