Famous Birthdays In 1917

Sep 30 Chung Hee Park, general/pres of S Korea (1961-79), assassinated was born in the year 1917.  

Sep 30 In the year 1917 birth of yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)  

Oct 01 René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet (Juancho Picaflor) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 02 In the year 1917 birth of charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)  

Oct 02 Francis Jackson, organist & master of Music/York minister was born on this day in history.  

Oct 02 William Marshall III, Chicago IL, actor (Blacula, Honky) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 04 In the year 1917 birth of albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor  

Oct 04 Jan Murray, Bronx NY, comedian (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 05 On this day in history birth of robert Adams, English sculptor  

Oct 06 Robert Mitchum, actor (2 for the Seesaw, Ryan's Daughter) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 07 Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 07 June Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 08 In the year 1917 birth of billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)  

Oct 08 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 08 Hans Poser, composer was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 08 On this day in history birth of walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)  

Oct 09 On this day in history birth of kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)  

Oct 10 In the year 1917 birth of ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night)  

Oct 10 Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 11 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 11 On this day in history birth of thelonious Monk, jazz great, stroke  

Oct 12 On this day in history birth of hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train)  

Oct 13 Burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 13 On this day in history birth of laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress (Dr Kildaire, I've Got a Secret)  

Oct 15 On this day in history birth of arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)  

Oct 15 In the year 1917 birth of jan Miner, Boston Mass, actress (Crime Photographer)  

Oct 16 Alice Pearce, American actress (d. 1966) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 17 On this day in history birth of marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)  

Oct 17 Martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 17 In the year 1917 birth of sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991)  

Oct 20 On this day in history birth of efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles  

Oct 20 On this day in history birth of jean-Pierre Melville, Paris France, director (A Cop)  

Oct 20 Ken Cranston, cricketer (England all-rounder captained once in 1948) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 21 Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz was born in the year 1917.  

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Jan 02 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.  

Jan 06 Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jan 10 On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16 On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.  

Jan 25 On this day in history edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies  

Jan 29 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 in the year 1917.  

Feb 05 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.