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

Sep 30 Chung Hee Park, general/pres of S Korea (1961-79), assassinated was born in the year 1917.  

Sep 30 On this day in history birth of yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)  

Oct 01 René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet (Juancho Picaflor) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 02 In the year 1917 birth of charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)  

Oct 02 In the year 1917 birth of francis Jackson, organist & master of Music/York minister  

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

Oct 04 Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor was born in the year 1917.  

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

Oct 05 On this day in history birth of robert Adams, English sculptor  

Oct 06 Robert Mitchum, actor (2 for the Seesaw, Ryan's Daughter) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 07 Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 07 June Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 08 In the year 1917 birth of billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)  

Oct 08 In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.  

Oct 09 Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 10 Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 10 Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist was born in the year 1917.  

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

Oct 11 In the year 1917 birth of thelonious Monk, jazz great, stroke  

Oct 12 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 13 Burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 13 In the year 1917 birth of laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress (Dr Kildaire, I've Got a Secret)  

Oct 15 Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 15 In the year 1917 birth of jan Miner, Boston Mass, actress (Crime Photographer)  

Oct 16 Alice Pearce, American actress (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 17 In the year 1917 birth of martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)  

Oct 17 Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 20 On this day in history birth of efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles  

Oct 20 On this day in history birth of jean-Pierre Melville, Paris France, director (A Cop)  

Oct 20 Ken Cranston, cricketer (England all-rounder captained once in 1948) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 21 Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 02 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.  

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

Feb 05 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.