| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Iris Adrian |
Actor |
29-May-1912 |
17-Sep-1994 |
Disney films |
| Spiro T. Agnew |
Politician |
9-Nov-1918 |
17-Sep-1996 |
US Vice President, 1969-73 |
| Laura Ashley |
Fashion Designer |
7-Sep-1925 |
17-Sep-1985 |
Welsh designer |
| Pedro Menéndez de Avilés |
Military |
15-Feb-1519 |
17-Sep-1574 |
Founder of St. Augustine, Florida |
| Richard Basehart |
Actor |
31-Aug-1914 |
17-Sep-1984 |
La Strada |
| Robert Bellarmine |
Religion |
4-Oct-1542 |
17-Sep-1621 |
Italian Cardinal and theologian |
| Ruth Benedict |
Anthropologist |
5-Jun-1887 |
17-Sep-1948 |
Anthropologist, Patterns of Culture |
| Heinrich Bullinger |
Religion |
18-Jul-1504 |
17-Sep-1575 |
Swiss Lutheran reformer |
| Gelett Burgess |
Cartoonist |
30-Jan-1866 |
17-Sep-1951 |
Has never seen a purple cow |
| James Crumley |
Novelist |
12-Oct-1939 |
17-Sep-2008 |
The Mexican Tree Duck |
| Charles Fahy |
Attorney |
27-Aug-1892 |
17-Sep-1979 |
Solicitor General, Appellate Judge |
| Zino Francescatti |
Violinist |
9-Aug-1902 |
17-Sep-1991 |
French violin virtuoso |
| Hildegard von Bingen |
Religion |
16-Sep-1098 |
17-Sep-1179 |
Scivias seu Visiones |
| Bert Kalmar |
Songwriter |
10-Feb-1884 |
17-Sep-1947 |
Who's Sorry Now? |
| Leon Kirchner |
Composer |
24-Jan-1919 |
17-Sep-2009 |
Quartet No. 3 |
| Patricia Kennedy Lawford |
Socialite |
6-May-1924 |
17-Sep-2006 |
Kennedy sister, wife of Peter Lawford |
| Emil Ludwig |
Author |
25-Jan-1881 |
17-Sep-1948 |
German biographer |
| Humberto Cardinal Medeiros |
Religion |
6-Oct-1915 |
17-Sep-1983 |
Archbishop of Boston, 1970-83 |
| Willy Messerschmitt |
Engineer |
26-Jun-1898 |
17-Sep-1978 |
Designer of Nazi fighter planes |
| Charles H. Percy |
Politician |
27-Sep-1919 |
17-Sep-2011 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1967-85 |
| Philip IV |
Royalty |
8-Apr-1605 |
17-Sep-1665 |
King of Spain, 1621-65 |
| Jean Piaget |
Psychologist |
9-Aug-1896 |
17-Sep-1980 |
Elaborated the stages of childhood |
| Karl Popper |
Philosopher |
28-Jul-1902 |
17-Sep-1994 |
Critical Rationalist |
| Alfred Reed |
Composer |
25-Jan-1921 |
17-Sep-2005 |
Russian Christmas Music |
| Dred Scott |
Victim |
c. 1799 |
17-Sep-1858 |
Slave denied freedom by US Supreme Court |
| Red Skelton |
Comic |
18-Jul-1913 |
17-Sep-1997 |
The Red Skelton Show |
| Tobias Smollett |
Novelist |
19-Mar-1721 |
17-Sep-1771 |
The Adventures of Roderick Random |
| Anastasio Somoza |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1925 |
17-Sep-1980 |
Dictator of Nicaragua |
| Lloyd C. Stark |
Politician |
23-Nov-1886 |
17-Sep-1972 |
Governor of Missouri, 1937-41 |
| Grady Sutton |
Actor |
5-Apr-1906 |
17-Sep-1995 |
The Bank Dick |
| William Henry Fox Talbot |
Inventor |
11-Feb-1800 |
17-Sep-1877 |
Calotype method of photography |
| Akim Tamiroff |
Actor |
29-Oct-1899 |
17-Sep-1972 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Alfred de Vigny |
Poet |
27-Mar-1797 |
17-Sep-1863 |
Chatterton |
| Sheb Wooley |
Actor |
10-Apr-1921 |
17-Sep-2003 |
The Purple People Eater |
| Paula Yates |
TV Personality |
24-Apr-1960 |
17-Sep-2000 |
Rock Stars in Their Underpants |
