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

Sep 30 In the year 1917 birth of chung Hee Park, general/pres of S Korea (1961-79), assassinated  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Oct 02 On this day in history birth of william Marshall III, Chicago IL, actor (Blacula, Honky)  

Oct 04 Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor was born on this day in history.  

Oct 04 Jan Murray, Bronx NY, comedian (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear) was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1917 birth of june Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas)  

Oct 08 On this day in history birth of billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)  

Oct 08 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) was born in the year 1917.  

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

Oct 08 In the year 1917 birth of walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)  

Oct 09 On this day in history birth of kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)  

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

Oct 10 On this day in history birth of thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist  

Oct 11 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 11 Thelonious Monk, jazz great, stroke was born in the year 1917.  

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

Oct 15 On this day in history birth of arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)  

Oct 15 Jan Miner, Boston Mass, actress (Crime Photographer) was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 17 In the year 1917 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 Efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1917.  

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Jan 02 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10 Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.  

Jan 16 On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 25 In the year 1917 edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies  

Jan 29 On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

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