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December 17th
542 Notable birthdays
Mario García Menocal
Cuban statesman; president of cuba (1866-1941).
Born December 17th, 1866 in Jagüey Grande. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1941 at 74 years old in Santiago de Cuba.
Paul César Helleu
French portrait artist (1859-1927).
Born December 17th, 1859 in Vannes.
Died March 23rd, 1927 at 67 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (surgical complications).
Dick Swaab
Dutch physician and neurobiologist.
Born December 17th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Amsterdam.
Jaime Lerner
Brazilian politician and architect (1937–2021).
Born December 17th, 1937 in Curitiba.
Died May 27th, 2021 at 83 years old in Curitiba (kidney disease). [ref]
Antoine Rigaudeau
French basketball player.
Born December 17th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Cholet. [ref]
Andrew Simpson
British competitive sailor (1976–2013).
Born December 17th, 1976 in Windlesham.
Died May 9th, 2013 at 36 years old in San Francisco (drowning). [ref]
Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Member of the house of mecklenburg-schwerin (1918–2019).
Born December 17th, 1918 in Rostock.
Died June 3rd, 2019 at 100 years old in Strittmatt. [ref]
Thomas Woolner
English poet and sculptor (1825–1892).
Born December 17th, 1825 in Hadleigh.
Died October 7th, 1892 at 66 years old in London (stroke).
Olivier Thill
Luxembourgian association football player.
Born December 17th, 1996 (age 29 years) in Niederkorn.
Naiktha Bains
Australian-british tennis player.
Born December 17th, 1997 (age 28 years) in Leeds. [ref]
Ikue Mori
Drummer, electronic musician and composer.
Born December 17th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Tokyo.
Nadezhda Popova
Heroine of the soviet union.
Born December 17th, 1921 in Dolgoe. [ref]
Died July 8th, 2013 at 91 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Danny Ayalon
Israeli diplomat, columnist and politician.
Born December 17th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr.
U.s. army general, diplomat.
Born December 17th, 1897 in Philadelphia.
Died November 13th, 1961 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C..
Eva Nansen
Norwegian mezzosoprano singer.
Born December 17th, 1858 in Christiania.
Died December 9th, 1907 at 48 years old in Lysaker (pneumonia).
Anne Golon
French writer.
Born December 17th, 1921 in Toulon. [ref]
Died July 14th, 2017 at 95 years old in Le Chesnay (peritonitis). [ref]
Es'kia Mphahlele
South african writer and publisher (1919–2008).
Born December 17th, 1919 in Pretoria.
Died October 27th, 2008 at 88 years old in Lebowakgomo.
Virginia Biddle
American performer (1910–2003).
Born December 17th, 1910 in Topeka. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2003 at 92 years old in Old Saybrook. [ref]
Jürgen Ponto
German banker and chairman of the dresdner bank board of directors (1923-1977).
Born December 17th, 1923 in Bad Nauheim.
Died July 30th, 1977 at 53 years old in Frankfurt.
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader (1910–1988).
Born December 17th, 1910 in Battle Creek.
Died May 28th, 1988 at 77 years old in New York City.
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