| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Shmuel Agnon |
Author |
17-Jul-1888 |
17-Feb-1970 |
'Tmol Shilshom |
| Albert I |
Royalty |
8-Apr-1875 |
17-Feb-1934 |
King of Belgium, 1909-34 |
| Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander |
Astronomer |
22-Mar-1799 |
17-Feb-1875 |
Durchmusterung |
| Alexander Dallas Bache |
Physicist |
19-Jul-1806 |
17-Feb-1867 |
First President, National Academy of Sciences |
| Sybille Bedford |
Novelist |
16-Mar-1911 |
17-Feb-2006 |
A Favourite of the Gods |
| George Phillips Bond |
Astronomer |
20-May-1825 |
17-Feb-1865 |
Father of astrophotography |
| Giordano Bruno |
Scientist |
1548 |
17-Feb-1600 |
Heretic cosmologist |
| Horace Bushnell |
Religion |
14-Apr-1802 |
17-Feb-1876 |
Nature and the Supernatural |
| George W. Campbell |
Politician |
9-Feb-1769 |
17-Feb-1848 |
Senator from Tennessee, Treasury Secretary |
| Paul Carr |
Actor |
1-Feb-1934 |
17-Feb-2006 |
The Bat People |
| Robert Carr |
Politician |
11-Nov-1916 |
17-Feb-2012 |
UK Home Secretary, 1972-74 |
| Antoinette Deshoulières |
Poet |
1-Jan-1638 |
17-Feb-1694 |
French poet-socialite |
| John Spalding Flannery |
Attorney |
16-May-1870 |
17-Feb-1954 |
Prominent Washington attorney |
| William Gargan |
Actor |
17-Jul-1905 |
17-Feb-1979 |
Martin Kane, Private Eye |
| David Garnett |
Novelist |
9-Mar-1892 |
17-Feb-1981 |
Lady into Fox |
| Geronimo |
Military |
16-Jun-1829 |
17-Feb-1909 |
The last Indian to surrender |
| Lefty Gomez |
Baseball |
26-Nov-1908 |
17-Feb-1989 |
El Goofy |
| Kathryn Grayson |
Actor |
9-Feb-1922 |
17-Feb-2010 |
Show Boat |
| Robert Harrison |
Publisher |
14-Apr-1904 |
17-Feb-1978 |
Publisher of tabloid Confidential |
| Heinrich Heine |
Poet |
13-Dec-1797 |
17-Feb-1856 |
Buch der Lieder |
| Hans Hofmann |
Painter |
21-Mar-1880 |
17-Feb-1966 |
Abstract expressionist, art teacher |
| Stephen Horn |
Politician |
31-May-1931 |
17-Feb-2011 |
Congressman from California, 1993-2003 |
| Harold Hunter |
Skateboarder |
2-Apr-1974 |
17-Feb-2006 |
Skateboarder in "Kids" |
| Jovian |
Royalty |
c. 332 AD |
17-Feb-364 AD |
Roman Emperor, 363-64 AD |
| Joseph Kearns |
Actor |
12-Feb-1907 |
17-Feb-1962 |
Mr. Wilson on Dennis the Menace |
| Florence Kelley |
Activist |
12-Sep-1859 |
17-Feb-1932 |
Founder of National Consumers League |
| Wilfrid Laurier |
Head of State |
20-Nov-1841 |
17-Feb-1919 |
Canadian Prime Minister |
| James Macpherson |
Hoaxer |
27-Oct-1736 |
17-Feb-1796 |
So-called translations of Ossian |
| George E. Marshall |
Film Director |
29-Dec-1891 |
17-Feb-1975 |
Destry Rides Again |
| William D. McElroy |
Biologist |
22-Jan-1917 |
17-Feb-1999 |
Bioluminescence |
| Bob Merrill |
Songwriter |
17-May-1921 |
17-Feb-1998 |
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? |
| Joaquin Miller |
Poet |
8-Sep-1837 |
17-Feb-1913 |
Songs of the Sierras |
| Molière |
Playwright |
15-Jan-1622 |
17-Feb-1673 |
Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope |
| Thelonious Monk |
Jazz Musician |
10-Oct-1917 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Influential jazz pianist and composer |
| Dan O'Herlihy |
Actor |
1-May-1919 |
17-Feb-2005 |
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |
| Maurice Papon |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1910 |
17-Feb-2007 |
Vichy war criminal |
| Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi |
Educator |
12-Jan-1746 |
17-Feb-1827 |
Swiss educational reformer |
| José López Portillo |
Head of State |
16-Jun-1920 |
17-Feb-2004 |
President of Mexico, 1976-82 |
| Mikhail Rasumny |
Actor |
13-May-1890 |
17-Feb-1956 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Erik Rhodes |
Actor |
10-Feb-1906 |
17-Feb-1990 |
Top Hat |
| Randy Shilts |
Journalist |
8-Aug-1951 |
17-Feb-1994 |
Chronicler of AIDS, biographer of Harvey Milk |
| Christopher Sholes |
Inventor |
14-Feb-1819 |
17-Feb-1890 |
Typewriter inventor, QWERTY keyboard |
| Alfred P. Sloan |
Business |
23-May-1875 |
17-Feb-1966 |
Chairman of GM, 1937-56 |
| Paul Stewart |
Actor |
13-Mar-1908 |
17-Feb-1986 |
Citizen Kane |
| Lee Strasberg |
Theater Director |
17-Nov-1901 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Theater director and acting coach |
| Johan Sverdrup |
Head of State |
30-Jul-1816 |
17-Feb-1892 |
Norwegian Prime Minister, 1884-89 |
| Verree Teasdale |
Actor |
15-Mar-1904 |
17-Feb-1987 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Bruno Walter |
Conductor |
15-Sep-1876 |
17-Feb-1962 |
Conductor, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1929-33 |
| Donald Wolfit |
Actor |
20-Apr-1902 |
17-Feb-1968 |
Svengali |
