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In the year 1917
614 Notable birthdays
S. I. Padmavati
Indian medical academic.
Born June 20th, 1917 in Myanmar. [ref]
Died August 29th, 2020 at 103 years old in New Delhi (COVID-19).
Walter Lord
American author.
Born October 8th, 1917 in Baltimore.
Died May 19th, 2002 at 84 years old in Manhattan (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Robert Taft, Jr.
American politician (1917–1993).
Born February 26th, 1917 in Cincinnati.
Died December 7th, 1993 at 76 years old in Cincinnati.
Yigael Yadin
Israeli archeologist, soldier and politician (1917-1984).
Born March 20th, 1917 in Jerusalem. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1984 at 67 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Pál Maléter
Hungarian soldier, minister of defence (1917-1958).
Born September 4th, 1917 in Prešov.
Died June 16th, 1958 at 40 years old in Budapest (hanging).
Dmitry Konstantinovich Belyayev
Russian biologist.
Born July 17th, 1917 in Kostroma.
Died November 14th, 1985 at 68 years old in Novosibirsk.
Mohammed al-Ghazali
Islamic cleric and scholar.
Born September 22nd, 1917 in Nekla El Enab. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1996 at 78 years old in Mecca. [ref]
Walter Munk
American oceanographer (1917-2019).
Born October 19th, 1917 in Vienna.
Died February 8th, 2019 at 101 years old in La Jolla.
Magda Szabó
Hungarian writer, poet and translator.
Born October 5th, 1917 in Debrecen. [ref]
Died November 19th, 2007 at 90 years old in Budapest, Kerepes. [ref]
Tadd Dameron
American pianist.
Born February 21st, 1917 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1965 at 48 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
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