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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ralph Abernathy
Activist
21-Mar-1926 17-Apr-1990 Prominent civil rights activist
Dede Allen
Editor
3-Dec-1925 17-Apr-2010 Prominent Hollywood film editor
Red Allen
Jazz Musician
7-Jan-1908 17-Apr-1967 Jazz trumpeter
Juana de Asbaje
Poet
12-Nov-1651 17-Apr-1695 America's first feminist poet
Robert Atkins
Doctor
17-Oct-1930 17-Apr-2003 Atkins Diet doctor
Aimé Césaire
Poet
25-Jun-1913 17-Apr-2008 Return to My Native Land
Mark Clark
Military
1-May-1896 17-Apr-1984 US Army Chief of Staff
Eddie Cochran
Musician
3-Oct-1938 17-Apr-1960 Summertime Blues
Steven B. Derounian
Politician
6-Apr-1918 17-Apr-2007 Congressman from New York, 1953-65
Gwyneth Dunwoody
Politician
12-Dec-1930 17-Apr-2008 British MP, Crewe and Nantwich
Louise Fazenda
Actor
17-Jun-1895 17-Apr-1962 The Old Maid
Benjamin Franklin
Diplomat
17-Jan-1706 17-Apr-1790 American founding father
Marjorie Gateson
Actor
17-Jan-1891 17-Apr-1977 Goin' to Town
J. Paul Getty, Jr.
Business
7-Sep-1932 17-Apr-2003 Heir to the Getty Oil fortune
Bessie Head
Novelist
6-Jul-1937 17-Apr-1986 A Question of Power
Chaim Herzog
Head of State
17-Sep-1918 17-Apr-1997 President of Israel, 1983-93
Benjamin Hoadly
Religion
14-Nov-1676 17-Apr-1761 Anglican Bishop and controversialist
Joseph I
Royalty
26-Jul-1678 17-Apr-1711 Holy Roman Emperor, 1705-11
John Latsis
Business
14-Sep-1910 17-Apr-2003 Greek shipping tycoon
Alexander Mackenzie
Head of State
28-Jan-1822 17-Apr-1892 Prime Minister of Canada, 1873-78
Johann Mattheson
Composer
28-Sep-1681 17-Apr-1764 German baroque composer, theorist
Linda McCartney
Musician
24-Sep-1941 17-Apr-1998 Beatle wife and photographer
Louise Nevelson
Sculptor
23-Sep-1899 17-Apr-1988 Ukrainian-American abstract sculptor
Turgut Özal
Head of State
13-Oct-1927 17-Apr-1993 8th President of Turkey
Hank Penny
Musician
18-Sep-1918 17-Apr-1992 Western swing bandleader
Jean Perrin
Physicist
30-Sep-1870 17-Apr-1942 Verified atomic nature of matter
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Politician
5-Sep-1888 17-Apr-1975 Philosopher-President of India, 1962-67
Abdel Aziz Rantisi
Activist
23-Oct-1947 17-Apr-2004 Hamas co-founder
Stanley R. Resor
Government
5-Dec-1917 17-Apr-2012 Secretary of the Army, 1965-71
Michael Sarrazin
Actor
22-May-1940 17-Apr-2011 Frankenstein: The True Story
Madame de Sévigné
Author
5-Feb-1626 17-Apr-1696 Eminent French letter writer
Dick Shawn
Actor
1-Dec-1923 17-Apr-1987 Inventor of the "high five"
Andrew A. Sorensen
Educator
20-Jul-1938 17-Apr-2011 President, University of South Carolina, 2002-08
Soundarya
Actor
17-Jul-1971 17-Apr-2004 Indian superstar actress, Dweepa
Roger W. Sperry
Scientist
20-Aug-1913 17-Apr-1994 "Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology
Chauncey Starr
Physicist
14-Apr-1912 17-Apr-2007 Electric Power Research Institute
Robert Willan
Doctor
12-Nov-1757 17-Apr-1812 Dermatologist, On cutaneous diseases
Jack Yellen
Songwriter
6-Jul-1892 17-Apr-1991 Happy Days Are Here Again


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