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In the year 1917
692 Notable birthdays
Sidney Nolan
Australian artist (1917–1992).
Born April 22nd, 1917 in Carlton. [ref]
Died November 28th, 1992 at 75 years old in London. [ref]
Pamela Brown
British actress.
Born July 8th, 1917 in London. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1975 at 58 years old in Gloucestershire (pancreatic cancer).
Virginia Field
British actress (1917–1992).
Born November 4th, 1917 in London.
Died January 2nd, 1992 at 74 years old in Palm Desert (cancer).
Tuulikki Pietilä
Finnish artist (1917–2009).
Born February 18th, 1917 in Seattle.
Died February 23rd, 2009 at 92 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Jack Lynch
Taoiseach of ireland; from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.
Born August 15th, 1917 in Cork.
Died October 20th, 1999 at 82 years old in Dublin (cerebrovascular disease).
Vince Gironda
American bodybuilder (1917-1997).
Born November 9th, 1917 in New York City.
Died October 18th, 1997 at 79 years old in Ventura County. [ref]
William Marshall
American singer and bandleader (1917-1994).
Born October 12th, 1917 in Chicago. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1994 at 76 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Al Moualem Al shahid Kamal Jumblatt
Lebanese politician (1917-1977).
Born December 6th, 1917 in Moukhtara.
Died March 16th, 1977 at 59 years old in Baakleen (gunshot wound).
Andrew Huxley
English physiologist and biophysicist (1917–2012).
Born November 22nd, 1917 in Hampstead. [ref]
Died May 30th, 2012 at 94 years old in Cambridge (disease). [ref]
Diana Athill
British literary editor, novelist, memoirist (1917–2019).
Born December 21st, 1917 in London.
Died January 23rd, 2019 at 101 years old in London. [ref]
Betty Comden
American librettist, songwriter, actress (1917-2006).
Born May 3rd, 1917 in Brooklyn.
Died November 23rd, 2006 at 89 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Howard Metzenbaum
American politician and businessman (1917–2008).
Born June 4th, 1917 in Cleveland.
Died March 12th, 2008 at 90 years old in Aventura. [ref]
Bill Everett
Comic book writer-artist.
Born May 18th, 1917 in Cambridge.
Died February 27th, 1973 at 55 years old in New York City.
Clarice Taylor
Actress (1917-2011).
Born September 20th, 1917 in Buckingham County.
Died May 30th, 2011 at 93 years old in Lillian Booth Actors Home (heart failure). [ref]
J. L. Mackie
Australian philosopher (1917-1981).
Born August 25th, 1917 in Sydney. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1981 at 64 years old in Oxford. [ref]
William Scranton
Governor of pennsylvania (1917-2013).
Born July 19th, 1917 in Madison.
Died July 28th, 2013 at 96 years old in Montecito (cerebral hemorrhage).
Wilhelm Brasse
Polish photographer (1917-2012).
Born December 3rd, 1917 in Żywiec.
Died October 23rd, 2012 at 94 years old in Żywiec. [ref]
Tadeusz Pietrzykowski
Polish boxer.
Born April 8th, 1917 in Warsaw.
Died April 17th, 1991 at 74 years old in Bielsko-Biała.
Adolf Burger
Jewish slovak typographer, memoir writer, and holocaust survivor (1917-2016).
Born August 12th, 1917 in Veľká Lomnica. [ref]
Died December 6th, 2016 at 99 years old in Prague. [ref]
Jânio Quadros
Brazilian politician, former president of brazil (1961).
Born January 25th, 1917 in Campo Grande.
Died February 16th, 1992 at 75 years old in São Paulo.
Robert Gist
American actor and director (1917-1998).
Born October 1st, 1917 in Miami.
Died May 21st, 1998 at 80 years old in Magalia.
Adele Jergens
American actress (1917–2002).
Born November 26th, 1917 in Brooklyn.
Died November 22nd, 2002 at 84 years old in Camarillo (pneumonia).
Kim Chan
Chinese actor (1917–2008).
Born December 28th, 1917 in Guangdong.
Died October 5th, 2008 at 90 years old in Brooklyn. [ref]
Frankie Darro
Actor (1917-1976).
Born December 22nd, 1917 in Chicago.
Died December 25th, 1976 at 59 years old in Huntington Beach (myocardial infarction).
Han Suyin
Physician and author (1917–2012).
Born September 12th, 1917 in Xinyang.
Died November 2nd, 2012 at 95 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
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