Ion Rațiu

Romanian newspaper editor.

Born June 6th, 1917 in Turda. ^[ref]

Died January 17th, 2000 at 82 years old in London. ^[ref]

Kriangsak Chamanan

Thai politician (1917-2003).

Born December 17th, 1917 in Samut Sakhon.

Died December 23rd, 2003 at 86 years old in Bangkok.

Kenkichi Iwasawa

Japanese mathematician (1917-1998).

Born September 11th, 1917 in Kiryū.

Died October 26th, 1998 at 81 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia).

Otto Glória

Brazilian football coach.

Born January 9th, 1917 in Rio de Janeiro.

Died September 4th, 1986 at 69 years old in Rio de Janeiro.

David Flusser

Israeli academic (1917-2000).

Born September 15th, 1917 in Vienna.

Died September 15th, 2000 at 83 years old in Jerusalem.

Pierre Gaspard-Huit

French film director (1917–2017).

Born November 29th, 1917 in Libourne.

Died May 1st, 2017 at 99 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Song Ping

Former politburo standing committee member of the communist party of china.

Born April 30th, 1917 (age 108 years) in Ju County. ^[ref]

Erich Leo Lehmann

American statistician (1917-2009).

Born November 20th, 1917 in Strasbourg.

Died September 12th, 2009 at 91 years old in Berkeley.

Roque Máspoli

Uruguayan footballer (1917-2004).

Born October 12th, 1917 in Montevideo.

Died February 22nd, 2004 at 86 years old in Montevideo (myocardial infarction).

Fyodor Khitruk

Russian animator and film director.

Born May 1st, 1917 in Tver.

Died December 3rd, 2012 at 95 years old in Moscow (Parkinson's disease).