Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 17

1848  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer was born on December - 17.   

1853  Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby) was born on December - 17.   

1853  On December - 17 birth of Émile Roux, French physician (d. 1933)   

1859  On December - 17 birth of paul César Helleu, French artist (d. 1927)   

1861  Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer was born on December - 17.   

1863  On this day in history birth of ion Vidu, composer   

1864  John Felix August Korling, composer was born on this day in history.   

1869  On December - 17 birth of nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer   

1873  Ford Madox Ford, England, novelist/editor (Inheritors) was born on this day in history.   

1874  William Lyon Mackenzie King, (L), 10th Canadian PM (1921-30, 1935-48) was born on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history birth of aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent)   

1881  On this day in history birth of johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter   

1883  Raimu, French actor (d. 1946) was born on December - 17.   

1887  Josef Lada, Czech painter (d. 1957) was born on this day in history.   

1887  On December - 17 birth of hermine Reuss, Empress of Germany and Duchess of Bohemia (d. 1947)   

1888  On December - 17 birth of king Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)   

1891  Robertson Hare, London England, actor (Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge) was born on December - 17.   

1892  On this day in history birth of sam Barry, American basketball coach (d. 1950)   

1893  On December - 17 birth of erwin Piscator, German stage director (Der Stellvertreter)   

1894  Arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops) was born on December - 17.   

1894  Hans Henny Jahnn, writer was born on this day in history.   

1894  Hans [Henry] Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics) was born on this day in history.   

1894  Willem Schermerhorn, Neth premier (1945-46) was born on December - 17.   

1895  On December - 17 birth of david Butler, SF CA, director (April in Paris, Calamity Jane)   

1900  Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor was born on December - 17.   

1900  Mary Cartwright, English mathematician (d. 1998) was born on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history birth of katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)   

1902  On December - 17 birth of simon Drach, writer   

1903  On this day in history birth of erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)   

1903  Ray Noble, English bandleader and actor (d. 1978) was born on December - 17.   

1904  On December - 17 birth of dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]   

1904  Paul Cadmus, NYC, etcher/painter (Sailors & Floozies) was born on this day in history.   

1905  Joseph Heifitz, film director was born on December - 17.   

1905  Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (d. 2002) was born on this day in history.   

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0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.   

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on December - 17.   

1195  On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  On this day in history death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies