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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Maude Adams
Actor
11-Nov-1872 17-Jul-1953 Stage actress, Peter Pan
Juan Maria Bordaberry
Head of State
17-Jun-1928 17-Jul-2011 President of Uruguay, 1972-76
Ty Cobb
Baseball
18-Dec-1886 17-Jul-1961 Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter
John Coltrane
Jazz Musician
23-Sep-1926 17-Jul-1967 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Royal S. Copeland
Politician
7-Nov-1868 17-Jul-1938 US Senator from New York, 1923-38
Walter Cronkite
Journalist
4-Nov-1916 17-Jul-2009 America's most trusted newscaster
Thayer David
Actor
4-Mar-1927 17-Jul-1978 Jergens in Rocky
Dizzy Dean
Baseball
16-Jan-1910 17-Jul-1974 MVP in 1934, won two World Series
Alan Dinehart
Actor
3-Oct-1889 17-Jul-1944 Born to Dance
Dorothea Dix
Activist
4-Apr-1802 17-Jul-1887 Activist for the insane
King Edward the Elder
Royalty
c. 871 AD 17-Jul-924 AD King of England 899-924 AD
Cliff Edwards
Musician
14-Jun-1895 17-Jul-1971 Ukulele Ike
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Actor
24-Nov-1913 17-Jul-2005 Wuthering Heights
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Philanthropist
14-Apr-1840 17-Jul-1924 Prominent art patron, collector
Bernard Giraudeau
Actor
18-Jun-1947 17-Jul-2010 Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Katharine Graham
Publisher
16-Jun-1917 17-Jul-2001 Washington Post publisher, 1966-79
Harry Guardino
Actor
23-Dec-1925 17-Jul-1995 Houseboat
Edward Heath
Head of State
9-Jul-1916 17-Jul-2005 British Prime Minister, 1970-74
Rudolf Hess
Government
26-Apr-1894 17-Jul-1987 Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland
Billie Holiday
Singer
7-Apr-1915 17-Jul-1959 Lady Sings the Blues
Leszek Kolakowski
Philosopher
23-Oct-1927 17-Jul-2009 Polish refugee philosopher
Pope Leo IV
Religion
? 17-Jul-855 AD Roman Catholic Pope, 847-55
Joseph Luns
Politician
28-Aug-1911 17-Jul-2002 Dutch Foreign Minister, 1952-71
Joseph Maher
Actor
29-Dec-1933 17-Jul-1998 Chancellor Willoughby on Goode Behavior
Margo
Actor
10-May-1917 17-Jul-1985 Lost Horizon
Eugene Meyer
Publisher
31-Oct-1875 17-Jul-1959 Washington Post publisher, 1933-47
Tsar Nicholas II
Royalty
18-May-1868 17-Jul-1918 Last of the Russian Tsars
Anastasia Nikolaevna
Royalty
18-Jun-1901 17-Jul-1918 Youngest Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II
Gerald P. Nye
Politician
19-Dec-1892 17-Jul-1971 US Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45
Álvaro Obregón
Head of State
19-Feb-1880 17-Jul-1928 President of Mexico, 1920-24
Jack Parsons
Scientist
2-Oct-1914 17-Jul-1952 Satanic rocket scientist
Morgan Paull
Actor
15-Dec-1944 17-Jul-2012 Blade Runner
Herbert C. Pell
Diplomat
16-Feb-1884 17-Jul-1961 US Ambassador to Portugal, 1937-41
Tsar Peter III
Royalty
21-Feb-1728 17-Jul-1762 Tsar of Russia, 1762 for six months
Henri Poincaré
Mathematician
29-Apr-1854 17-Jul-1912 Poincaré Conjecture
Samuel J. Popeil
Inventor
22-Jan-1915 17-Jul-1984 Veg-O-Matic
John A. Quitman
Politician
1-Sep-1799 17-Jul-1858 Twice Governor of Mississippi
William Raspberry
Columnist
12-Oct-1935 17-Jul-2012 The Washington Post
Stephen Roberts
Film Director
23-Nov-1895 17-Jul-1936 The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Adam Smith
Economist
5-Jun-1723 17-Jul-1790 The Wealth of Nations
Robert E. Smylie
Politician
31-Oct-1914 17-Jul-2004 Governor of Idaho, 1955-67
Mickey Spillane
Author
9-Mar-1918 17-Jul-2006 Mike Hammer novels
I. F. Stone
Journalist
24-Dec-1907 17-Jul-1989 I. F. Stone's Weekly
Gordon Waller
Musician
4-Jun-1945 17-Jul-2009 Half of Peter and Gordon
Robert C. Weaver
Government
29-Dec-1907 17-Jul-1997 US HUD Secretary, 1966-68
James Whistler
Painter
14-Jul-1834 17-Jul-1903 Whistler's Mother
Robert Wiene
Film Director
24-Apr-1873 17-Jul-1938 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari


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