| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Maude Adams |
Actor |
11-Nov-1872 |
17-Jul-1953 |
Stage actress, Peter Pan |
| Juan Maria Bordaberry |
Head of State |
17-Jun-1928 |
17-Jul-2011 |
President of Uruguay, 1972-76 |
| Ty Cobb |
Baseball |
18-Dec-1886 |
17-Jul-1961 |
Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter |
| John Coltrane |
Jazz Musician |
23-Sep-1926 |
17-Jul-1967 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Royal S. Copeland |
Politician |
7-Nov-1868 |
17-Jul-1938 |
US Senator from New York, 1923-38 |
| Walter Cronkite |
Journalist |
4-Nov-1916 |
17-Jul-2009 |
America's most trusted newscaster |
| Thayer David |
Actor |
4-Mar-1927 |
17-Jul-1978 |
Jergens in Rocky |
| Dizzy Dean |
Baseball |
16-Jan-1910 |
17-Jul-1974 |
MVP in 1934, won two World Series |
| Alan Dinehart |
Actor |
3-Oct-1889 |
17-Jul-1944 |
Born to Dance |
| Dorothea Dix |
Activist |
4-Apr-1802 |
17-Jul-1887 |
Activist for the insane |
| King Edward the Elder |
Royalty |
c. 871 AD |
17-Jul-924 AD |
King of England 899-924 AD |
| Cliff Edwards |
Musician |
14-Jun-1895 |
17-Jul-1971 |
Ukulele Ike |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald |
Actor |
24-Nov-1913 |
17-Jul-2005 |
Wuthering Heights |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner |
Philanthropist |
14-Apr-1840 |
17-Jul-1924 |
Prominent art patron, collector |
| Bernard Giraudeau |
Actor |
18-Jun-1947 |
17-Jul-2010 |
Water Drops on Burning Rocks |
| Katharine Graham |
Publisher |
16-Jun-1917 |
17-Jul-2001 |
Washington Post publisher, 1966-79 |
| Harry Guardino |
Actor |
23-Dec-1925 |
17-Jul-1995 |
Houseboat |
| Edward Heath |
Head of State |
9-Jul-1916 |
17-Jul-2005 |
British Prime Minister, 1970-74 |
| Rudolf Hess |
Government |
26-Apr-1894 |
17-Jul-1987 |
Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland |
| Billie Holiday |
Singer |
7-Apr-1915 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Lady Sings the Blues |
| Leszek Kolakowski |
Philosopher |
23-Oct-1927 |
17-Jul-2009 |
Polish refugee philosopher |
| Pope Leo IV |
Religion |
? |
17-Jul-855 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 847-55 |
| Joseph Luns |
Politician |
28-Aug-1911 |
17-Jul-2002 |
Dutch Foreign Minister, 1952-71 |
| Joseph Maher |
Actor |
29-Dec-1933 |
17-Jul-1998 |
Chancellor Willoughby on Goode Behavior |
| Margo |
Actor |
10-May-1917 |
17-Jul-1985 |
Lost Horizon |
| Eugene Meyer |
Publisher |
31-Oct-1875 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Washington Post publisher, 1933-47 |
| Tsar Nicholas II |
Royalty |
18-May-1868 |
17-Jul-1918 |
Last of the Russian Tsars |
| Anastasia Nikolaevna |
Royalty |
18-Jun-1901 |
17-Jul-1918 |
Youngest Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II |
| Gerald P. Nye |
Politician |
19-Dec-1892 |
17-Jul-1971 |
US Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45 |
| Álvaro Obregón |
Head of State |
19-Feb-1880 |
17-Jul-1928 |
President of Mexico, 1920-24 |
| Jack Parsons |
Scientist |
2-Oct-1914 |
17-Jul-1952 |
Satanic rocket scientist |
| Morgan Paull |
Actor |
15-Dec-1944 |
17-Jul-2012 |
Blade Runner |
| Herbert C. Pell |
Diplomat |
16-Feb-1884 |
17-Jul-1961 |
US Ambassador to Portugal, 1937-41 |
| Tsar Peter III |
Royalty |
21-Feb-1728 |
17-Jul-1762 |
Tsar of Russia, 1762 for six months |
| Henri Poincaré |
Mathematician |
29-Apr-1854 |
17-Jul-1912 |
Poincaré Conjecture |
| Samuel J. Popeil |
Inventor |
22-Jan-1915 |
17-Jul-1984 |
Veg-O-Matic |
| John A. Quitman |
Politician |
1-Sep-1799 |
17-Jul-1858 |
Twice Governor of Mississippi |
| William Raspberry |
Columnist |
12-Oct-1935 |
17-Jul-2012 |
The Washington Post |
| Stephen Roberts |
Film Director |
23-Nov-1895 |
17-Jul-1936 |
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford |
| Adam Smith |
Economist |
5-Jun-1723 |
17-Jul-1790 |
The Wealth of Nations |
| Robert E. Smylie |
Politician |
31-Oct-1914 |
17-Jul-2004 |
Governor of Idaho, 1955-67 |
| Mickey Spillane |
Author |
9-Mar-1918 |
17-Jul-2006 |
Mike Hammer novels |
| I. F. Stone |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1989 |
I. F. Stone's Weekly |
| Gordon Waller |
Musician |
4-Jun-1945 |
17-Jul-2009 |
Half of Peter and Gordon |
| Robert C. Weaver |
Government |
29-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1997 |
US HUD Secretary, 1966-68 |
| James Whistler |
Painter |
14-Jul-1834 |
17-Jul-1903 |
Whistler's Mother |
| Robert Wiene |
Film Director |
24-Apr-1873 |
17-Jul-1938 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
