Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 17
Friday, 02 May 2025
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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