Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 17

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

1853  On December - 17 birth of herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby)   

1853  On this day in history birth of Émile Roux, French physician (d. 1933)   

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

1861  On December - 17 birth of fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer   

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

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

1874  William Lyon Mackenzie King, (L), 10th Canadian PM (1921-30, 1935-48) was born on December - 17.   

1881  Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent) was born on December - 17.   

1881  On this day in history birth of johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter   

1883  On December - 17 birth of raimu, French actor (d. 1946)   

1887  On this day in history birth of josef Lada, Czech painter (d. 1957)   

1887  Hermine Reuss, Empress of Germany and Duchess of Bohemia (d. 1947) was born on December - 17.   

1888  King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934) was born on December - 17.   

1891  Robertson Hare, London England, actor (Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge) was born on this day in history.   

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

1894  Hans Henny Jahnn, writer was born on December - 17.   

1894  On December - 17 birth of hans [Henry] Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics)   

1894  Willem Schermerhorn, Neth premier (1945-46) was born on December - 17.   

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

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  Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973) was born on December - 17.   

1902  On this day in history birth of simon Drach, writer   

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

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

1904  Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS] was born on December - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.   

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

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.   

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

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