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  Paul César Helleu, French artist (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.   

1861  On December - 17 birth of fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer   

1863  Ion Vidu, composer was born on December - 17.   

1864  John Felix August Korling, composer was born on December - 17.   

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

1873  Ford Madox Ford, England, novelist/editor (Inheritors) was born on December - 17.   

1874  William Lyon Mackenzie King, (L), 10th Canadian PM (1921-30, 1935-48) was born on December - 17.   

1881  Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent) was born on this day in history.   

1881  Johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history birth of raimu, French actor (d. 1946)   

1887  On December - 17 birth of josef Lada, Czech painter (d. 1957)   

1887  On this day in history 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 December - 17 birth of sam Barry, American basketball coach (d. 1950)   

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

1894  On December - 17 birth of arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)   

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

1894  On December - 17 birth of hans [Henry] Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics)   

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

1895  On this day in history 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  On December - 17 birth of mary Cartwright, English mathematician (d. 1998)   

1900  On December - 17 birth of katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)   

1902  On this day in history birth of simon Drach, writer   

1903  On December - 17 birth of erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)   

1903  On this day in history birth of ray Noble, English bandleader and actor (d. 1978)   

1904  On this day in history birth of dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]   

1904  On December - 17 birth of paul Cadmus, NYC, etcher/painter (Sailors & Floozies)   

1905  Joseph Heifitz, film director was born on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history birth of simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (d. 2002)   

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0535  On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  On this day in history death of william Longsword   

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

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

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.   

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

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies