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
Former Prime Minister of India
Dean Martin7th June, American
Actor, Comedian, Singer
Robert Byrd20th November, American
Politician
M. G. Ramachandran17th January, Indian
Actor, Politician
Desi Arnaz2nd March, Cuban, American
Actor
Robert Mitchum6th August, American
Film actor
Zsa Zsa Gabor6th February, Hungarian, American
Socialite, Actress
Ella Fitzgerald25th April, American
Singer
Ernest Borgnine24th January, American
Actor
Ferdinand Marcos11th September, Filipino
Former President of the Philippines
Joan Fontaine22nd October, American
Actress
Louis Zamperini26th January, American
Prisoner of War Survivor
John Franzese6th February, Italian
Crime Boss
Lena Horne30th June, American
Singer
Jane Wyman5th January, American
Actress, Singer
Allen Ludden5th October, American
Game Show Host
Jack Kirby28th August, American
Comic Book Artist
Red Auerbach20th September, American
American basketball coach
Thelonious Monk10th October, American
Jazz Pianist & Composer
Mel Ferrer25th August, American
Gene Rayburn22nd December, American
Radio & Television Personality
Anthony Provenzano7th May, American
Gangster
Susan Hayward30th June, American
Actress
Kirk Kerkorian6th June, American
Businessman
Fannie Lou Hamer6th October, American
Civil Rights Activist
I. M. Pei26th April, American
Master of Modern Architecture
Dizzy Gillespie21st October, American
Bandleader
Anthony Burgess25th February, British
Dabbs Greer2nd April, American
Actor
Óscar Romero15th August, Salvadoran
Archbishop of San Salvador
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Andrew Wyeth12th July, American
Isabel Sanford29th August, American
Actress
Byron White8th June, American
Attorney
Yahya Khan4th February, Pakistani
Former President of Pakistan
Leo Gorcey3rd June, American
Actor
David Bohm20th December, American
Scientist
Elyse Knox14th December, American
Actress
Celeste Holm29th April, American
Actress
Carson McCullers19th February, American
American novelist
Rochus Misch29th July, German
Hitler's Bodyguard
Caspar Weinberger18th August, American
Politician
Leonora Carrington6th April, Mexican
Mexican Artist & Surrealist Painter
Gwendolyn Brooks7th June, American
Poet
Robert Bloch5th April, American
Novelist, Short-story Writer
Jo Stafford12th November, American
Singer
Jacob Lawrence7th September, American
Painter
Robert Lowell1st March, American
Poet
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.15th October, American
Historian
Ilya Prigogine25th January, Belgian
Physical Chemist
Theodore Hesburgh25th May, American
15th President of the University of Notre Dame
Andrew Huxley22nd November, British
Physiologist & Biophysicist
Robert Burns Woodward10th April, American
Organic Chemist
Adam Malik22nd July, Indonesian
Former Vice President of Indonesia
Christian de Duve2nd October, Belgian
Biochemist
John Cornforth7th September, Australian, British
Nobel Prize Winner Chemist
John Kendrew24th March, British
Biochemist and Crystallographer
Herbert A. Hauptman14th February, American
Mathematician
Augusto Roa Bastos13th June, Paraguayan
Novelist
James Rainwater9th December, American
Physicist
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
Kenneth Erwin Hagin20th August, American
Preacher
Vera Lynn20th March, British
Actor, Singer, Singer-songwriter
Ramanand Sagar29th December, Indian
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Writer
Raymond Burr21st May, Canadian
Stage actor, Film actor
Henry Ford II4th September, American
Businessman
Edith Bouvier Beale7th November, American
Actor, Dancer, Socialite, Model
Leonard Chess12th March, American
Record producer
Park Chung-hee14th November, South Korean
Politician
Phyllis Diller17th July, American
Actor, Comedian, Voice actor, Stage actor,
Katharine Graham16th June, American
Publisher
Richard Boone18th June, American
Stage actor, Film actor, Television actor
Ossie Davis18th December, American
American film actor
June Allyson7th October, American
Actress
John Lee Hooker22nd August, American
Guitarist, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Musician,
Buddy Rich30th September, American
Musician
David Tomlinson7th May, British
Actor
Ann Richards13th December, Australian
Political Leaders
Pedro Infante18th November, Mexican
Actor, Singer, Film actor, Carpenter
June Foray18th September, American
voice actor, actor
Sidney Sheldon11th February, American
Writer, Screenwriter, Novelist, Playwright, Film
George Gaynes3rd May, Finnish, American, Russian
Actor
Herbert Lom11th September, Czech, British
Television actor, Film actor, Actor, Novelist,
John Connally27th February, American
Politician
Jack Soo28th October, American
Actor
Barry Nelson16th April, American
Actor
Larry O'Brien7th July, American
Politician
Sylvia Syms2nd December, American
Singer
Eric Hobsbawm9th June, Egyptian
Historian
Kenneth E. Hagin20th August, American
Preacher