LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Maude Adams	Actor	11-Nov-1872	17-Jul-1953	Stage actress, Peter Pan
Juan Maria Bordaberry	Head of State	17-Jun-1928	17-Jul-2011	President of Uruguay, 1972-76
Ty Cobb	Baseball	18-Dec-1886	17-Jul-1961	Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter
John Coltrane	Jazz Musician	23-Sep-1926	17-Jul-1967	Jazz tenor saxophonist
Royal S. Copeland	Politician	7-Nov-1868	17-Jul-1938	US Senator from New York, 1923-38
Walter Cronkite	Journalist	4-Nov-1916	17-Jul-2009	America's most trusted newscaster
Thayer David	Actor	4-Mar-1927	17-Jul-1978	Jergens in Rocky
Dizzy Dean	Baseball	16-Jan-1910	17-Jul-1974	MVP in 1934, won two World Series
Alan Dinehart	Actor	3-Oct-1889	17-Jul-1944	Born to Dance
Dorothea Dix	Activist	4-Apr-1802	17-Jul-1887	Activist for the insane
King Edward the Elder	Royalty	c. 871 AD	17-Jul-924 AD	King of England 899-924 AD
Cliff Edwards	Musician	14-Jun-1895	17-Jul-1971	Ukulele Ike
Geraldine Fitzgerald	Actor	24-Nov-1913	17-Jul-2005	Wuthering Heights
Isabella Stewart Gardner	Philanthropist	14-Apr-1840	17-Jul-1924	Prominent art patron, collector
Bernard Giraudeau	Actor	18-Jun-1947	17-Jul-2010	Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Katharine Graham	Publisher	16-Jun-1917	17-Jul-2001	Washington Post publisher, 1966-79
Harry Guardino	Actor	23-Dec-1925	17-Jul-1995	Houseboat
Edward Heath	Head of State	9-Jul-1916	17-Jul-2005	British Prime Minister, 1970-74
Rudolf Hess	Government	26-Apr-1894	17-Jul-1987	Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland
Billie Holiday	Singer	7-Apr-1915	17-Jul-1959	Lady Sings the Blues
Leszek Kolakowski	Philosopher	23-Oct-1927	17-Jul-2009	Polish refugee philosopher
Pope Leo IV	Religion	?	17-Jul-855 AD	Roman Catholic Pope, 847-55
Joseph Luns	Politician	28-Aug-1911	17-Jul-2002	Dutch Foreign Minister, 1952-71
Joseph Maher	Actor	29-Dec-1933	17-Jul-1998	Chancellor Willoughby on Goode Behavior
Margo	Actor	10-May-1917	17-Jul-1985	Lost Horizon
Eugene Meyer	Publisher	31-Oct-1875	17-Jul-1959	Washington Post publisher, 1933-47
Tsar Nicholas II	Royalty	18-May-1868	17-Jul-1918	Last of the Russian Tsars
Anastasia Nikolaevna	Royalty	18-Jun-1901	17-Jul-1918	Youngest Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II
Gerald P. Nye	Politician	19-Dec-1892	17-Jul-1971	US Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45
Álvaro Obregón	Head of State	19-Feb-1880	17-Jul-1928	President of Mexico, 1920-24
Jack Parsons	Scientist	2-Oct-1914	17-Jul-1952	Satanic rocket scientist
Morgan Paull	Actor	15-Dec-1944	17-Jul-2012	Blade Runner
Herbert C. Pell	Diplomat	16-Feb-1884	17-Jul-1961	US Ambassador to Portugal, 1937-41
Tsar Peter III	Royalty	21-Feb-1728	17-Jul-1762	Tsar of Russia, 1762 for six months
Henri Poincaré	Mathematician	29-Apr-1854	17-Jul-1912	Poincaré Conjecture
Samuel J. Popeil	Inventor	22-Jan-1915	17-Jul-1984	Veg-O-Matic
John A. Quitman	Politician	1-Sep-1799	17-Jul-1858	Twice Governor of Mississippi
William Raspberry	Columnist	12-Oct-1935	17-Jul-2012	The Washington Post
Stephen Roberts	Film Director	23-Nov-1895	17-Jul-1936	The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Adam Smith	Economist	5-Jun-1723	17-Jul-1790	The Wealth of Nations
Robert E. Smylie	Politician	31-Oct-1914	17-Jul-2004	Governor of Idaho, 1955-67
Mickey Spillane	Author	9-Mar-1918	17-Jul-2006	Mike Hammer novels
I. F. Stone	Journalist	24-Dec-1907	17-Jul-1989	I. F. Stone's Weekly
Gordon Waller	Musician	4-Jun-1945	17-Jul-2009	Half of Peter and Gordon
Robert C. Weaver	Government	29-Dec-1907	17-Jul-1997	US HUD Secretary, 1966-68
James Whistler	Painter	14-Jul-1834	17-Jul-1903	Whistler's Mother
Robert Wiene	Film Director	24-Apr-1873	17-Jul-1938	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

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