Famous Birthdays 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  Ã‰mile Roux, French physician (d. 1933) was born on December - 17.   

1859  On this day in history birth of paul César Helleu, French artist (d. 1927)   

1861  Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer was born on this day in history.   

1863  On December - 17 birth of ion Vidu, composer   

1864  On December - 17 birth of john Felix August Korling, composer   

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

1881  On December - 17 birth of johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter   

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

1887  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of king Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)   

1891  On December - 17 birth of robertson Hare, London England, actor (Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge)   

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

1893  Erwin Piscator, German stage director (Der Stellvertreter) was born on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history birth of arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)   

1894  Hans Henny Jahnn, writer was born on December - 17.   

1894  On this day in history birth of hans [Henry] Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics)   

1894  On December - 17 birth of willem Schermerhorn, Neth premier (1945-46)   

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 this day in history.   

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  Simon Drach, writer was born on this day in history.   

1903  Erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre) was born on this day in history.   

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

1904  Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS] was born on December - 17.   

1904  On this day in history birth of paul Cadmus, NYC, etcher/painter (Sailors & Floozies)   

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

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

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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  On this day in history death of william Longsword   

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

1195  On December - 17 boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1273  On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.