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 In the year 1917 birth of yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)  

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

Oct 02 Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994) was born in the year 1917.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1917 birth of robert Adams, English sculptor  

Oct 06 In the year 1917 birth of robert Mitchum, actor (2 for the Seesaw, Ryan's Daughter)  

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

Oct 07 In the year 1917 birth of june Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas)  

Oct 08 Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 08 In the year 1917 birth of danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)  

Oct 08 On this day in history birth of hans Poser, composer  

Oct 08 Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002) was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 10 In the year 1917 birth of ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night)  

Oct 10 In the year 1917 birth of thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist  

Oct 11 On this day in history birth of franz Alphons Wolpert, composer  

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

Oct 12 In the year 1917 birth of hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train)  

Oct 13 Burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) was born in the year 1917.  

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

Oct 15 On this day in history birth of arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)  

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 in the year 1917.  

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

Oct 20 Efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 16 On this day in history 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 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies in the year 1917.  

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.