Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In October - 17

1885  On October - 17 birth of aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber   

1886  Spring Byington, Colo Springs, actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride) was born on this day in history.   

1890  Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928) was born on October - 17.   

1892  On October - 17 birth of herbert Norman Howells, composer   

1892  On October - 17 birth of otakar Jeremias, composer   

1892  Theodor Eicke, Nazi official (d. 1943) was born on October - 17.   

1893  On October - 17 birth of jean Binet, composer   

1895  On October - 17 birth of doris Humphrey, Oak Park Ill, dancer (Dances of Women)   

1898  Mildred Knopf, cookbook writer was born on this day in history.   

1898  Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher was born on this day in history.   

1898  On October - 17 birth of simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer/poet (5th Seal)   

1900  Jean Arthur, New York, American actress (Shane, Mr Smith Goes to Washington) (d. 1991) was born on this day in history.   

1903  Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies) was born on October - 17.   

1903  On October - 17 birth of jerry Colona, Boston Mass, comedian (Jerry Colona Show)   

1903  Nathanael West, American novelist (Day of the Locusts) was born on October - 17.   

1905  Franco Albini, Italian architect was born on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history birth of paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)   

1908  On October - 17 birth of red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969)   

1909  On this day in history birth of crozy [William] Cole, US jazz drummer   

1912  On this day in history birth of john Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978)   

1914  On this day in history birth of albert Markos, composer   

1914  On October - 17 birth of jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman)   

1914  John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur was born on this day in history.   

1915  On October - 17 birth of arthur Miller, NYC, playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible)   

1916  Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY) was born on October - 17.   

1916  Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer was born on October - 17.   

1917  Marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw) was born on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history birth of martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)   

1917  On October - 17 birth of sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991)   

1919  On October - 17 birth of john Moroney, cricketer (Australian opener 1949-51)   

1919  Rita Hayworth, NY, [Marguerita C Casino], actress (Gilda, Pal Joey) was born on October - 17.   

1919  Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist was born on this day in history.   

1920  Montgomery Clift, Omaha NE, actor (From Here to Eternity) was born on October - 17.   

1920  On this day in history birth of rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels)   

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0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on this day in history.   

1312  On this day in history jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.   

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  On October - 17 death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on this day in history.