LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tomaso Albinoni	Composer	8-Jun-1671	17-Jan-1751	Adagio in G minor
Aram Avakian	Film Director	23-Apr-1926	17-Jan-1987	End of the Road
George Bancroft	Historian	3-Oct-1800	17-Jan-1891	A History of the United States
Richard Boleslawsky	Film Director	4-Feb-1889	17-Jan-1937	Les misérables
Barbara Britton	Actor	26-Sep-1919	17-Jan-1980	Mr. and Mrs. North
Art Buchwald	Columnist	20-Oct-1925	17-Jan-2007	Syndicated columnist and humorist
Camilo José Cela	Author	11-May-1916	17-Jan-2002	La familia de Pascual Duarte
Gregory Corso	Poet	26-Mar-1930	17-Jan-2001	Beat poet, Gasoline
Jacques Amand Deslongchamps	Paleontologist	17-Jan-1794	17-Jan-1867	Discovered Teleosaurus
Hugo Fregonese	Film Director	8-Apr-1908	17-Jan-1987	Old Shatterhand
Francis Galton	Anthropologist	16-Feb-1822	17-Jan-1911	Word Association Test
Domenico Ghirardelli	Business	21-Feb-1817	17-Jan-1894	Founder of Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Gary Gilmore	Criminal	4-Dec-1940	17-Jan-1977	Executed by firing squad in Utah
Rutherford B. Hayes	Head of State	4-Oct-1822	17-Jan-1893	19th US President, 1877-81
William M. Jardine	Educator	16-Jan-1879	17-Jan-1955	US Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29
Barbara Jordan	Politician	21-Feb-1936	17-Jan-1996	Gave 1976 Democratic keynote speech
Simon Kovar	Musician	22-May-1890	17-Jan-1970	Preeminent Basoon player and teacher
Pyotr Krasnov	Military	22-Sep-1869	17-Jan-1947	Ataman of the Don Cossacks, betrayed by Churchill
Queenie Leonard	Actor	7-Apr-1905	17-Jan-2002	Stage actress, Disney cartoon voice
Patrice Lumumba	Head of State	2-Jul-1925	17-Jan-1961	First Prime Minister of Congo
Virginia Mayo	Actor	30-Nov-1920	17-Jan-2005	South Sea Woman
Lola Montez	Dancer	17-Feb-1821	17-Jan-1861	Mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria
Olav V	Royalty	2-Jul-1903	17-Jan-1991	King of Norway, 1957-91
Edmund de Rothschild	Business	2-Jan-1916	17-Jan-2009	British banker
Betty Smith	Novelist	15-Dec-1896	17-Jan-1972	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Louis Comfort Tiffany	Artist	18-Feb-1848	17-Jan-1933	Stained glassmaker, jewelry designer
Clyde W. Tombaugh	Astronomer	4-Feb-1906	17-Jan-1997	Discovered Pluto
Walther von Reichenau	Military	16-Aug-1884	17-Jan-1942	Nazi general, encouraged atrocities
T. H. White	Author	29-May-1906	17-Jan-1964	The Once and Future King
Noble Willingham	Actor	31-Aug-1931	17-Jan-2004	Hard-working supporting actor

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