July 17 Birthdays
July 17 Birthdays of important people from throughout history.
1487 – Ismail I, Shah of Persia, converted Iran from Sunni to Shi’ah (d. 1524)
1674 – Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)
1702 – Johann Schneider, composer
1744 – Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering
1745 – Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)
1763 – Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education
1763 – John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader
1775 – August Harder, composer
1797 – Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)
1817 – Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer
1827 – Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)
1830 – Eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)
1831 – Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)
1832 – Johan August Soderman, composer
1839 – Friedrich Gernsheim, composer
1839 – Ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)
1853 – Francesco Fanciulli, composer
1859 – Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)
1871 – Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter
1873 – Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto)
1875 – Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer
1876 – Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat
1876 – Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, lived to be 115 years old, born in Flint, Georgia (d. 1991)
1876 – Vittorio Gnecchi, composer
1878 – Henri Zagwijn, composer
1883 – Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist (Acting Peace)
1883 – Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Erotikon)
1885 – Benjamin James Dale, composer
1888 – Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)
1889 – Erle Stanley Gardner, Malden Mass., US detective writer (Perry Mason), (d. 1970)
1894 – Mary Clare, actress (Evil Mind, Young & Innocent), born in London, England
1897 – Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge
1898 – Berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget)
1898 – Osmond Borradaile, Canadian cinematographer (d. 1999)
1899 – James Cagney, New York City, NY, American actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy)
1901 – Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (d. 1938)
1902 – Christina Stead, Australia, novelist (Man Who Loved Children)
1903 – Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer
1904 – Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor
1905 – Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan
1905 – William Gargan, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Dynamite, Ellery Queen)
1906 – John Carroll, [Julian LaFaye], actor (Wolf Call), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1908 – Rudolf Petzold, composer
1909 – Hardy Amies, royal dressmaker (Queen Elizabeth II), born in London, England
1911 – Ted Anderson, English footballer (d. 1979)
1912 – Art Linkletter, Saskatchewan Canada, TV host (People are Funny)
1913 – Everett Helm, composer
1913 – Roger Garaudy, French philosopher
1913 – Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (d. 1997)
1914 – Lucille Benson, Scottsboro Ala, actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies)
1914 – James Purdy, Hicksville, Ohio, writer (The House of the Solitary Maggot), (disputed birthdate, 1923), (d. 2009)
1915 – Cass Daley, actress (Red Garters), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1915 – Dorothy Poynton-Hill, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1932)
1915 – Esther Williamson Ballou, composer
1915 – Habib Rajab, Durban, South African, a trader and collector of oriental art
1916 – Eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940)
1917 – Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year)
1917 – Phyllis Diller, Lima Ohio, comedienne and actress (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number), (d. 2012)
1917 – Red Sovine, American country music singer (d. 1980)
1917 – Kenan Evren, Turkish soldier and politician, (President of Turkey 1980-1989 by military coup), born in Alaşehir, Manisa Province (d. 2015)
1918 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (d. 2003)
1919 – Alex Moir, cricketer (New Zealand leg-spinner in 17 Tests 1950-59)
1920 – Bill Monroe, newscaster (NBC-TV, Congressional Report), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1920 – Helen Walker, Worcester MA, actress (Brewster’s Million)
1920 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman (International Olympic Committee)
1920 – Rudolf Karpati, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
1920 – Gordon Gould, inventor of the laser (d. 2005)
1921 – Acquanetta, [Mildred Davenport], Wyo, actress (Tarzan & Leopard Woman)
1921 – George Barnes, Chicago Hgts, guitarist (Skip Farrell Show)
1921 – František Zvarík, Slovakian actor
1921 – Toni Stone [Marcenia Lyle Alberga], St. Paul Minnesota, American baseball player (first woman to play in a men’s league)
1922 – Donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic
1923 – John Cooper, English race car designer (d. 2000)
1926 – Édouard Carpentier, French-born professional wrestler
1926 – Charles Champlin, American film critic and writer
1928 – Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker
1928 – Vince Guaraldi, American musician and composer (d. 1976)
1929 – Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician
1930 – Ryohei Hirose, composer
1932 – Niccolo Castiglioni, composer
1932 – Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials)
1932 – Wojciech Kilar, Lwów, Second Polish Republic, composer (The Pianist), (d. 2013)
1932 – Hal Riney, American advertising executive (d. 2008)
1933 – Tony Pithey, cricketer (brother of David, South African batsman in 17 Tests)
1933 – Bruce Wells, British boxer & actor
1934 – Pat McCormick, comedian (Don Rickles Show)
1934 – Philippe Capdenat, composer
1934 – Rainer Kisch, writer
1934 – Lucio Tan, Chinese Filipino businessman (Philippine Airlines), in Amoy China
1935 – Donald Sutherland, St John New Brunswick, Canadian actor (M*A*S*H, Body Snatchers)
1935 – Diahann Carroll, Bronx, actress (Julia, Claudine, Dominique-Dynasty)
1935 – P D Q Bach, [Peter Schickele], Iowa, composer (5th of Beethoven)
1937 – Jose Ignacio Cabrujas, writer
1938 – Stan Bronstein, rocker
1939 – Spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)
1939 – Warwick Hutton, artist
1939 – Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran
1939 – Andrée Champagne, French Canadian actress and politician
1940 – Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$)
1940 – Tim Brooke-Taylor, English comedian
1941 – Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty’s shadow)
1941 – Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raider QB (AFL leading passer 1967)
1942 – Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968)
1942 – Gale Garnett, Auckland NZ, singer (We’ll Sing in the Sunshine)
1942 – Don Kessinger, American baseball player
1942 – Peter Sissons, British newsreader
1944 – Mark Burgess, cricketer (NZ batsman of the 70’s)
1945 – Fenneken Fockema Andreae, Dutch actress (Sea Gull)
1945 – Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
1946 – Alun Armstrong, English actor
1947 – Camilla Parker Bowles (Duchess of Cornwall), wife of Prince Charles, born in London, England
1947 – Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1948 – Brian Glascock, rock drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1948 – Cathy Ferguson, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964)
1948 – Luc Bondy, Zurich Switzerland
1948 – Phillip Harris, rocker
1948 – Ron Asheton, Washington DC, guitarist and song writer (Iggy Pop), (d. 2009).
1949 – Mick Tucker, rock drummer (Sweet Harlesden), born in London, England
1949 – Mike Vale, rock bassist (Tommy James & The Shondells)
1949 – Geezer Butler, English rock bassist (Black Sabbath), born in Birmingham, England
1949 – Charlie Steiner, American sports broadcaster
1950 – Derek de Lint, Dutch actor
1950 – P.J. Soles, German-born American actress
1951 – Lucie Arnaz, actress (Kim-Here’s Lucy, Jazz Singer), born in Los Angeles, California
1952 – Chet McCracken, rocker (Doobie Brothers), born in Seattle, Washington
1952 – David Hasselhoff, Balt Md, actor (Night Rider, Mitch-Baywatch)
1952 – Nicolette Larson, KC MO, rock vocalist (Twins, Lotta Love)
1952 – Phoebe Snow, singer (Theme from “It’s a Different World”)
1952 – Robert R[ick] McCammon, US, sci-fi author (Baal, Mystery Walk)
1954 – Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
1954 – J. Michael Straczynski, American author
1955 – Paul Stamets, American mycologist and environmentalist
1955 – Christopher Chappell, Former Canadian Cricketer
1956 – Bryan Trottier, Val Marie Saskatchewan, NHL Center (NY Islanders)
1956 – Robert Romanus, American actor
1957 – Bruce Crump, rock drummer (Molly Hatchet)
1958 – Wong Kar-wai, Chinese film director
1959 – Janet Lynn Kavandi, Springfield Mo, PhD/astronaut (sk:STS 91)
1960 – Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV)
1960 – Karen Elaine Price, Pasadena California, playmate (January, 1981)
1960 – Kim Barnett, cricketer (England batsman & occasional leggie 1988-89)
1960 – Nancy Giles, actress (Connie-Delta, Off Beat, Big, Angie), born in NYC, New York
1960 – Robin Shou, martial arts actor (Mortal Kombat, Beverly Hills Ninja)
1960 – Scott Norwood, NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills-Super Bowl XXV goat)
1960 – Mark Burnett, English-born television producer
1960 – Dawn Upshaw, American soprano
1961 – Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor
1962 – Jay Barrs, Jacksonville Fla, archer (Olympics-gold-1988, 92, 96)
1962 – Bill Sage, American actor
1963 – Denise Miller, Brooklyn New York, American actress (Billie-Archie Bunker’s Place)
1963 – Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper
1963 – Letsie III, King of Lesotho
1963 – John Ventimiglia, American actor
1964 – Heather Langenkamp, actress (Marie-Just the 10 of Us)
1965 – Alex Winter, actor (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure), born in London, England
1965 – Ken Evraire, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1965 – Craig Morgan, American singer
1965 – Santiago Segura, Spanish film director and actor
1966 – Michael John Bradley, Largo FL, PGA golfer (1993 Kemper Open-3rd)
1966 – Sten Tolgfors, Swedish politician
1967 – Kevin Pritchard, NBA guard (Washington Bullets)
1967 – Pearl Sinn, Seoul Korea, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th)
1968 – Beth Littleford, American comedian
1968 – Bitty Schram, American actress
1969 – Tommy Soderstrom, Stockholm SWE, NHL goalie (Sweden, NY Islanders)
1970 – Bronwyn Roye, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1970 – Mandy Smith, England, rocker (I Just Can’t Wait)/wife of Bill Wyman
1971 – Calbert Cheaney, NBA forward/guard (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
1971 – Daniel Kunce, Sumperk GER, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
1971 – Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
1971 – Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
1972 – Donny Marshall, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1972 – Eric Williams, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics)
1972 – Melissa “Missy” Schwen, Bloomington Ind, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
1972 – Michael Lampert, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
1972 – Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer
1973 – Horacio Llamas, NBA center (Phoenix Suns)
1973 – Tony Dovolani, Albanian ballroom dancer
1973 – Liam Kyle Sullivan, American comedian and actor
1974 – Laura Macdonald, Scottish jazz musician
1975 – Troy Amos Ross, Georgetown Guyana, Canadian boxer (Olympics-96)
1975 – Gino D’Acampo, Italian celebrity chef
1975 – Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
1975 – Cécile de France, Belgian actress
1975 – Paul Hinojos, American guitarist (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
1975 – Konnie Huq, English television presenter
1975 – Terence Tao, Australian-Chinese mathematician
1975 – Andre Adams, Former New Zealand Cricketer
1976 – Dagmara Dominczyk, Polish actress
1976 – Eric Winter, American actor
1976 – Matthew Holmes, Australian actor
1977 – M.I.A., British rapper
1977 – Lehmber Hussainpuri, Famous Indian Singer
1977 – Marc Savard, Canadian hockey player
1978 – Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978 – Mike Hettinga, American professional wrestler
1978 – Émilie Simon, French singer
1978 – Katharine Towne, American actress
1979 – Mike Vogel, American actor
1980 – Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer1980 – Ryan Miller, American hockey player
1981 – Elpida Romantzi, Greek archer
1982 – Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten)
1982 – Omari Banks, West Indian Cricketer
1983 – Brooke Kinsella, British actress
1983 – Ryan Guettler, professional Australian BMX rider
1983 – Sarah Jones, American actress
1983 – Adam Lind, American baseball player
1984 – Sotiris Leontiou, Greek footballer
1984 – Asami Kimura, Japanese singer (Country Musume)
1985 – Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer
1985 – Tom Fletcher, British singer (McFly)
1986 – Dana, Korean singer and actress (TSZX)
1987 – Darius Boyd, Australian rugby player
1987 – Jan Charouz, Czech racing driver
1987 – Moussa Dembélé, Belgian footballer
1988 – Summer Bishil, American actress
1989 – Marko Todorović, Swiss swimmer
1989 – Josie Lopez, American actress
1998 – Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal
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