Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 17

1848  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer was born on December - 17.   

1853  Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby) was born on December - 17.   

1853  On December - 17 birth of Émile Roux, French physician (d. 1933)   

1859  On this day in history birth of paul César Helleu, French artist (d. 1927)   

1861  Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer was born on December - 17.   

1863  On this day in history birth of ion Vidu, composer   

1864  John Felix August Korling, composer was born on December - 17.   

1869  Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history birth of ford Madox Ford, England, novelist/editor (Inheritors)   

1874  On this day in history birth of william Lyon Mackenzie King, (L), 10th Canadian PM (1921-30, 1935-48)   

1881  Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent) was born on this day in history.   

1881  Johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter was born on December - 17.   

1883  Raimu, French actor (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.   

1887  Josef Lada, Czech painter (d. 1957) was born on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history birth of hermine Reuss, Empress of Germany and Duchess of Bohemia (d. 1947)   

1888  King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934) was born on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history birth of robertson Hare, London England, actor (Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge)   

1892  Sam Barry, American basketball coach (d. 1950) was born on December - 17.   

1893  Erwin Piscator, German stage director (Der Stellvertreter) was born on December - 17.   

1894  Arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops) was born on December - 17.   

1894  On this day in history birth of hans Henny Jahnn, writer   

1894  Hans [Henry] Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics) was born on this day in history.   

1894  On December - 17 birth of willem Schermerhorn, Neth premier (1945-46)   

1895  David Butler, SF CA, director (April in Paris, Calamity Jane) was born on December - 17.   

1900  Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor was born on December - 17.   

1900  Mary Cartwright, English mathematician (d. 1998) was born on December - 17.   

1900  On December - 17 birth of katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)   

1902  Simon Drach, writer was born on December - 17.   

1903  On this day in history birth of erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)   

1903  Ray Noble, English bandleader and actor (d. 1978) was born on December - 17.   

1904  On December - 17 birth of dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]   

1904  Paul Cadmus, NYC, etcher/painter (Sailors & Floozies) was born on December - 17.   

1905  On December - 17 birth of joseph Heifitz, film director   

1905  On December - 17 birth of simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (d. 2002)   

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0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

1187  On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.   

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies