LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Harold Adamson	Songwriter	10-Dec-1906	17-Aug-1980	Time on My Hands
Conrad Aiken	Poet	5-Aug-1889	17-Aug-1973	Earth Triumphant
Sig Arno	Actor	27-Dec-1895	17-Aug-1975	The Palm Beach Story
Thea Astley	Novelist	25-Aug-1925	17-Aug-2004	Girl with a Monkey
Pearl Bailey	Singer	29-Mar-1918	17-Aug-1990	Appointed by Nixon as Ambassador of Love
Richard Barthelmess	Actor	9-May-1895	17-Aug-1963	Tol'able David
Umberto Boccioni	Painter	19-Oct-1882	17-Aug-1916	Italian Futurist painter and sculptor
Matthew Boulton	Business	3-Sep-1728	17-Aug-1809	Financed the early steam engine
Clarence Brown	Film Director	10-May-1890	17-Aug-1987	National Velvet
Constantin Brunner	Philosopher	27-Aug-1862	17-Aug-1937	German Jewish philosopher
Azaria Chamberlain	Victim	11-Jun-1980	17-Aug-1980	Reportedly eaten by dingoes
Ray Chapman	Baseball	15-Jan-1891	17-Aug-1920	Fatally hit by pitch
Violet Kemble Cooper	Actor	12-Dec-1886	17-Aug-1961	Our Betters
Francesco Cossiga	Head of State	26-Jul-1928	17-Aug-2010	President of Italy, 1985-92
Delmer Daves	Film Director	24-Jul-1904	17-Aug-1977	Destination Tokyo
Jose de San Martin	Military	25-Feb-1778	17-Aug-1850	Knight of the Andes
Don Dubbins	Actor	28-Jun-1928	17-Aug-1991	The D.I.
Sir Richard Empson	Government	?	17-Aug-1510	Taxman for Henry VII of England
Leo Frank	Victim	17-Apr-1884	17-Aug-1915	Innocent man, lynched by mob
Frederick the Great	Royalty	24-Jan-1712	17-Aug-1786	King of Prussia 1740-86
Ira Gershwin	Songwriter	6-Dec-1896	17-Aug-1983	They Can't Take That Away from Me
Charlotte Perkins Gilman	Activist	3-Jul-1860	17-Aug-1935	Women and Economics
Robert R. Gilruth	Engineer	18-Oct-1913	17-Aug-2000	NASA scientist
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen	Novelist	c. 1621	17-Aug-1676	Simplicius Simplicissimus
Frank Kermode	Critic	29-Nov-1919	17-Aug-2010	The Sense of an Ending
John W. Kern	Politician	20-Dec-1849	17-Aug-1917	US Senator from Indiana, 1911-17
Anne Lefèvre	Scholar	1654	17-Aug-1720	Translator of Homer into French
Horace McMahon	Actor	17-May-1906	17-Aug-1971	Lt. Parker on Naked City
Lloyd Meeds	Politician	11-Dec-1927	17-Aug-2005	Congressman from Washington, 1965-79
William M. Meredith	Government	8-Jun-1799	17-Aug-1873	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1849-50
Eve Miller	Actor	8-Aug-1923	17-Aug-1973	The Big Trees
Billy Murray	Singer	25-May-1877	17-Aug-1954	Top recording star of the early 1900's
Nikon	Religion	7-May-1605	17-Aug-1681	Reformer Patriarch of Moscow
Barney Phillips	Actor	20-Oct-1913	17-Aug-1982	Character actor
Arthur W. Radford	Military	27-Feb-1896	17-Aug-1973	Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-57
Arnold L. Raphel	Diplomat	16-Mar-1943	17-Aug-1988	US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1987-88
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe	Architect	27-Mar-1886	17-Aug-1969	The Glass Skyscraper
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.	Politician	17-Aug-1914	17-Aug-1988	Congressman from New York, 1949-55
Otto Stern	Physicist	17-Feb-1888	17-Aug-1969	Molecular beam experiment
Jonathan Trumbull	Politician	12-Oct-1710	17-Aug-1785	Governor of Connecticut, 1769-84
Vivian Vance	Actor	26-Jul-1909	17-Aug-1979	Ethel on I Love Lucy
Murvyn Vye	Actor	15-Jul-1913	17-Aug-1976	Pickup on South Street
Paul Williams	Singer	2-Jul-1939	17-Aug-1973	The Temptations
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq	Head of State	12-Aug-1924	17-Aug-1988	Ruler of Pakistan, 1977-88

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