Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 17

1848  On December - 17 birth of frederick Grant Gleason, composer   

1853  Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby) was born on this day in history.   

1853  Ã‰mile Roux, French physician (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 17 birth of paul César Helleu, French artist (d. 1927)   

1861  On this day in history birth of fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer   

1863  Ion Vidu, composer was born on December - 17.   

1864  John Felix August Korling, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1873  Ford Madox Ford, England, novelist/editor (Inheritors) was born on December - 17.   

1874  William Lyon Mackenzie King, (L), 10th Canadian PM (1921-30, 1935-48) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1883  Raimu, French actor (d. 1946) was born on December - 17.   

1887  On December - 17 birth of josef Lada, Czech painter (d. 1957)   

1887  On December - 17 birth of hermine Reuss, Empress of Germany and Duchess of Bohemia (d. 1947)   

1888  On this day in history birth of king Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)   

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  On December - 17 birth of erwin Piscator, German stage director (Der Stellvertreter)   

1894  On this day in history birth of arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)   

1894  Hans Henny Jahnn, writer was born on this day in history.   

1894  Hans [Henry] Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics) was born on December - 17.   

1894  On this day in history birth of willem Schermerhorn, Neth premier (1945-46)   

1895  On December - 17 birth of david Butler, SF CA, director (April in Paris, Calamity Jane)   

1900  On December - 17 birth of lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor   

1900  On December - 17 birth of mary Cartwright, English mathematician (d. 1998)   

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

1902  On December - 17 birth of simon Drach, writer   

1903  Erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre) was born on December - 17.   

1903  On December - 17 birth of ray Noble, English bandleader and actor (d. 1978)   

1904  On this day in history birth of dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]   

1904  Paul Cadmus, NYC, etcher/painter (Sailors & Floozies) was born on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history birth of joseph Heifitz, film director   

1905  Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (d. 2002) was born on December - 17.   

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0535  On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  On December - 17 boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

1213  On this day in history jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)   

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