ON THIS DAY
Born in 1917
917 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity
- Esther Cooper Jackson
activist, editor
- Constantine Andreou
painter, sculptor
- Gesang Martohartono
singer, composer
- Dominic Ekandem
Catholic bishop, theologian
- Dennis Westcott
association football player
- Anne Philipe
writer, journalist
- Hilde Krahl
film actor, director
- Hans-Joachim Jabs
military personnel, aircraft pilot
- Arne Sucksdorff
film editor, director
- Wang Su-bok
singer
- Henry Carlsson
association football player, association football coach
- Yevdokiya Nikulina
aircraft pilot
- Charles Sibley
zoologist, ornithologist
- Ed Sadowski
basketball player, basketball coach
- Harrison Brown
physicist, chemist
- Franco Fortini
linguist, essayist
- Yukiko Todoroki
actor
- J. C. Heard
conductor, bandleader
- José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo
head of government, politician
- Naji Talib
military personnel, politician
- Alain Poiré
screenwriter, producer
- Lee Huan
politician
- Jens Evensen
politician, ambassador
- Philippe De Lacy
actor, film director
- Gad al-Haq
mufti, ulema
- Nils Karlsson
cross-country skier
- Christiane Rochefort
screenwriter, writer
- John Anderson, Jr.
jurist, lawyer
- Tetiana Yablonska
painter, university teacher
- Ian Catford
university teacher, linguist
- Helena Rasiowa
mathematician, university teacher
- Manuel Alexandre
actor, television actor
- Laurie Scott
association football coach, association football player
- Tom Davis
politician, diplomat
- Joseph Albert Malula
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
- Miroslav Brozović
association football coach, association football player
- Kirill Yevstigneyev
aircraft pilot, military personnel
- Graham Higman
mathematician, editor
- Fanula Papazoglu
university teacher, historian
- Bagrat Shinkuba
politician, linguist
- Lisbeth Movin
film director, stage actor
- David Hampshire
Formula One driver
- Tofig Guliyev
pianist, composer
- Prenkë Jakova
composer
- Georgiy Shilov
mathematician, university teacher
- Ion Diaconescu
engineer, politician
- Arthur Wahl
chemist
- Robert Adams
draftsperson, jewelry designer
- Gonzalo Rojas
politician, writer
- Sergio Grieco
director, screenwriter
- François Simon
film actor, actor
- Heinz Sielmann
film producer, naturalist
- Maurice Lauré
politician, economist
- Zerka T. Moreno
psychotherapist, psychologist
- Karl Steinbuch
engineer, physicist
- Alberta Adams
musician, singer
- Tikhon Kiselyov
politician
- Richard Arnell
film score composer, choreographer
- José María Gironella
requeté soldier, writer
- Eduardo Catalano
university teacher, architect
- Roberto Scarone
association football player, association football coach
- Yūko Mochizuki
politician, film actor
- Muammer Aksoy
politician, journalist
- Joseph Wresinski
theologian, politician
- János Harmatta
linguist, classical philologist
- Bernard Destremau
politician, tennis coach
- Alfred Druschel
military officer
- Mahmoud Riad
politician, diplomat
- Jack Stewart
ice hockey player
- Renu Chakravartty
politician, writer
- Anna Campori
actor, stage actor
- Walter Hendl
pianist, musician
- Mircea Ionescu-Quintus
university teacher, lawyer
- Gerhard Bremer
military officer
- Katherine Rawls
competitive diver, aircraft pilot
- Adolfo Consolini
discus thrower
- Qaysin Quli
journalist, poet
- Jean-Louis Curtis
screenwriter, resistance fighter
- Bertil Nordahl
association football player, association football coach
- Sergei Fomin
university teacher, mathematician
- Idriz Ajeti
translator, linguist
- Dmitri Glinka
politician, aircraft pilot
- Gerald Cash
barrister, politician
- Kusuo Kitamura
swimmer
- Jesús Alonso Fernández
association football player
- Ehud Avriel
politician, diplomat
- Mahlaqa Mallah
environmentalist, librarian
- Irene Uchida
university teacher, biologist
- Hilde Zadek
opera singer, singer
- John Harris
association football player, association football coach
- Viktor Safronov
astronomer, geophysicist
- Meri Avidzba
aircraft pilot, military personnel
- Rudolf Gnägi
politician
- Josseline Gaël
film actor, actor
- Imre Németh
politician, hammer thrower
- George Hamilton
association football player
- Klavdia Fomicheva
aircraft pilot
- Aurelio Galleppini
painter, illustrator
- Celal Atik
amateur wrestler
- Jean Bertin
engineer, military flight engineer
- Virgilio Teixeira
stage actor, film actor
- Martin Ljung
film actor, screenwriter
- Ruth Aaronson Bari
mathematician, university teacher
- Joseph Conombo
politician, writer
- Annette Laming-Emperaire
anthropologist, archaeologist
- Hélène Duc
actor
- Janine Darcey
actor, film actor
- Pavel Tigrid
translator, political scientist
- Felipe Tromp
politician
- Jean Lucas
Formula One driver, engineer
- Ottorino Volonterio
engineer, Formula One driver
- Abdelmunim al-Rifai
politician, diplomat
- Yevgeni Lebedev
drama teacher, film actor
- Dorothy Maharam
mathematician, university teacher
- György Györffy
historian
- Ebba Haslund
essayist, politician
- Menachem Savidor
entrepreneur, politician
- Chung Nam-sik
association football player, association football coach
- Torsten Lindberg
association football player, association football coach
- Joan Roig i Diggle
laborer
- Jeanne Carpenter
film actor, actor
- Aroldo Tieri
actor, stage actor
- Leandro Remondini
association football coach, association football player
- Gianni Agus
film actor, radio personality
- Yustrich
association football coach, association football player
- Odette Laure
singer, actor
- María Isbert
film actor, actor
- Mohamed Ahmed
politician
- Aleksey Botyan
spy, intelligence officer
- Giovanni Grimaldi
director, journalist
- Pavel Golovachyov
military officer, aircraft pilot
- Oskar Morawetz
pianist, composer
- Olof Sundby
Christian minister, theologian
- Lado Asatiani
poet
- Fadhéla Dziria
writer, playwright
- Ibrahim Shams
weightlifter
- Heribert Barrera i Costa
chemist, mathematician
- Paul Zoungrana
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
- Erwin Axer
theatre manager, Theaterintendant
- Henry Graham Sharp
figure skater