Famous People Born In 1917
Discover the most famous people born in 1917. The list includes people like Indira Gandhi, Louis Zamperini, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Ferdinand Marcos, Desi Arnaz and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, journalists, novelists and actresses born in 1917. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
John F. Kennedy29th May, American
35th President of the United States
Indira Gandhi19th November, Indian
I. M. Pei26th April, American
Master of Modern Architecture
John Kendrew24th March, British
Biochemist and Crystallographer
Dean Martin7th June, American
Actor, Comedian, Singer
Desi Arnaz2nd March, Cuban, American
Jack Kirby28th August, American
Comic Book Artist
Robert Mitchum6th August, American
Film actor
Ernest Borgnine24th January, American
Actor
Zsa Zsa Gabor6th February, Hungarian, American
Socialite, Actress
Lena Horne30th June, American
Singer
Ella Fitzgerald25th April, American
Singer
Ferdinand Marcos11th September, Filipino
Former President of the Philippines
Louis Zamperini26th January, American
Prisoner of War Survivor
Joan Fontaine22nd October, American
Actress
M. G. Ramachandran17th January, Indian
Actor, Politician
Isabel Sanford29th August, American
Actress
Allen Ludden5th October, American
Game Show Host
Gene Rayburn22nd December, American
Radio & Television Personality
Jane Wyman5th January, American
Actress, Singer
Mel Ferrer25th August, American
Susan Hayward30th June, American
Actress
John Franzese6th February, Italian
Crime Boss
Thelonious Monk10th October, American
Jazz Pianist & Composer
Robert Byrd20th November, American
Politician
Dizzy Gillespie21st October, American
Bandleader
Anthony Burgess25th February, British
Red Auerbach20th September, American
American basketball coach
Andrew Wyeth12th July, American
Dabbs Greer2nd April, American
Actor
Kirk Kerkorian6th June, American
Businessman
Elyse Knox14th December, American
Actress
Leonora Carrington6th April, Mexican
Mexican Artist & Surrealist Painter
Carson McCullers19th February, American
American novelist
Theodore Hesburgh25th May, American
15th President of the University of Notre Dame
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David Bohm20th December, American
Scientist
Gwendolyn Brooks7th June, American
Poet
Robert Bloch5th April, American
Novelist, Short-story Writer
Ilya Prigogine25th January, Belgian
Physical Chemist
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.15th October, American
Historian
Robert Burns Woodward10th April, American
Organic Chemist
Andrew Huxley22nd November, British
Physiologist & Biophysicist
Adam Malik22nd July, Indonesian
Former Vice President of Indonesia
Christian de Duve2nd October, Belgian
Biochemist
John Cornforth7th September, Australian, British
Nobel Prize Winner Chemist
Herbert A. Hauptman14th February, American
Mathematician
Augusto Roa Bastos13th June, Paraguayan
Novelist
James Rainwater9th December, American
Physicist
Óscar Romero15th August, Salvadoran
Archbishop of San Salvador
André-Marie Mbida1st January, Cameroonian
Statesman
Constantine Andreou24th March, Brazilian, Greek
Painter, Sculptor
Park-Chung-hee14th November, South Korean
Former President of South Korea
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke16th December, British
Writer
Rodney R. Porter8th October, British
Biochemist
Raymond Burr21st May, Canadian
Stage actor, Film actor
Vera Lynn20th March, British
Actor, Singer, Singer-songwriter
Edith Bouvier Beale7th November, American
Actor, Dancer, Socialite, Model
Richard Boone18th June, American
Stage actor, Film actor, Television actor
Phyllis Diller17th July, American
Actor, Comedian, Voice actor, Stage actor,
Park Chung-hee14th November, South Korean
Former President of South Korea
John Lee Hooker22nd August, American
Guitarist, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Musician,
June Allyson7th October, American
Actress
Pedro Infante18th November, Mexican
Actor, Singer, Film actor, Carpenter
Ossie Davis18th December, American
American film actor
Sidney Sheldon11th February, American
Writer, Screenwriter, Novelist, Playwright, Film
Celeste Holm29th April, American
Actress
June Foray18th September, American
voice actor, actor
John Connally30th November
Governor
Yahya Khan4th February, Pakistani
Diplomat
Fannie Lou Hamer6th October, American
Civil Rights Activist, Philanthropist
Byron White8th June, American
Officer, Lawyer, Judge, Politician
Herbert Lom11th September, Czech, British
Television actor, Film actor, Actor, Novelist,
Kenneth E. Hagin20th August, American
Preacher
Oliver Tambo27th October, South African
Politician
Vinoo Mankad12th April, Indian
Cricketer
Caspar Weinberger30th November, American
Government Official, Lawyer
Phil Rizzuto25th September, American
Radio Personality, Famous Baseball Players
Anthony Provenzano17th May, American
trade unionist
Cyrus Vance27th March, American
Former United States Secretary of State
Leonard Chess12th March, American
Record producer
Rochus Misch29th July, German
Writer, Painter, Military personnel
Miguel Serrano10th September, Chilean
Diplomat, Writer
Denis Healey30th August, British
Politician
Jacob Lawrence7th September, American
Painter
Nick Joaquin4th May, Filipino
Writer, Journalist
Robert Lowell1st March, American
Poet, Writer
Will Eisner6th March, American
Cartoonist
Maya Deren29th April, Russian
Filmmaker
Masahiko Kimura10th September, Japanese
Wrestler
Heinrich Böll21st December, German
Writer
Carl Ballantine27th September, American
Actor, Television actor, Stage magician
Ramanand Sagar29th December, Indian
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Writer
Bruce Shand22nd January, British
Officer
Urie Bronfenbrenner29th April, American
Psychologist, Academic, University teacher, Writer
Slim Keith15th July, American
Model, Socialite
Jean-Pierre Melville20th October, French
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer