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October 17th

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536 Notable birthdays

Josep Puig i Cadafalch

Catalan architect (1867-1957).

Born October 17th, 1867 in Mataró.

Died December 23rd, 1956 at 89 years old in Barcelona. [ref]

Wilmar Jordán Gil

Colombian footballer.

Born October 17th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Itagüí.

Guy Stéphan

French football manager (born 1956).

Born October 17th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Ploumilliau.

Sophie Luck

Australian actress.

Born October 17th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Pymble.

Eleftheria Arvanitaki

Greek folk singer.

Born October 17th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Piraeus.

Milad Ebadipour

Iranian volleyball player.

Born October 17th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Urmia. [ref]

Ihab Hassan

American literary theorist (1925–2015).

Born October 17th, 1925 in Cairo.

Died September 10th, 2015 at 89 years old in Milwaukee. [ref]

Akira Kushida

Japanese singer.

Born October 17th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Yokohama. [ref]

Paul Bernays

Swiss mathematician (1888–1977).

Born October 17th, 1888 in London.

Died September 18th, 1977 at 88 years old in Zurich.

Shin'ichi Suzuki

Japanese violinist and pioneer of musical pedagogy (1898-1998).

Born October 17th, 1898 in Nagoya.

Died January 26th, 1998 at 99 years old in Matsumoto.

Baran Kosari

Iranian actress.

Born October 17th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Tehran.

Deniz Uğur

Turkish actor (born 1973).

Born October 17th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Ankara.

Robert Kempner

German-american lawyer (1899–1993).

Born October 17th, 1899 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Died August 15th, 1993 at 93 years old in Königstein im Taunus.

Darío Sala

Argentine footballer.

Born October 17th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Córdoba.

Yoshio Taniguchi

Japanese architect.

Born October 17th, 1937 in Tokyo Prefecture.

Died December 16th, 2024 at 87 years old (pneumonia). [ref]

Antoni Bou

Spanish professional motorcycle trials rider.

Born October 17th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Piera.

Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

German noble (1819–1904).

Born October 17th, 1819 in Neustrelitz.

Died May 30th, 1904 at 84 years old in Neustrelitz.

Archibald Low

British physicist (1888–1956).

Born October 17th, 1888 in Purley.

Died September 13th, 1956 at 67 years old in London.

Aymeline Valade

French model.

Born October 17th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Montpellier.

Friedrich Hirzebruch

German mathematician (1927–2012).

Born October 17th, 1927 in Hamm. [ref]

Died May 27th, 2012 at 84 years old in Bonn. [ref]

Kenji Miyamoto

Communist leader (1908–2007).

Born October 17th, 1908 in Hikari.

Died July 18th, 2007 at 98 years old in Shibuya. [ref]

Sathima Bea Benjamin

South african jazz singer (1936–2013).

Born October 17th, 1936 in Johannesburg.

Died August 20th, 2013 at 76 years old in Cape Town.

Roger Pontare

Swedish pop musician (b.1951).

Born October 17th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Örnsköldsvik.

George Polk

American journalist.

Born October 17th, 1913 in Fort Worth.

Died May 16th, 1948 at 34 years old in Thessaloniki.

Lumsden Hare

Actor, director (1874-1964).

Born October 17th, 1874 in Tipperary.

Died August 28th, 1964 at 89 years old in Beverly Hills (disease).

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