Page 12: Famous Personalities Born In 1917

Sep 30 Chung Hee Park, general/pres of S Korea (1961-79), assassinated was born on this day in history.  

Sep 30 Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 01 On this day in history birth of rené A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet (Juancho Picaflor)  

Oct 02 On this day in history birth of charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)  

Oct 02 Francis Jackson, organist & master of Music/York minister was born in the year 1917.  

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

Oct 04 Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor was born on this day in history.  

Oct 04 On this day in history birth of jan Murray, Bronx NY, comedian (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear)  

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 in the year 1917.  

Oct 07 June Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas) was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 08 On this day in history birth of danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)  

Oct 08 In the year 1917 birth of hans Poser, composer  

Oct 08 Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 09 In the year 1917 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 On this day in history birth of franz Alphons Wolpert, composer  

Oct 11 In the year 1917 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 On this day in history birth of burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)  

Oct 13 In the year 1917 birth of laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress (Dr Kildaire, I've Got a Secret)  

Oct 15 Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 15 Jan Miner, Boston Mass, actress (Crime Photographer) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 16 In the year 1917 birth of alice Pearce, American actress (d. 1966)  

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

Oct 17 In the year 1917 birth of martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)  

Oct 17 On this day in history 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 Jean-Pierre Melville, Paris France, director (A Cop) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 20 Ken Cranston, cricketer (England all-rounder captained once in 1948) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 21 Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 02 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10 Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.  

Jan 16 In the year 1917 death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17 In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  

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.