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In the year 1917
692 Notable birthdays
Ramanand Sagar
Indian film director (1917-2005).
Born December 29th, 1917 in Lahore.
Died December 12th, 2005 at 87 years old in Mumbai.
James Jesus Angleton
Chief of the cia's counterintelligence (ci) staff from 1954 to 1975.
Born December 9th, 1917 in Boise.
Died May 12th, 1987 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C..
Herbert Lom
Czech-born film and television actor (1917-2012).
Born September 11th, 1917 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 27th, 2012 at 95 years old in London. [ref]
Celeste Holm
American actress (1917-2012).
Born April 29th, 1917 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 15th, 2012 at 95 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Oliver Tambo
South african anti-apartheid activist and politician (1917–1993).
Born October 27th, 1917 in Nkantolo.
Died April 24th, 1993 at 75 years old in Johannesburg (stroke).
Marsha Hunt
American actress (1917–2022).
Born October 17th, 1917 in Chicago.
Died September 7th, 2022 at 104 years old in Sherman Oaks. [ref]
Eric Hobsbawm
British academic historian and marxist historiographer.
Born June 9th, 1917 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died October 1st, 2012 at 95 years old in London (pneumonia). [ref]
Valerie Hobson
British actress (1917–1998).
Born April 14th, 1917 in Larne.
Died November 13th, 1998 at 81 years old in Westminster (myocardial infarction).
Frederica of Hanover
Queen consort of greece as the wife of king paul; daughter of ernest augustus, duke of brunswick (1887-1953).
Born April 18th, 1917 in Blankenburg. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1981 at 63 years old in Madrid (cardioplegia). [ref]
David Bohm
American theoretical physicist.
Born December 20th, 1917 in Wilkes-Barre.
Died October 27th, 1992 at 74 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
John Franzese
Italian-american mobster (1917–2020).
Born February 6th, 1917 in Naples.
Died February 24th, 2020 at 103 years old in New York City.
Cyrus Vance
United states secretary of state from 1977 to 1980 (1917–2002).
Born March 27th, 1917 in Clarksburg.
Died January 12th, 2002 at 84 years old in Mount Sinai Hospital (pneumonia).
Elyse Knox
American actress (1917-2012).
Born December 14th, 1917 in Hartford.
Died February 16th, 2012 at 94 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Bruce Shand
British army officer.
Born January 22nd, 1917 in London.
Died June 11th, 2006 at 89 years old in Stourpaine (cancer). [ref]
Park Chung-hee
3rd president of the republic of korea.
Born November 14th, 1917 in Gumi.
Died October 26th, 1979 at 61 years old in Jongno District (gunshot wound).
Jessica Mitford
British writer (1917–1996).
Born September 11th, 1917 in Asthall Manor.
Died July 23rd, 1996 at 78 years old in Oakland (lung cancer). [ref]
Leonard Chess
Polish-american record company executive (1917-1969).
Born March 12th, 1917 in Motal.
Died October 16th, 1969 at 52 years old in Chicago (cardiac arrest).
Kenneth Erwin Hagin
American theologian.
Born August 20th, 1917 in McKinney. [ref]
Died September 19th, 2003 at 86 years old in Tulsa.
Leonora Carrington
British-born mexican artist, painter and novelist (1917–2011).
Born April 6th, 1917 in Clayton-le-Woods.
Died May 25th, 2011 at 94 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia, disease). [ref]
Leo Gorcey
American actor (1917-1969).
Born June 3rd, 1917 in New York City.
Died June 2nd, 1969 at 51 years old in Oakland (liver disease).
Larry O'Brien
American politician, postmaster general, commissioner of the national basketball association (1917-1990).
Born July 7th, 1917 in Springfield.
Died September 28th, 1990 at 73 years old in Manhattan (cancer).
Carson McCullers
American writer (1917–1967).
Born February 19th, 1917 in Columbus.
Died September 29th, 1967 at 50 years old in Nyack (breast cancer).
Dondinho
Brazilian footballer (1917–1996).
Born October 2nd, 1917 in Campos Gerais.
Died November 16th, 1996 at 79 years old in São Paulo.
Alice Pearce
American actress (1917-1966).
Born October 16th, 1917 in New York City.
Died March 3rd, 1966 at 48 years old in Hollywood (ovarian cancer).
Birthdays 51 to 75 of 692
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