LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Shmuel Agnon	Author	17-Jul-1888	17-Feb-1970	'Tmol Shilshom
Albert I	Royalty	8-Apr-1875	17-Feb-1934	King of Belgium, 1909-34
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander	Astronomer	22-Mar-1799	17-Feb-1875	Durchmusterung
Alexander Dallas Bache	Physicist	19-Jul-1806	17-Feb-1867	First President, National Academy of Sciences
Sybille Bedford	Novelist	16-Mar-1911	17-Feb-2006	A Favourite of the Gods
George Phillips Bond	Astronomer	20-May-1825	17-Feb-1865	Father of astrophotography
Giordano Bruno	Scientist	1548	17-Feb-1600	Heretic cosmologist
Horace Bushnell	Religion	14-Apr-1802	17-Feb-1876	Nature and the Supernatural
Antoinette Deshoulières	Poet	1-Jan-1638	17-Feb-1694	French poet-socialite
John Spalding Flannery	Attorney	16-May-1870	17-Feb-1954	Prominent Washington attorney
David Garnett	Novelist	9-Mar-1892	17-Feb-1981	Lady into Fox
Geronimo	Military	16-Jun-1829	17-Feb-1909	The last Indian to surrender
Lefty Gomez	Baseball	26-Nov-1908	17-Feb-1989	El Goofy
Heinrich Heine	Poet	13-Dec-1797	17-Feb-1856	Buch der Lieder
Harold Hunter	Skateboarder	2-Apr-1974	17-Feb-2006	Skateboarder in "Kids"
Jovian	Royalty	c. 332 AD	17-Feb-364 AD	Roman Emperor, 363-64 AD
Wilfrid Laurier	Head of State	20-Nov-1841	17-Feb-1919	Canadian Prime Minister
James Macpherson	Hoaxer	27-Oct-1736	17-Feb-1796	So-called translations of Ossian
George E. Marshall	Film Director	29-Dec-1891	17-Feb-1975	Destry Rides Again
William D. McElroy	Biologist	22-Jan-1917	17-Feb-1999	Bioluminescence
Joaquin Miller	Poet	8-Sep-1837	17-Feb-1913	Songs of the Sierras
Molière	Playwright	15-Jan-1622	17-Feb-1673	Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope
Thelonious Monk	Jazz Musician	10-Oct-1917	17-Feb-1982	Influential jazz pianist and composer
Dan O'Herlihy	Actor	1-May-1919	17-Feb-2005	The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Maurice Papon	Criminal	3-Sep-1910	17-Feb-2007	Vichy war criminal
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi	Educator	12-Jan-1746	17-Feb-1827	Swiss educational reformer
José López Portillo	Head of State	16-Jun-1920	17-Feb-2004	President of Mexico, 1976-82
Erik Rhodes	Actor	10-Feb-1906	17-Feb-1990	Top Hat
Christopher Sholes	Inventor	14-Feb-1819	17-Feb-1890	Typewriter inventor, QWERTY keyboard
Alfred P. Sloan	Business	23-May-1875	17-Feb-1966	Chairman of GM, 1937-56
Lee Strasberg	Theater Director	17-Nov-1901	17-Feb-1982	Theater director and acting coach
Johan Sverdrup	Head of State	30-Jul-1816	17-Feb-1892	Norwegian Prime Minister, 1884-89

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