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In the year 1917
735 Notable birthdays
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]
John Cornforth
Australian-british chemist.
Born September 7th, 1917 in Sydney.
Died December 8th, 2013 at 96 years old in Brighton.
Heinrich Ehrler
German world war ii fighter pilot (1917–1945).
Born September 14th, 1917 in Lauda-Königshofen.
Died April 4th, 1945 at 27 years old in Stendal.
Luise Danz
Nazi concentration camp guard (1917–2009).
Born December 11th, 1917 in Walldorf.
Died June 21st, 2009 at 91 years old
Helen Forrest
American singer (1917-1999).
Born April 12th, 1917 in Atlantic City.
Died July 11th, 1999 at 82 years old in Woodland Hills (heart failure).
Do Muoi
Former general secretary of the communist party of vietnam (1917–2018).
Born February 2nd, 1917 in Thanh Trì.
Died October 1st, 2018 at 101 years old in Hanoi (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Zhang Chunqiao
Member of the gang of four (1917–2005).
Born February 1st, 1917 in Juye County.
Died April 21st, 2005 at 88 years old in Beijing (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Yakov Pavlov
Hero of the soviet union (1917-1981).
Born October 17th, 1917 in Valdaysky District.
Died September 29th, 1981 at 63 years old in Veliky Novgorod.
Dinu Lipatti
Romanian pianist and composer (1917–1950).
Born March 19th, 1917 in Bucharest.
Died December 2nd, 1950 at 33 years old in Geneva (Hodgkin lymphoma).
Robert Taft Jr.
American politician (1917–1993).
Born February 26th, 1917 in Cincinnati.
Died December 7th, 1993 at 76 years old in Cincinnati.
Tove Ditlevsen
Danish poet and author (1917–1976).
Born December 14th, 1917 in Copenhagen.
Died March 7th, 1976 at 58 years old in Copenhagen.
Inge Scholl
German author and activist (1917–1998).
Born August 11th, 1917 in Ingersheim an der Jagst.
Died September 4th, 1998 at 81 years old in Leutkirch im Allgäu (cancer).
Sameera Moussa
Egyptian nuclear physicist (1917-1952).
Born March 3rd, 1917 in Sinbu Al Kubra.
Died August 5th, 1952 at 35 years old in Sheridan (single-vehicle accident).
Alexander Schmorell
Active within the white rose non-violent resistance group in nazi germany.
Born September 16th, 1917 in Orenburg.
Died July 13th, 1943 at 25 years old in Munich (decapitation).
Robert Merrill
American opera singer (1917-2004).
Born June 4th, 1917 in Brooklyn.
Died October 23rd, 2004 at 87 years old in New Rochelle. [ref]
Leonid Hurwicz
Polish-american economist and mathematician (1917–2008).
Born August 21st, 1917 in Moscow.
Died June 24th, 2008 at 90 years old in Minneapolis (kidney failure). [ref]
Rosaleen Norton
Australian artist (1917–1979).
Born October 2nd, 1917 in Dunedin.
Died December 5th, 1979 at 62 years old in Darlinghurst (colorectal cancer).
Don Chaffey
British film director, screenwriter, producer and art director (1917–1990).
Born August 5th, 1917 in Hastings.
Died November 13th, 1990 at 73 years old in Kawau Island (heart failure).
Harold Garfinkel
American sociologist (1917-2011).
Born October 29th, 1917 in Newark.
Died April 21st, 2011 at 93 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]
Barry Commoner
American biologist, college professor and eco-socialist.
Born May 28th, 1917 in Brooklyn.
Died September 30th, 2012 at 95 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Van Tien Dung
General of the vietnam people's army (1917-2002).
Died March 17th, 2002 at 84 years old in Hanoi.
Nigel Nicolson
British politician and writer (1917–2004).
Born January 19th, 1917 in London.
Died September 23rd, 2004 at 87 years old in Sissinghurst Castle Garden.
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