{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1917

Sep 30 On this day in history birth of chung Hee Park, general/pres of S Korea (1961-79), assassinated  

Sep 30 In the year 1917 birth of yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)  

Oct 01 René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet (Juancho Picaflor) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 02 On this day in history birth of charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)  

Oct 02 Francis Jackson, organist & master of Music/York minister was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 02 In the year 1917 birth of william Marshall III, Chicago IL, actor (Blacula, Honky)  

Oct 04 In the year 1917 birth of albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor  

Oct 04 On this day in history birth of jan Murray, Bronx NY, comedian (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear)  

Oct 05 Robert Adams, English sculptor was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 06 Robert Mitchum, actor (2 for the Seesaw, Ryan's Daughter) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 07 In the year 1917 birth of helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak)  

Oct 07 On this day in history birth of june Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas)  

Oct 08 Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 08 On this day in history birth of danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)  

Oct 08 In the year 1917 birth of hans Poser, composer  

Oct 08 Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 09 Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 10 In the year 1917 birth of ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night)  

Oct 10 Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist was born on this day in history.  

Oct 11 On this day in history birth of franz Alphons Wolpert, composer  

Oct 11 Thelonious Monk, jazz great, stroke was born on this day in history.  

Oct 12 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 13 Burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 13 Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress (Dr Kildaire, I've Got a Secret) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 15 In the year 1917 birth of arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)  

Oct 15 Jan Miner, Boston Mass, actress (Crime Photographer) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 16 In the year 1917 birth of alice Pearce, American actress (d. 1966)  

Oct 17 On this day in history birth of marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)  

Oct 17 On this day in history birth of martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)  

Oct 17 In the year 1917 birth of sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991)  

Oct 20 Efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles was born on this day in history.  

Oct 20 Jean-Pierre Melville, Paris France, director (A Cop) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 20 In the year 1917 birth of ken Cranston, cricketer (England all-rounder captained once in 1948)  

Oct 21 In the year 1917 birth of dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz  

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Jan 02 On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  

Jan 06 Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 in the year 1917.  

Jan 10 In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16 George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.  

Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies in the year 1917.  

Jan 29 In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

Feb 05 In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41