| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ralph Abernathy |
Activist |
21-Mar-1926 |
17-Apr-1990 |
Prominent civil rights activist |
| Dede Allen |
Editor |
3-Dec-1925 |
17-Apr-2010 |
Prominent Hollywood film editor |
| Red Allen |
Jazz Musician |
7-Jan-1908 |
17-Apr-1967 |
Jazz trumpeter |
| Juana de Asbaje |
Poet |
12-Nov-1651 |
17-Apr-1695 |
America's first feminist poet |
| Robert Atkins |
Doctor |
17-Oct-1930 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Atkins Diet doctor |
| Aimé Césaire |
Poet |
25-Jun-1913 |
17-Apr-2008 |
Return to My Native Land |
| Mark Clark |
Military |
1-May-1896 |
17-Apr-1984 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
| Eddie Cochran |
Musician |
3-Oct-1938 |
17-Apr-1960 |
Summertime Blues |
| Steven B. Derounian |
Politician |
6-Apr-1918 |
17-Apr-2007 |
Congressman from New York, 1953-65 |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody |
Politician |
12-Dec-1930 |
17-Apr-2008 |
British MP, Crewe and Nantwich |
| Louise Fazenda |
Actor |
17-Jun-1895 |
17-Apr-1962 |
The Old Maid |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Diplomat |
17-Jan-1706 |
17-Apr-1790 |
American founding father |
| Marjorie Gateson |
Actor |
17-Jan-1891 |
17-Apr-1977 |
Goin' to Town |
| J. Paul Getty, Jr. |
Business |
7-Sep-1932 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Heir to the Getty Oil fortune |
| Bessie Head |
Novelist |
6-Jul-1937 |
17-Apr-1986 |
A Question of Power |
| Chaim Herzog |
Head of State |
17-Sep-1918 |
17-Apr-1997 |
President of Israel, 1983-93 |
| Benjamin Hoadly |
Religion |
14-Nov-1676 |
17-Apr-1761 |
Anglican Bishop and controversialist |
| Joseph I |
Royalty |
26-Jul-1678 |
17-Apr-1711 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1705-11 |
| John Latsis |
Business |
14-Sep-1910 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Greek shipping tycoon |
| Alexander Mackenzie |
Head of State |
28-Jan-1822 |
17-Apr-1892 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1873-78 |
| Johann Mattheson |
Composer |
28-Sep-1681 |
17-Apr-1764 |
German baroque composer, theorist |
| Linda McCartney |
Musician |
24-Sep-1941 |
17-Apr-1998 |
Beatle wife and photographer |
| Louise Nevelson |
Sculptor |
23-Sep-1899 |
17-Apr-1988 |
Ukrainian-American abstract sculptor |
| Turgut Özal |
Head of State |
13-Oct-1927 |
17-Apr-1993 |
8th President of Turkey |
| Hank Penny |
Musician |
18-Sep-1918 |
17-Apr-1992 |
Western swing bandleader |
| Jean Perrin |
Physicist |
30-Sep-1870 |
17-Apr-1942 |
Verified atomic nature of matter |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
Politician |
5-Sep-1888 |
17-Apr-1975 |
Philosopher-President of India, 1962-67 |
| Abdel Aziz Rantisi |
Activist |
23-Oct-1947 |
17-Apr-2004 |
Hamas co-founder |
| Stanley R. Resor |
Government |
5-Dec-1917 |
17-Apr-2012 |
Secretary of the Army, 1965-71 |
| Michael Sarrazin |
Actor |
22-May-1940 |
17-Apr-2011 |
Frankenstein: The True Story |
| Madame de Sévigné |
Author |
5-Feb-1626 |
17-Apr-1696 |
Eminent French letter writer |
| Dick Shawn |
Actor |
1-Dec-1923 |
17-Apr-1987 |
Inventor of the "high five" |
| Andrew A. Sorensen |
Educator |
20-Jul-1938 |
17-Apr-2011 |
President, University of South Carolina, 2002-08 |
| Soundarya |
Actor |
17-Jul-1971 |
17-Apr-2004 |
Indian superstar actress, Dweepa |
| Roger W. Sperry |
Scientist |
20-Aug-1913 |
17-Apr-1994 |
"Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology |
| Chauncey Starr |
Physicist |
14-Apr-1912 |
17-Apr-2007 |
Electric Power Research Institute |
| Robert Willan |
Doctor |
12-Nov-1757 |
17-Apr-1812 |
Dermatologist, On cutaneous diseases |
| Jack Yellen |
Songwriter |
6-Jul-1892 |
17-Apr-1991 |
Happy Days Are Here Again |
