Birthdays In History 1917

1917 Shannon Bolin American actress and singer (d. 2016)

1917 Vera Zorina German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003)

1917 Albert Mol Dutch author and actor (d. 2002)

1917 Roger Williams Straus Jr. American journalist and publisher co-founded Farrar Straus and Giroux (d. 2004)

1917 Francis L. Kellogg American businessman and diplomat (d. 2006)

1917 Wieland Wagner German director and producer (d. 1966)

1917 Koo Chen-fu Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (d. 2005)

1917 Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor American novelist short story writer and playwright (d. 1994)

1917 Jerry Wexler American journalist and producer (d. 2008)

1917 John Robarts Canadian lawyer and politician 17th Premier of Ontario (d. 1982)

1917 Walter Hendl American pianist composer and conductor (d. 2007)

1917 Jimmy Skinner Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)

1917 K. A. Thangavelu Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994)

1917 Carl Karcher American businessman founded Carl's Jr. (d. 2008)

1917 M. G. Ramachandran Indian actor director and politician 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1987)

1917 Nicholas Oresko American sergeant Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)

1917 Wang Yung-ching Taiwanese-American businessman (d. 2008)

1917 Erling Persson H&M founder (d. 2002)

1917 Wilhelmus Demarteau Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 2012)

1917 Ilya Prigogine Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)

1917 Jânio Quadros Brazilian lawyer and politician 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992)

1917 Louis Zamperini American runner and captain (d. 2014)

1917 John Raitt American actor and singer (d. 2005)

1917 Paul Frère Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008)

1917 Fred Bassetti American architect and academic founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013)

1917 Mary Ellis British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018)

1917 Đỗ Mười Vietnamese politician 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018)

1917 Shlomo Goren Polish-Israeli rabbi and general (d. 1994)

1917 Yahya Khan Pakistan general and politician third President of Pakistan (d. 1980)

1917 Edward J. Mortola American academic and president of Pace University (d. 2002)

1917 Isuzu Yamada Japanese actress (d. 2012)

1917 Herbert A. Hauptman American mathematician and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)

1917 Carson McCullers American novelist short story writer playwright and essayist (d. 1967)

1917 Lucille Bremer American actress and dancer (d. 1996)

1917 Tadd Dameron American pianist and composer (d. 1965)

1917 John Connally American lieutenant and politician 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (d. 1993)

1917 Robert Lowell American poet (d. 1977)

1917 David Goodis American author and screenwriter (d. 1967)

1917 Jim Konstanty American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)

1917 Sameera Moussa Egyptian physicist and academic (d. 1952)

1917 Clyde McCullough American baseball player coach and manager (d. 1982)

1917 Janet Collins American ballerina and choreographer (d. 2003)

1917 Betty Holberton American engineer and programmer (d. 2001)

1917 David Hare American Surrealist artist sculptor photographer and painter (d. 1992)

1917 Leonard Chess American record company executive co-founder of Chess Records (d. 1969)

1917 Millard Kaufman American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)

1917 Googie Withers Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011)

1917 Alan Smith English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)

1917 Louis C. Wyman American lawyer and politician (d. 2002)

1917 Laure Pillay Mauritian lawyer and jurist (d. 2017)

1917 Mehrdad Pahlbod Iranian politician (d. 2018)

1917 Laszlo Szabo Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)

1917 Vera Lynn English singer songwriter and actress (d. 2020)

1917 Yigael Yadin Israeli archaeologist general and politician Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984)

1917 Frank Hardy Australian journalist author and playwright (d. 1994)

1917 Virginia Grey American actress (d. 2004)

1917 Irving Kaplansky Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006)

1917 Paul Rogers English actor (d. 2013)

1917 Harry Cranbrook Allen English historian (d. 1998)

1917 Rufus Thomas American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001)

1917 Cyrus Vance American lawyer and politician 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002)

1917 Tommy Holmes American baseball player (d. 2008)

1917 Ieuan Maddock Welsh scientist and nuclear researcher (d. 1988)

1917 Els Aarne Ukrainian-Estonian pianist composer and educator (d. 1995)

1917 Dorothy DeLay American violinist and educator (d. 2002)

1917 Sydney Newman Canadian screenwriter and producer co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997)

1917 Melville Shavelson American director producer and screenwriter (d. 2007)

1917 Robert Bloch American author (d. 1994)

1917 Frans Gommers Belgian footballer (d. 1996)

1917 Leonora Carrington English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011)

1917 R. G. Armstrong American actor and playwright (d. 2012)

1917 Winifred Asprey American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2007)

1917 Lloyd Bott Australian public servant (d. 2004)

1917 Hubertus Ernst Dutch bishop (d. 2017)

1917 Grigori Kuzmin Russian-Estonian astronomer (d. 1988)

1917 Johannes Bobrowski German songwriter and poet (d. 1965)

1917 Ronnie Burgess Welsh international footballer and manager (d. 2005)

1917 Brad Dexter American actor (d. 2002)

1917 Henry Hewes American theater writer (d. 2006)

1917 David Westheimer American soldier journalist and author (d. 2005)

1917 Helen Forrest American singer and actress (d. 1999)

1917 Vinoo Mankad Indian cricketer (d. 1978)

1917 Robert Manzon French racing driver (d. 2015)

1917 Robert Orville Anderson American businessman founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007)

1917 Bill Clements American soldier engineer and politician 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011)

1917 Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013)

1917 Barry Nelson American actor (d. 2007)

1917 Sven Hassel Danish-German soldier and author (d. 2012)

1917 Yvette Chauviré French ballerina (d. 2016)

1917 Sidney Nolan Australian painter (d. 1992)

1917 Dorian Leigh American model (d. 2008)

1917 Tony Lupien American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)

1917 Jean Lucas French racing driver (d. 2003)

1917 Sal Maglie American baseball player and coach (d. 1992)

1917 Virgil Trucks American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)

1917 Roman Matsov Estonian violinist pianist and conductor (d. 2001)

1917 Robert Cornthwaite American actor (d. 2006)

1917 Maya Deren Ukrainian-American director poet and photographer (d. 1961)

1917 Celeste Holm American actress and singer (d. 2012)

1917 Bea Wain American singer (d. 2017)

1917 John Beradino American baseball player and actor (d. 1996)

1917 Ulric Cross Trinidadian navigator judge and diplomat (d. 2013)

1917 Danielle Darrieux French actress and singer (d. 2017)

1917 Ahron Soloveichik Russian rabbi and scholar (d. 2001)

1917 Albert Castelyns Belgian water polo player and bobsledder (d. ?)

1917 Văn Tiến Dũng Vietnamese general and politician 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002)

1917 George Gaynes Finnish-American actor (d. 2016)

1917 Edward T. Cone American pianist and composer (d. 2004)

1917 Nick Joaquin Filipino writer journalist and historian (d. 2004)

1917 Pío Leyva Cuban singer-songwriter (d. 2006)

1917 Kal Mann American songwriter (d. 2001)

1917 Domenico Bartolucci Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013)

1917 Lenox Hewitt Australian public servant (d. 2020)

1917 David Tomlinson English actor (d. 2000)

1917 John Anderson Jr. American lawyer and politician 36th Governor of Kansas (d. 2014)

1917 Lou Harrison American composer and critic (d. 2003)

1917 Norman Luboff American composer and conductor (d. 1987)

1917 Ben Kuroki American sergeant and pilot (d. 2015)

1917 James C. Murray American lawyer and politician (d. 1999)

1917 Juan Rulfo Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986)

1917 Tony Cliff Israeli-English author and activist (d. 2000)

1917 Guy Favreau Canadian lawyer judge and politician 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1967)

1917 Raymond Burr Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1993)

1917 George Aratani American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)

1917 Jean-Louis Curtis French author (d. 1995)

1917 Edward Norton Lorenz American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)

1917 Alan Campbell Baron Campbell of Alloway English lawyer and judge (d. 2013)

1917 Steve Cochran American film television and stage actor (d. 1965)

1917 Theodore Hesburgh American priest theologian and academic (d. 2015)

1917 Harry Webster English engineer (d. 2007)

1917 Barry Commoner American biologist academic and politician (d. 2012)

1917 Marcel Trudel Canadian historian author and academic (d. 2011)

1917 Heinz Sielmann German photographer and director (d. 2006)

1917 Leo Gorcey American actor (d. 1969)

1917 Robert Merrill American actor and singer (d. 2004)

1917 Kirk Kerkorian American businessman founded the Tracinda Corporation (d. 2015)

1917 Gwendolyn Brooks American poet (d. 2000)

1917 Byron White American football player lawyer and judge (d. 2002)

1917 Eric Hobsbawm Egyptian-English historian and author (d. 2012)

1917 Teddy Turner English actor (d. 1992)

1917 Augusto Roa Bastos Paraguayan novelist (d. 2005)

1917 Lise Nørgaard Danish journalist author and screenwriter (d. 2023)

1917 Gilbert Prouteau French poet and director (d. 2012)

1917 Atle Selberg Norwegian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2007)

1917 John Fenn American chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)

1917 Michalis Genitsaris Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005)

1917 Lash LaRue American actor and producer (d. 1996)

1917 Phaedon Gizikis Greek general and politician President of Greece (d. 1999)

1917 Aurelio Lampredi Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989)

1917 Irving Penn American photographer (d. 2009)

1917 Dufferin Roblin Canadian politician 14th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2010)

1917 Richard Boone American actor singer and director (d. 1981)

1917 Jack Karnehm English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2002)

1917 Erik Ortvad Danish painter and illustrator (d. 2008)

1917 Joshua Nkomo Zimbabwean guerrilla leader and politician Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999)

1917 Helena Rasiowa Austrian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1994)

1917 David Easton Canadian-American political scientist and academic (d. 2014)

1917 Lucy Jarvis American television producer (d. 2020)

1917 Ramblin' Tommy Scott American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)

1917 Joan Clarke English cryptanalyst and numismatist (d. 1996)

1917 Nils Karlsson Swedish skier (d. 2012)

1917 Claude Seignolle French author (d. 2018)

1917 Idriz Ajeti Albanian albanologist (d. 2019)

1917 A. E. Hotchner American author and playwright (d. 2020)

1917 Ling Yun Chinese politician (d. 2018)

1917 Lena Horne American actress singer and activist (d. 2010)

1917 Willa Kim American costume designer (d. 2016)

1917 Humphry Osmond English-American lieutenant and psychiatrist (d. 2004)

1917 Álvaro Domecq y Díez Spanish aristocrat (d. 2005)

1917 Leonard J. Arrington American author and academic founded the Mormon History Association (d. 1999)

1917 João Saldanha Brazilian footballer manager and journalist (d. 1990)

1917 Arthur Lydiard New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)

1917 Fidel Sánchez Hernández Salvadoran general and politician President of El Salvador (d. 2003)

1917 Iva Withers Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2014)

1917 Pamela Brown English actress (d. 1975)

1917 Faye Emerson American actress (d. 1983)

1917 J. F. Powers American novelist and short story writer (d. 1999)

1917 Krystyna Dańko Polish orphan survivor of Holocaust (d. 2019)

1917 Hugh Alexander American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)

1917 Reg Smythe English cartoonist (d. 1998)

1917 Robert Conquest English-American historian poet and academic (d. 2015)

1917 Joan Roberts American actress and singer (d. 2012)

1917 Nur Muhammad Taraki Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979)

1917 Lou Boudreau American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)

1917 Kenan Evren Turkish general and politician 7th President of Turkey (d. 2015)

1917 Christiane Rochefort French author (d. 1998)

1917 Henri Salvador French singer and guitarist (d. 2008)

1917 Paul Streeten Austrian-born British economics professor (d. 2019)

1917 William Scranton American captain and politician 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2013)

1917 Alan B. Gold Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2005)

1917 Robert Farnon Canadian trumpet player composer and conductor (d. 2005)

1917 Jack Moroney Australian cricketer (d. 1999)

1917 Fritz Honegger Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1999)

1917 Rochus Misch German SS officer (d. 2013)

1917 Wah Chang Chinese-American artist and designer (d. 2003)

1917 Les Elgart American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995)

1917 John Fitch American race car driver and engineer (d. 2012)

1917 Barbara Cooney American author and illustrator (d. 2000)

1917 Robert Mitchum American actor (d. 1997)

1917 Oliver Crawford American screenwriter and author (d. 2008)

1917 Sid Gordon American baseball player (d. 1975)

1917 Óscar Romero Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)

1917 Matt Christopher American author (d. 1997)

1917 Roque Cordero Panamanian composer and educator (d. 2008)

1917 Caspar Weinberger American captain lawyer and politician 15th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006)

1917 Terry Sanford 65th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1998)

1917 Leonid Hurwicz Russian economist and mathematician (d. 2008)

1917 John Lee Hooker American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)

1917 Tex Williams American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)

1917 Mel Ferrer American actor director and producer (d. 2008)

1917 Peanuts Lowrey American baseball player coach and manager (d. 1986)

1917 Isabel Sanford American actress (d. 2004)

1917 Denis Healey English soldier and politician Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 2015)

1917 Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (d. 1992)

1917 Laurindo Almeida Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (d. 1995)

1917 Cleveland Amory American author and critic (d. 1997)

1917 Henry Ford II American businessman (d. 1987)

1917 Pedro E. Guerrero American photographer (d. 2012)

1917 Sören Nordin Swedish harness racer and trainer (d. 2008)

1917 John Berry American-French actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1999)

1917 George Mann English cricketer (d. 2001)

1917 Philipp von Boeselager German soldier and economist (d. 2008)

1917 Leonard Cheshire English captain pilot and humanitarian (d. 1992)

1917 John Cornforth Australian-English chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

1917 Jacob Lawrence American painter and educator (d. 2000)

1917 Jan Sedivka Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009)

1917 Miguel Serrano Chilean poet and diplomat (d. 2009)

1917 Donald Blakeslee American colonel and pilot (d. 2008)

1917 Herbert Lom Czech-born English actor (d. 2012)

1917 Jessica Mitford English-American journalist and author (d. 1996)

1917 Daniel Wildenstein French art dealer and horse breeder (d. 2001)

1917 Pierre Sévigny Canadian colonel academic and politician (d. 2004)

1917 Han Suyin Chinese-Swiss physician and author (d. 2012)

1917 Carol Kendall American historian and author (d. 2012)

1917 Robert Ward American soldier composer and educator (d. 2013)

1917 Rudolf Baumgartner Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2002)

1917 Hilde Gueden Austrian soprano (d. 1988)

1917 Buddy Jeannette American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)

1917 Ib Melchior Danish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1917 Isang Yun South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995)

1917 June Foray American actress and voice artist (d. 2017)

1917 Phil Taylor English footballer and manager (d. 2012)

1917 Francis Parker Yockey American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960)

1917 Olga Dahl Swedish genealogist (d. 2009)

1917 Fernando Rey Spanish actor (d. 1994)

1917 Clarice Taylor American actress (d. 2011)

1917 Obdulio Varela Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996)

1917 Phyllis Nicolson English mathematician and academic (d. 1968)

1917 Santo Mexican Luchador enmascarado film actor and folk icon (d. 1984)

1917 Asima Chatterjee Indian chemist (d. 2006)

1917 Réal Caouette Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)

1917 Tran Duc Thao Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993)

1917 Louis Auchincloss American novelist and essayist (d. 2010)

1917 Carl Ballantine American magician and actor (d. 2009)

1917 William T. Orr American actor and producer (d. 2002)

1917 Benjamin Rubin American microbiologist (d. 2010)

1917 Wee Chong Jin Singaporean judge (d. 2005)

1917 Yuri Lyubimov Russian actor and director (d. 2014)

1917 Cahal Daly Irish cardinal and theologian (d. 2009)

1917 Christian de Duve Belgian cytologist and biochemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

1917 Charles Drake American actor (d. 1994)

1917 Violeta Parra Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)

1917 Allen Ludden American television personality and game show host (d. 1981)

1917 Magda Szabó Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007)

1917 June Allyson American actress (d. 2006)

1917 Walter Lord American historian and author (d. 2002)

1917 Danny Murtaugh American baseball player coach and manager (d. 1976)

1917 Rodney Robert Porter English biochemist and physiologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)

1917 Thelonious Monk American pianist and composer (d. 1982)

1917 Roque Máspoli Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2004)

1917 George Osmond American talent manager (d. 2007)

1917 Jan Miner American actress (d. 2004)

1917 Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. American historian and critic (d. 2007)

1917 Paul Tanner American trombonist and educator (d. 2013)

1917 Adele Stimmel Chase American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)

1917 Martin Donnelly New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)

1917 Sumner Locke Elliott Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991)

1917 Marsha Hunt American actress and singer (d. 2022)

1917 Aimo Koivunen Finnish soldier and corporal (d. 1989)

1917 Norman Leyden American composer and conductor (d. 2014)

1917 Alfred Benlloch Llorach Spanish inventor (d. 2013)

1917 Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande Indian mathematician (d. 2020)

1917 William Joel Blass American soldier lawyer and politician (d. 2012)

1917 Walter Munk Austrian-American oceanographer author and academic (d. 2019)

1917 Stéphane Hessel German-French activist and diplomat (d. 2013)

1917 Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand Estonian anti-communist freedom fighter and forest brother (d. 1951)

1917 Jean-Pierre Melville French actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1973)

1917 Dizzy Gillespie American trumpet player composer and bandleader (d. 1993)

1917 Marie Foster American activist (d. 2003)

1917 Augustine Harris English bishop (d. 2007)

1917 Jack Soo American actor and singer (d. 1979)

1917 Bobby Bragan American baseball player coach and manager (d. 2010)

1917 Minni Nurme Estonian writer and poet (d. 1994)

1917 Nikolai Ogarkov Russian field marshal (d. 1994)

1917 Maurice Trintignant French race car driver (d. 2005)

1917 William H. McNeill Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016)

1917 Gordon Steege Australian soldier and pilot (d. 2013)

1917 Zenna Henderson American author (d.1983)

1917 Clarence E. Miller American engineer and politician (d. 2011)

1917 Ann Rutherford American actress (d. 2012)

1917 Annapurna Maharana Indian activist (d. 2012)

1917 Jacqueline Auriol French pilot (d. 2000)

1917 Banarsi Das Gupta Indian activist and politician 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)

1917 James Lawton Collins Jr. American brigadier general (d. 2002)

1917 Giuseppe Salvioli Italian football player

1917 Titos Vandis Greek actor (d. 2003)

1917 Jo Stafford American singer (d. 2008)

1917 Vasantdada Patil Indian farmer and politician 9th Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1989)

1917 Robert Sterling American actor (d. 2006)

1917 Park Chung-hee South Korean general and politician 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979)

1917 Ruth Aaronson Bari American mathematician (d. 2005)

1917 Pedro Infante Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957)

1917 Robert Byrd American lawyer and politician (d. 2010)

1917 Leonard Jimmie Savage American mathematician (d. 1971)

1917 Erich Leo Lehmann American statistician (d. 2009)

1917 Chung Il-kwon Korean politician diplomat and soldier (d.1994)

1917 Jon Cleary Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)

1917 Andrew Huxley English physiologist and biophysicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)

1917 Sir Keith Shann Australian diplomat (d. 1988)

1917 Shabtai Rosenne English-Israeli academic jurist and diplomat (d. 2010)

1917 Luigi Poggi Italian cardinal (d. 2010)

1917 Alparslan Türkeş Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1997)

1917 Nesuhi Ertegun Turkish-American record producer (d. 1989)

1917 Buffalo Bob Smith American actor and television host (d. 1998)

1917 Pierre Gaspard-Huit French director and screenwriter (d. 2017)

1917 Merle Travis American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)

1917 Thomas Hayward American tenor and actor (d. 1995)

1917 Sylvia Syms American singer (d. 1992)

1917 Ken Downing English racing driver (d. 2004)

1917 Dean Hess American minister and colonel (d. 2015)

1917 Kamal Jumblatt Lebanese lawyer and politician (d. 1977)

1917 Irv Robbins Canadian-American businessman co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008)

1917 Ian Johnson Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998)

1917 James Jesus Angleton American CIA agent (d. 1987)

1917 James Rainwater American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)

1917 C.-H. Hermansson Swedish author and politician (d. 2016)

1917 Elyse Knox American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012)

1917 June Taylor American dancer and choreographer (d. 2004)

1917 Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005)

1917 Nabi Bux Khan Baloch Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)

1917 Pete T. Cenarrusa American soldier pilot and politician Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013)

1917 Kenneth Dike Nigerian historian author and academic (d. 1983)

1917 Ossie Davis American actor and activist (d. 2005)

1917 David Bohm American-English physicist neuropsychologist and philosopher (d. 1992)

1917 Cahit Külebi Turkish poet and author (d. 1997)

1917 Audrey Totter American actress (d. 2013)

1917 Heinrich Böll German novelist and short story writer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)

1917 Gene Rayburn American game show host and actor (d. 1999)

1917 Arseny Mironov Russian scientist engineer pilot oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (d. 2019)

1917 Lincoln Verduga Loor Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009)

1917 Buddy Boudreaux American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2015)

1917 T. Nadaraja Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (d. 2004)

1917 Onni Palaste Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009)

1917 Ellis Clarke Trinidadian politician 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2010)

1917 Ramanand Sagar Indian director and producer (d. 2005)

1917 Seymour Melman American engineer and author (d. 2004)

1917 Evelyn Knight American singer (d. 2007)

1917 Wilfrid Noyce English mountaineer and author (d. 1962)

1917 José Luis Sampedro Spanish economist and author (d. 2013)

1917 Eiji Sawamura Japanese baseball player and soldier (d. 1944)

1917 Louis-Philippe de Grandpré Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2008)

1917 Al Cervi American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)

1917 Dom DiMaggio American baseball player (d. 2009)

1917 Donald Davidson American philosopher and academic (d. 2003)

1917 Will Eisner American illustrator and publisher (d. 2005)

1917 Frankie Howerd English comedian (d. 1992)

1917 Constantine Andreou Greek painter and sculptor (d. 2007)

1917 John Kendrew English biochemist and crystallographer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)

1917 Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri Indian politician (d. 2013)

1917 Robert Burns Woodward American chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

1917 Luigi Gorrini Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014)

1917 Satyendra Narayan Sinha Indian statesman (d. 2006)

1917 Andrew Wyeth American artist (d. 2009)

1917 William Standish Knowles American chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)

1917 Bill Everett American author and illustrator (d. 1973)

1917 Fay Kanin American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)

1917 Hans Conried American actor (d. 1982)

1917 Elmer Gedeon American baseball player and bomber pilot (d. 1944)

1917 James Kee American lawyer and politician (d. 1989)

1917 Valerie Hobson English actress (d. 1998)

1917 Marvin Miller American baseball executive (d. 2012)

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