Page 12: Famous Personalities Born In 1917

Sep 30 Chung Hee Park, general/pres of S Korea (1961-79), assassinated was born in the year 1917.  

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

Oct 01 René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet (Juancho Picaflor) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 02 In the year 1917 birth of charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)  

Oct 02 In the year 1917 birth of francis Jackson, organist & master of Music/York minister  

Oct 02 On this day in history birth of william Marshall III, Chicago IL, actor (Blacula, Honky)  

Oct 04 In the year 1917 birth of albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor  

Oct 04 In the year 1917 birth of jan Murray, Bronx NY, comedian (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear)  

Oct 05 Robert Adams, English sculptor was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 06 Robert Mitchum, actor (2 for the Seesaw, Ryan's Daughter) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 07 On this day in history birth of helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak)  

Oct 07 June Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 08 Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993) was born in the year 1917.  

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 On this day in history birth of walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)  

Oct 09 Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 10 On this day in history birth of ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night)  

Oct 10 Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist was born on this day in history.  

Oct 11 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 11 Thelonious Monk, jazz great, stroke was born on this day in history.  

Oct 12 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 13 In the year 1917 birth of burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)  

Oct 13 Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress (Dr Kildaire, I've Got a Secret) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 15 Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 15 On this day in history birth of jan Miner, Boston Mass, actress (Crime Photographer)  

Oct 16 Alice Pearce, American actress (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 17 Marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 17 Martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 17 Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991) was born in the year 1917.  

Oct 20 In the year 1917 birth of efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles  

Oct 20 Jean-Pierre Melville, Paris France, director (A Cop) was born in the year 1917.  

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 in the year 1917.  

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

Jan 06 Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 in the year 1917.  

Jan 10 On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16 George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.  

Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1917.