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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jakob Boehme
Religion
1575 17-Nov-1624 German Protestant mystic
Antoine de Bourbon
Royalty
22-Apr-1518 17-Nov-1562 King of France
Irving Brecher
Screenwriter
17-Jan-1914 17-Nov-2008 Meet Me in St. Louis
Clive Brook
Actor
1-Jun-1887 17-Nov-1974 Shanghai Express
Ruth Brown
Singer
12-Jan-1928 17-Nov-2006 Miss Rhythm
Andrew H. Burke
Politician
15-May-1850 17-Nov-1918 Governor of North Dakota, 1891-93
Catherine the Great
Royalty
2-May-1729 17-Nov-1796 Tsarina of Russia, 1762-96
Arthur Conley
Musician
4-Jan-1946 17-Nov-2003 Sweet Soul Music
Gladys Cooper
Actor
18-Dec-1888 17-Nov-1971 My Fair Lady
Ruth Donnelly
Actor
17-May-1896 17-Nov-1982 A Slight Case of Murder
John Earle
Religion
1601 17-Nov-1665 Microcosmographie
Abba Eban
Government
2-Feb-1915 17-Nov-2002 Foreign Minister of Israel, 1966-74
J. Howard Edmondson
Politician
27-Sep-1925 17-Nov-1971 Governor of Oklahoma, 1959-63
Weeb Ewbank
Football
6-May-1907 17-Nov-1998 Head Coach, Baltimore Colts and NY Jets
Thomas King Forcade
Journalist
11-Sep-1945 17-Nov-1978 Founder of High Times
Don Gibson
Country Musician
3-Apr-1928 17-Nov-2003 Heartbroken country crooner
Eric Gill
Typographer
22-Feb-1882 17-Nov-1940 Typographer, Gill Sans
Sheilah Graham
Columnist
15-Sep-1904 17-Nov-1988 Beloved Infidel
Robert Hofstadter
Physicist
5-Feb-1915 17-Nov-1990 Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons
Herman Hollerith
Inventor
29-Feb-1860 17-Nov-1929 Invented the punchcard
David Ignatow
Poet
7-Feb-1914 17-Nov-1997 Rescue the Dead
James P. Johnson
Jazz Musician
01-Feb-1894 17-Nov-1955 The father of stride piano
Kay Johnson
Actor
29-Nov-1904 17-Nov-1975 Of Human Bondage
Nancee Kelly
Pornstar
5-Jun-1958 17-Nov-1991 Wife of Jack Nance
Alain René Lesage
Novelist
6-May-1668 17-Nov-1747 Gil Blas
Audre Lorde
Author
18-Feb-1934 17-Nov-1992 A Burst of Light
St. Margaret
Royalty
c. 1045 17-Nov-1093 Queen of Scotland
Queen Mary I
Royalty
18-Feb-1516 17-Nov-1558 Queen of England, 1553-58
Herbert B. Maw
Politician
11-Mar-1893 17-Nov-1990 Governor of Utah, 1941-49
Robert E. McNair
Politician
14-Dec-1923 17-Nov-2007 Governor of South Carolina, 1965-71
Louis Néel
Physicist
22-Nov-1904 17-Nov-2000 Magnetic properties of solids
Pete Newell
Basketball
3-Aug-1915 17-Nov-2008 Influential NCAA coach
Dick O'Neill
Actor
29-Aug-1928 17-Nov-1998 Charlie Cagney on Cagney and Lacey
Robert Owen
Activist
14-May-1771 17-Nov-1858 Founder of the Cooperative Movement
Mervyn Peake
Novelist
9-Jul-1911 17-Nov-1968 Titus Groan
Raymond Pearl
Biologist
3-Jun-1879 17-Nov-1940 Biogerontology
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Philosopher
24-Feb-1463 17-Nov-1494 Italian philosopher and mystic
Auguste Rodin
Sculptor
12-Nov-1840 17-Nov-1917 Sculptor in bronze
Esther Rolle
Actor
8-Nov-1920 17-Nov-1998 Florida Evans on Good Times
Bo Schembechler
Football
1-Apr-1929 17-Nov-2006 Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89
Richard Norman Shaw
Architect
7-May-1831 17-Nov-1912 Late 19th c. British architect
Jack C. Shewmaker
Business
14-Mar-1938 17-Nov-2010 President and COO of Wal-Mart, 1978-84
Immanuel Velikovsky
Author
10-Jun-1895 17-Nov-1979 Worlds in Collision
Billy Vessels
Football
22-Mar-1931 17-Nov-2001 Winner, 1952 Heisman Trophy
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Composer
5-Mar-1887 17-Nov-1959 Bachianas Brasileiras
Naunton Wayne
Actor
22-Jun-1901 17-Nov-1970 Obsession
Pete Williams
Politician
10-Dec-1919 17-Nov-2001 US Senator snagged in ABSCAM
Cora Witherspoon
Actor
5-Jan-1890 17-Nov-1957 The Bank Dick
Marguerite Young
Author
28-Aug-1908 17-Nov-1995 Miss MacIntosh, My Darling


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