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In the year 1917
693 Notable birthdays
Loretta King Hadler
American actress (1917-2007).
Born August 20th, 1917 in Phoenix.
Died September 10th, 2007 at 90 years old in Century City (disease). [ref]
Isuzu Yamada
Japanese actress (1917–2012).
Born February 5th, 1917 in Osaka.
Died July 9th, 2012 at 95 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Isang Yun
Korean-born german composer (1917-1995).
Born September 17th, 1917 in South Korea, South Gyeongsang.
Died November 3rd, 1995 at 78 years old in Berlin.
David Goodis
Novelist, screenwriter (1917–1967).
Born March 2nd, 1917 in Philadelphia.
Died January 7th, 1967 at 49 years old in Philadelphia.
John Fitch
Racecar driver.
Born August 4th, 1917 in Indianapolis. [ref]
Died October 31st, 2012 at 95 years old in Litchfield County (Merkel cell carcinoma). [ref]
Mamie Phipps Clark
American psychologist.
Born April 18th, 1917 in Hot Springs.
Died August 11th, 1983 at 66 years old in New York City. [ref]
Džemal Bijedić
Bosnian politician (1917 – 1977).
Born April 12th, 1917 in Mostar. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1977 at 59 years old in Sarajevo.
Morihiro Higashikuni
Imperial japanese army officer; member of a cadet line of the japanese imperial family.
Died February 1st, 1969 at 51 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).
Edgar Whitcomb
American politician (1917-2016).
Born November 6th, 1917 in Hayden.
Died February 4th, 2016 at 98 years old in Rome (heart failure). [ref]
Wieland Wagner
German opera director (1917–1966).
Born January 5th, 1917 in Bayreuth. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1966 at 49 years old in Munich (lung cancer). [ref]
Ernesto Alonso
Mexican film producer and telenovela creator (1917–2007).
Born February 28th, 1917 in Aguascalientes City.
Died August 7th, 2007 at 90 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Larbi Benbarek
French-moroccan footballer (1917-1992).
Born June 16th, 1917 in Casablanca.
Died September 16th, 1992 at 75 years old in Casablanca.
Paul Hubschmid
Swiss actor.
Born July 20th, 1917 in Aarau. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2002 at 84 years old in Berlin (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Suzy Delair
French actress and singer (1917–2020).
Born December 31st, 1917 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 15th, 2020 at 102 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Nikolai Ogarkov
Marshal of the soviet union (1917-1994).
Born October 30th, 1917 in Molokovo.
Died January 23rd, 1994 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Fulbert Youlou
President of the republic of the congo (1917-1972).
Born July 19th, 1917 in Pool Department.
Died May 6th, 1972 at 54 years old in Madrid (hepatitis).
John Robarts
Canadian politician, premier of ontario (1917-1982).
Born January 11th, 1917 in Banff.
Died October 18th, 1982 at 65 years old in Toronto (cerebrovascular disease).
Knut Haugland
Norwegian resistance fighter (1917-2009).
Born September 23rd, 1917 in Rjukan.
Died December 25th, 2009 at 92 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Ellis Clarke
Last governor-general and first president of trinidad and tobago (1917-2010).
Born December 28th, 1917 in Port of Spain.
Died December 30th, 2010 at 93 years old in Port of Spain (stroke). [ref]
Siegfried Knappe
German army officer during wwii, and writer (1917–2008).
Born January 15th, 1917 in Brunsbüttel.
Died December 1st, 2008 at 91 years old in Cincinnati. [ref]
Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer.
Born June 13th, 1917 in Asunción. [ref]
Died April 26th, 2005 at 87 years old in Asunción. [ref]
Ruth Park
New zealand-australian writer.
Born August 24th, 1917 in Auckland. [ref]
Died December 14th, 2010 at 93 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Stéphane Hessel
French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor (1917-2013).
Born October 20th, 1917 in Berlin.
Died February 27th, 2013 at 95 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Earl Bellamy
Film director (1917–2003).
Born March 11th, 1917 in Minneapolis.
Died November 30th, 2003 at 86 years old in Albuquerque (myocardial infarction).
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