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In the year 1917
693 Notable birthdays
John Berry
American film director (1917-1999).
Born September 6th, 1917 in The Bronx.
Died November 29th, 1999 at 82 years old in Paris. [ref]
Dmitry Konstantinovich Belyayev
Russian biologist.
Born July 17th, 1917 in Kostroma.
Died November 14th, 1985 at 68 years old in Novosibirsk.
Robert Cornthwaite
American actor.
Born April 28th, 1917 in Columbia County. [ref]
Died July 20th, 2006 at 89 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Sydney J. Harris
British american journalist (1917–1986).
Born September 14th, 1917 in London.
Died December 8th, 1986 at 69 years old in Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Philipp von Boeselager
German wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of adolf hitler.
Born September 6th, 1917 in Burg Heimerzheim. [ref]
Died May 1st, 2008 at 90 years old in Burg Kreuzberg. [ref]
Glenn Langan
American stage and film actor.
Born July 8th, 1917 in Denver.
Died January 26th, 1991 at 73 years old in Los Angeles, Camarillo (disease).
Phedon Gizikis
Greek president (1917-1999).
Born June 16th, 1917 in Volos.
Died July 27th, 1999 at 82 years old in Athens.
Kishan Lal
Field hockey player (1917-1980).
Born February 2nd, 1917 in Dr. Ambedkar Nagar. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1980 at 63 years old in Chennai. [ref]
Buddy Lester
American comedian and actor (1917–2002).
Born January 16th, 1917 in Chicago.
Died October 4th, 2002 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Obdulio Varela
Uruguayan footballer (1917–1996).
Born September 20th, 1917 in Montevideo.
Died August 2nd, 1996 at 78 years old in Montevideo.
Chung Il-kwon
South korean general, politician (1917–1994).
Born November 21st, 1917 in Ussuriysk.
Died January 17th, 1994 at 76 years old in Honolulu (lymphoma).
Humphry Osmond
British psychiatrist (1917-2004).
Born July 1st, 1917 in Surrey.
Died February 6th, 2004 at 86 years old in Appleton.
Dorothy DeLay
American musician and violin instructor (1917–2002).
Born March 31st, 1917 in Medicine Lodge.
Died March 24th, 2002 at 84 years old in New York City (cancer).
Paul Rogers
English actor (1917–2013).
Born March 22nd, 1917 in Plympton.
Died October 6th, 2013 at 96 years old in London (disease). [ref]
Algirdas Greimas
Lithuanian-french linguist (1917-1992).
Died February 27th, 1992 at 74 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Atle Selberg
Norwegian mathematician (1917-2007).
Born June 14th, 1917 in Langesund. [ref]
Died August 6th, 2007 at 90 years old in Princeton (heart failure). [ref]
Maurice Duverger
French academic (1917-2014).
Born June 5th, 1917 in Angoulême. [ref]
Died December 17th, 2014 at 97 years old in Paris. [ref]
Dik Browne
Cartoonist.
Born August 11th, 1917 in New York City.
Died June 4th, 1989 at 71 years old in Sarasota. [ref]
Harry Coover
American inventor of super glue (1917–2011).
Born March 6th, 1917 in Newark.
Died March 26th, 2011 at 94 years old in New York City. [ref]
Robert Anderson
American playwright, screenwriter, and theater producer (1917-2009).
Born April 28th, 1917 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died February 9th, 2009 at 91 years old in Manhattan (pneumonia). [ref]
Wang Yung-ching
Taiwanese plastics entrepreneur (1917–2008).
Born January 18th, 1917 in Millburn.
Died October 15th, 2008 at 91 years old in Short Hills. [ref]
Ib Melchior
American filmmaker and writer.
Born September 17th, 1917 in Copenhagen.
Died March 14th, 2015 at 97 years old in West Hollywood.
Tom Bradley
American politician (1917–1998).
Born December 29th, 1917 in Calvert.
Died September 29th, 1998 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria
Parmese and spanish royal (1917–2017).
Born November 13th, 1917 in Vienna.
Died March 28th, 2017 at 99 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Hossein Fatemi
Iranian politician.
Born February 10th, 1917 in Nain. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1954 at 37 years old in Tehran (gunshot wound).
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