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In the year 1917
636 Notable birthdays
Stéphane Hessel
French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor (1917-2013).
Born October 20th, 1917 in Berlin.
Died February 27th, 2013 at 95 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Nikolai Ogarkov
Marshal of the soviet union (1917-1994).
Born October 30th, 1917 in Molokovo.
Died January 23rd, 1994 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer.
Born June 13th, 1917 in Asunción. [ref]
Died April 26th, 2005 at 87 years old in Asunción. [ref]
Babiker Awadalla
Sudanese politician and judge (1917-2019).
Born March 2nd, 1917 in El Geteina, Sudan.
Died January 17th, 2019 at 101 years old in Dublin.
Earl Bellamy
Film director.
Born March 11th, 1917 in Minneapolis. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2003 at 86 years old in Albuquerque (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Anna Molka Ahmed
Pakistani artist (1917-1994).
Born August 13th, 1917 in London. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1994 at 76 years old in Lahore. [ref]
Larbi Benbarek
French-moroccan footballer (1917-1992).
Born June 16th, 1917 in Casablanca.
Died September 16th, 1992 at 75 years old in Casablanca.
Zainab al Ghazali
Egyptian activist (1917-2005).
Born January 2nd, 1917.
Died August 3rd, 2005 at 88 years old in Cairo.
Irving Kaplansky
Canadian mathematician.
Born March 22nd, 1917 in Toronto.
Died June 25th, 2006 at 89 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
William Standish Knowles
American chemist.
Born June 1st, 1917 in Taunton.
Died June 13th, 2012 at 95 years old in Chesterfield (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
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