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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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