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In the year 1917
692 Notable birthdays
Asima Chatterjee
Indian chemist (1917-2006).
Born September 23rd, 1917 in Kolkata.
Died November 22nd, 2006 at 89 years old in Kolkata.
Virginia Grey
American actress (1917–2004).
Born March 22nd, 1917 in Los Angeles.
Died July 31st, 2004 at 87 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Jacob Lawrence
African american painter and art professor (1917-2000).
Born September 7th, 1917 in Atlantic City. [ref]
Died June 9th, 2000 at 82 years old in Seattle (Patatús (heatstroke, heart attack) from the installation Naco Modern). [ref]
Will Eisner
American cartoonist, writer and entrepreneur (1917–2005).
Born March 6th, 1917 in Brooklyn.
Died January 3rd, 2005 at 87 years old in Fort Lauderdale (cardiac arrest).
Kenneth Tobey
American actor (1917–2002).
Born March 23rd, 1917 in Oakland.
Died December 22nd, 2002 at 85 years old in Rancho Mirage.
Marjorie Reynolds
Actress (1917-1997).
Born August 12th, 1917 in Buhl. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1997 at 79 years old in Manhattan Beach (heart failure). [ref]
Kim Jong-suk
First wife of north korean president kim il sung (1917–1949).
Born December 24th, 1917 in Hoeryong.
Died September 22nd, 1949 at 31 years old in Pyongyang (disease).
Nur Muhammad Taraki
1st general secretary of the people's democratic party of afghanistan.
Born July 15th, 1917 in Nawa District.
Died October 9th, 1979 at 62 years old in Kabul (murder, asphyxia).
Jean-Pierre Melville
French filmmaker and actor (1917–1973).
Born October 20th, 1917 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 2nd, 1973 at 55 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Masahiko Kimura
Japanese judoka and professional wrestler (1917–1993).
Born September 10th, 1917 in Kumamoto.
Died April 18th, 1993 at 75 years old in Japan (lung cancer).
Audrey Totter
American actor (1917-2013).
Born December 20th, 1917 in Joliet.
Died December 12th, 2013 at 95 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Merle Travis
American country/western singer-songwriter and musician.
Born November 29th, 1917 in Muhlenberg County.
Died October 20th, 1983 at 65 years old in Tahlequah (myocardial infarction).
Robert Sterling
American actor (1917–2006).
Born November 13th, 1917 in New Castle.
Died May 30th, 2006 at 88 years old in Brentwood (infectious disease).
Paul Brinegar
American actor (1917–1995).
Born December 19th, 1917 in Tucumcari.
Died March 27th, 1995 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
Francis Parker Yockey
American writer (1917-1960).
Born September 18th, 1917 in Chicago.
Died June 17th, 1960 at 42 years old in San Francisco (cyanide poisoning).
Maya Deren
American filmmaker (1917-1961).
Born May 12th, 1917 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1961 at 44 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Joshua Nkomo
Zimbabwean politician (1917-1999).
Born June 19th, 1917 in Semokwe.
Died July 1st, 1999 at 82 years old in Harare (prostate cancer).
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Professor of the ecology of human development.
Born April 29th, 1917 in Moscow.
Died September 25th, 2005 at 88 years old in Ithaca (diabetes). [ref]
Danielle Darrieux
French actress and singer.
Born May 1st, 1917 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died October 17th, 2017 at 100 years old in Bois-le-Roi (fall). [ref]
Fernando Rey
Spanish actor (1917–1994).
Born September 20th, 1917 in A Coruña.
Died March 9th, 1994 at 76 years old in Madrid (bladder cancer). [ref]
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Irish politician, writer, historian and academic (1917-2008).
Born November 3rd, 1917 in Dublin.
Died December 18th, 2008 at 91 years old in Howth.
Max Showalter
American actor (1917-2000).
Born June 2nd, 1917 in Caldwell.
Died July 30th, 2000 at 83 years old in Middletown (cancer).
Jesse White
American actor (1917–1997).
Born January 4th, 1917 in Buffalo.
Died January 9th, 1997 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Heinrich Böll
German writer (1917–1985).
Born December 21st, 1917 in Cologne. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1985 at 67 years old in Langenbroich. [ref]
John Hart
American motion picture and television actor (1917-2009).
Born December 13th, 1917 in Los Angeles.
Died September 20th, 2009 at 91 years old in Rosarito. [ref]
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