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November 17th

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552 Notable birthdays

Harry Tanfield

British cyclist.

Born November 17th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Great Ayton. [ref]

Ad-Diba

Egyptian footballer and football referee (1927–2016).

Born November 17th, 1927 in Alexandria.

Died December 30th, 2016 at 89 years old in Alexandria (cardiovascular disease).

Mira Potkonen

Finnish boxer.

Born November 17th, 1980 (age 45 years) in Heinävesi. [ref]

Charlie Tanfield

British racing cyclist.

Born November 17th, 1996 (age 29 years) in North Yorkshire. [ref]

Nuno Nabiam

Prime minister of guinea-bissau.

Born November 17th, 1966 (age 59 years) in Bissau.

Christian Fouchet

French politician (1911–1974).

Born November 17th, 1911 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]

Died August 11th, 1974 at 62 years old in Geneva. [ref]

Joanne Goode

English badminton player.

Born November 17th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Harlow. [ref]

Eunice Barber

Sierra leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump.

Born November 17th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Freetown.

Ervin Skela

Albanian footballer.

Born November 17th, 1976 (age 49 years) in Vlorë.

Ivan Pyryev

Soviet film director and screenwriter (1901-1968).

Born November 17th, 1901 in Kamen-na-Obi.

Died February 7th, 1968 at 66 years old in Moscow.

Petra Burka

Canadian figure skater.

Born November 17th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Amsterdam.

Alex Rose

Samoan athletics competitor.

Born November 17th, 1991 (age 34 years) in West Branch.

William Tannen

American actor (1911-1976).

Born November 17th, 1911 in New York City.

Died December 2nd, 1976 at 65 years old in Woodland Hills.

Frank Fay

American actor and comedian (1891-1961).

Born November 17th, 1891 in San Francisco.

Died September 25th, 1961 at 69 years old in Santa Monica.

Herbert O'Conor

American politician (1896-1960).

Born November 17th, 1896 in Baltimore.

Died March 4th, 1960 at 63 years old in Baltimore.

Michael Wenden

Australian swimmer, olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder.

Born November 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sydney.

Dahlia Ravikovitch

Israeli poet (1936-2005).

Born November 17th, 1936 in Ramat Gan.

Died August 21st, 2005 at 68 years old in Tel Aviv.

Kinga Baranowska

Polish mountain climber.

Born November 17th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Wejherowo.

Chris Craft

British racing driver and engineer.

Born November 17th, 1939 in Porthleven.

Died February 20th, 2021 at 81 years old in Essex. [ref]

Luis Aguiar

Uruguayan football player.

Born November 17th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Mercedes.

Salomėja Nėris

Lithuanian writer (1904-1945).

Born November 17th, 1904 in Kiršai.

Died July 7th, 1945 at 40 years old in Moscow (liver cancer).

Grant Connell

Canadian tennis player.

Born November 17th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Regina.

Roger Leloup

Comic artist, novelist.

Born November 17th, 1933 (age 92 years) in Verviers.

Oscar Cruz

Catholic archbishop (1934–2020).

Born November 17th, 1934 in Balanga.

Died August 26th, 2020 at 85 years old in Manila (COVID-19). [ref]

Huang Yongsheng

Chinese general (1910-1983).

Born November 17th, 1910 in Xian'an District.

Died April 26th, 1983 at 72 years old in Qingdao.

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