17bc...................Famous Birthdays (17/11/2013) 9 - Vespasian, Falacrina, Italy, Roman Emperor (AD 69-79), (d. AD 79) 331 - Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], Emperor 1502 - Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) 1503 - Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) 1576 - Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) 1594 - Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) 1612 - Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650) 1681 - Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) 1685 - Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) 1690 - Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist 1704 - Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet 1729 - Maria Antonietta of Spain, queen of Sardinia (d. 1785) 1755 - Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24) 1765 - Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840) 1771 - Jonathan Huntington, composer 1787 - Michele Carafa, composer 1790 - August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868) 1794 - John Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1873 1799 - Titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology) 1808 - Alberich Zwyssig, composer 1814 - Joseph Finegan, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 1816 - August W Ambros, Austria musicologist (History of Music) 1826 - John McArthur, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 1827 - Petko Slavejkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 1895) 1834 - Stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 1835 - Andrew L. Harris, governor of Ohio (d. 1915) 1837 - David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao 1837 - Derk J A Haspels, Dutch actor 1837 - Willem Coenen, composer 1854 - Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17) 1859 - Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer 1865 - John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plasketts twins) 1866 - Voltairine de Cleyre, American anarchist (d. 1912) 1876 - Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor (Brussels, Belgium) 1877 - Frank Calder, the first NHL President (d. 1943) 1878 - Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau) 1879 - Gerardus H de Haas, socialist vicar 1881 - Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP 1883 - Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1913) 1885 - Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman (Belgian Workers Party) 1886 - Crane Wilbur, Athens NY, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo) 1887 - Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign) 1888 - Ariantje Jeanne Leg, actress (It Vijgeblaadje, It Hippie) 1890 - Jack Cusack, pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs) 1891 - Guido Pannain, composer 1891 - Jean Del Val, [Gautier], France, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces) 1892 - Max Deutsch, composer 1894 - Eelco van Kleffens, minister of Foreign affairs (1939-46)/diplomat 1894 - Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51) 1895 - Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (d. 1975) 1895 - Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican author (d. 1966) 1896 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (d. 1934) 1897 - Ed Baker, Davis WV, actor (Keystone Kops) 1897 - Frank Fay, San Francisco, California, American actor (Gods Gift to Women, Love Nest) 1897 - Sara Haden, Galveston Tx, actress (A Family Affair) 1899 - Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Coup of Trafalgar) 1899 - Douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer (d. 1971) 1900 - Marcel Dalio, Paris, actor (Casablanca) 1901 - Joyce Wethered, Surrey England, golfer (4 time British Amateur champ) 1901 - Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor (Somewhere in the Night) 1901 - Max Zehnder, composer 1901 - Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer 1901 - Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU) (Hallstein doctrine) 1902 - Eugene Paul Wigner, mathematician/physicist (A Bomb, Nobel 1963) 1902 - Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All) 1903 - Joseph Kaminski, composer 1904 - Isamu Noguchi, sculptor (1963 Fine Arts Medal) 1905 - Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (Aus batsman & leggie 99 on Test debut) 1905 - Astrid Bernadotte, Princess of Sweden 1905 - Mischa Auer, [Ounskowsky], St Petersburg Russia, actor (My Man Godfrey) 1905 - Wazyk, [Adam Wagman], Polish poet/author (Eyes & Mouth) 1906 - Betty Bronson, Trenton NJ, actress (Evel Knievel, One Stolen Night) 1906 - Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO (Honda Motor Co) 1906 - Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (d. 2007) 1907 - Israel Regardie, Aleister Crowleys secretary (d. 1985) 1909 - Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (Heart of the Matter) 1911 - Charles Walters, US, actor/choreographer/director (Easter parade) 1911 - Nobutaka Shikanai, Japans media CEO (Fujisankei Com Group) 1911 - William Tannen, NYC, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull) 1911 - Christian Fouchet, French diplomat (d. 1974) 1914 - Archie Campbell, Bullsgap Tenn, comedian (Hee Haw) 1916 - Winson Hudson, community activist (rural Mississippi) 1917 - Jack Lescoulie, Sacramento California, TV host (Jackie Gleason Show) 1919 - Hershy Kay, Philadelphia Penn, composer/arranger (Olympic Hymn) 1919 - Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, journalist 1920 - Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish singer (d. 2005) 1921 - Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter 1922 - Emile Noel, international civil servant 1923 - Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer (all-time great NZ left-handed bat) 1923 - Robert Francis Vere Heuston, British professor of law 1923 - Mike Garcia, American baseball player (d. 1986) 1924 - Lucas J Luc Lutz, Dutch actor/director (Hague Comedy) 1925 - Charles Mackerras, Schenectady NY, Australian conductor 1925 - Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier 1925 - Libby Newman, painter/printmaker/curator 1925 - Rock Hudson, Winnetka, Ill, actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms) 1927 - Ellis Hillman, politician 1928 - Colin McDonald, cricketer (stalwart Australian opening bat for 1950s) 1928 - Rance Howard, American actor 1929 - Edgar White, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1952) 1929 - Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/attorney general on Aruba 1929 - Sumner White, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1952) 1929 - Norm Zauchin, baseball player (d. 1999) 1930 - Bob Mathias, Tulare, California, American decathlete (Olympic-gold-1948, 52) 1930 - Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician 1930 - David Werner Amram, Philadelphia Pa, composer (Splendor in the Grass) 1933 - Orlando Peña, Cuban baseball player 1934 - James M Inhofe, (Rep-R-Oklahoma) 1934 - Fenella Fielding, English actress 1935 - Anton Sailer, Austria, skier (Olympic-3 golds-1956) 1936 - Leni van Rijn-Vellekoop, Dutch MP (PvdA) 1936 - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005) 1937 - Peter Edward Cook, Torquay England, actor/comedian (Bedazzled) 1938 - Alvaro Leon Cassuto, composer 1938 - Gordon Lightfoot, Ontario Canada, folksinger (Sundown) 1938 - Peter Snell, NZ, 800m/1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1960, 64) 1938 - Thomas Black, English industrial/auto collector 1939 - Auberon Waugh, British author (d. 2001) 1940 - Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player 1941 - Gene Clark, Los Angeles California, rock vocalist/guitarist (Byrds) 1941 - Peter Hoagland, (Rep-D-Nebraska) 1942 - Annemarie Oster, Dutch actress (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden) 1942 - Bob Gaudio, Bronx NY, rocker (Four Seasons-Sherry) 1942 - Martin Scorsese, Queens, New York, director (Raging Bull, The Departed) 1942 - Khang Khek Leu, Cambodian politician 1943 - Lauren Hutton, [Mary], Charleston SC, model/actress (American Gigolo) 1944 - Danny DeVito, Neptune NJ, actor (Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins) 1944 - Eugene Clarke, Tipton Missouri, rock guitarist 1944 - Lorne Michaels, [Lipowitz], Toronto Ontario, comedian (SNL) 1944 - Tom Seaver, Fresno, California, American MLB pitcher (NY Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young 69 73 75) 1944 - Jim Boeheim, Hall of Fame Coach 1944 - Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect 1945 - Elvin Hayes, NBA star (San Diego, Houston, Baltimore) 1945 - Jeremy Hanley, British Lower house member 1945 - Roland Joffe, director (City of Joy, Mission, Killing Fields) 1946 - Martin Barre, British pop guitarist (Jethro Tull) 1946 - Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa 1947 - Rod Clements, rocker 1947 - Stewkey, [Robert Antoni], rocker 1947 - Steven E. de Souza, American scriptwriter 1947 - Inky Mark, Canadian politician 1948 - Jaime Huelamo, Spain, cyclist (Olympic-bronze-1972) drug disqualified 1948 - Howard Dean, American politician 1949 - John Boehner, (Rep-R-Ohio) 1949 - Thomas Lionel Hill, New Orleans, 110m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1972) ..................................
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:02:25 +0000
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