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May 17, 1977 Jere Michael, Aspen, Colorado, figure skater, 1994 National, Jr. champ May 17, 1976 Anna Windsor, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics May 17, 1976 Daniel Komen, Nyaru Kenya, 5k runner May 17, 1976 Peter Devine, New York City, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics May 17, 1974 Marcia Turner, Cambridge Massachusetts, Miss America, Mass-Top 10-1996 May 17, 1974 Andrea Corr, Irish Musician May 17, 1973 Jay Riemersma, tight end for the Buffalo Bills May 17, 1973 Joshua Homme, American Musician May 17, 1972 Elena Wagner, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Redbridge-GBR May 17, 1972 John Burrough, NFL defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons May 17, 1971 Bill Lindsay, Big Fork, NHL left wing for the Florida Panthers May 17, 1971 Mark Williams, NFL linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars May 17, 1970 Sebastien Britten, Brossard Que, figure skater, 1995 Canadian Champ May 17, 1970 Alan Wetmore, CFL fullback, Montreal Alouettes May 17, 1970 Derrick Deese, NFL guard for the San Francisco 49ers May 17, 1970 Hubert Davis, NBA guard, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks May 17, 1970 Jim Cummins, Dearborn, NHL right wing, Chicago Blackhawks May 17, 1970 Jodie Rogers, Melbourne Victoria Australia, diver 1996 Olympics May 17, 1970 John Karelse, soccer player, NAC May 17, 1970 Jordan Nathaniel M Knight, Massachusetts, rocker, New Kids-Hangin' Tough May 17, 1970 Renzo Furlan, Italy, tennis star May 17, 1970 Stefania Croce, Bergamo Italy, golfer, 95 State Farm Rail Classic-11 May 17, 1970 Todd Mundt, NBA center for the Atlanta Hawks May 17, 1970 Jordan Knight, American Musician May 17, 1969 Aaron Ruffin, CFL defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger Cats May 17, 1969 Craig Erickson, NFL quarterback, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins May 17, 1969 Paige Turco, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Melanie-Guiding Light May 17, 1969 Ujesh Ranchod, cricketer, Zimbabwe off-spinner 1993 May 17, 1968 Tim Grunhard, NFL center for the Kansas City Chiefs May 17, 1967 Cameron Bancroft, actor, Beverly Hills 90210 May 17, 1967 Debbie Dutch, Titusville, New Jersey, actress, Hell's Paradox May 17, 1966 Danny Manning, NBA forward and center for the Phoenix Suns May 17, 1966 Mark Kratzmann, Australia, tennis star May 17, 1966 Mark Schmocker, Interlaken Switz, U.S. team handball goalie 1996 Olympics May 17, 1966 Heston Blumenthal, English Celebrity May 17, 1965 Trent Reznor, musician, 9 Inch Nails May 17, 1963 Jon Koncak, NBA center, Orlando Magic May 17, 1963 Page McConnell, American Musician May 17, 1962 Scott Case, NFL safety for the Dallas Cowboys May 17, 1962 Tracey Bryn, rocker, Voice of Beehive-Let it Bee May 17, 1962 Craig Ferguson, Scottish Comedian May 17, 1961 Enya, [Eithne Ni Bhraonain], Gweedore, Ireland, vocalist, Watermark May 17, 1960 Fiona Hutchison, born in Miami, Florida, actress, One Life to Live, Guiding Light May 17, 1959 Paul Di'anno, rocker (Iron Maiden Chingford, London V Early Vocalist May 17, 1958 Vincent Henar, Surinam, bassist, Fra Fra Sound May 17, 1956 Bob Saget, Philadelphia, comedian, Full House, America's Funniest Home Video May 17, 1956 Sue Carpenter, TV presenter/journalist May 17, 1956 Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete May 17, 1956 Dave Sim, Canadian Cartoonist May 17, 1955 Bill Paxton, actor, Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies May 17, 1954 John Iles, dolby supervisor, Elephant Man, Richard III May 17, 1954 Michael Roberts, jockey May 17, 1953 George Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Brothers Johnson May 17, 1953 Kathleen Sullivan, born in Pasadena, California, newscaster, ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show May 17, 1953 Nicholas Bacon, premier baronet of England May 17, 1953 Yoko Shimada, Kumamota Japan, author, Kir Royal, /actress, Shogun May 17, 1952 Jody Pijper, Dutch, background, singer May 17, 1951 I R Evans, CEO, Hyder, Welsh Water May 17, 1951 Simon Hughes, MP May 17, 1950 A A Johnson, MP May 17, 1950 Christian Lacroix, French couturier, Chic Frills May 17, 1950 Keith Bradley, MP May 17, 1950 Janez Drnovsek, Slovenian Statesman May 17, 1949 Timothy Cordy, British director, Town/Country Planning Assn May 17, 1948 Bill Bruford, English pop drummer, Yes, King Crimson-Red, Genesis May 17, 1947 John Traicos, cricketer, in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93 May 17, 1946 Sinaida Turchina, U.S.S.R., team handball 1976 Olympics gold May 17, 1945 D A S Pennefather, Maj-General/Commandant, General Royal Marines May 17, 1945 George Miller, Rep-D-CA, 1975- May 17, 1944 Arif Butt, cricketer, pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65 May 17, 1944 Canon P B Price, general secretary, USPG May 17, 1944 Jesse Winchester, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer and songwriter, Learn to Love it May 17, 1944 Paul Crossley, concert pianist May 17, 1942 Caroline Charles, fashion designer May 17, 1942 Taj Mahal, New York City, singer and songwriter, Real Thing May 17, 1941 David Howell Cope, composer May 17, 1941 Malcom Hale, rocker May 17, 1941 Miriam Margolyes, actress, Will Be May 17, 1941 Ben Nelson, American Politician May 17, 1940 Alan Kay, American Scientist May 17, 1939 Hugh Dykes, MP May 17, 1939 Wim de Bie, CEO, Simplistic Covenant May 17, 1938 Don Dolan, Staten Island, New York, actor, Guy Lewis- General Hospital May 17, 1938 Jason Bernard, actor, Judge-Liar Liar May 17, 1938 Pervis Jackson, rocker, Spinners May 17, 1938 Trinus Riemersma, Dutch-Frisian writer, Conquest of Leeuwarden May 17, 1936 Dennis Hopper, Kansas, actor, True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider May 17, 1936 Lars Gustafsson, writer May 17, 1936 Philippe Boesmans, composer May 17, 1935 Dennis Christopher George Potter, playwright, Karaoke, Midnight Movie May 17, 1935 Ivan Slone, world-famous watchmaker May 17, 1934 Earl Morrall, NFL QB, Lions, Giants, Colts May 17, 1932 Arthur Jones, principal, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester May 17, 1932 Colin Hope, CEO, T/N May 17, 1932 Peter Burge, cricketer, dashing Australian batsman of 50's and 60's May 17, 1932 Rodric Braithwaite, British ambassador to U.S.S.R. May 17, 1931 Dewey Redman, jazz musician May 17, 1929 Raymond Hide, geophysicist May 17, 1928 Donald Cameron Watt, historian May 17, 1928 Ian Griggs, bishop, Ludlow May 17, 1928 Vivian Moses, biotechnologist May 17, 1928 Idi Amin, Leader May 17, 1927 Ronald Halstead, deputy CEO, British Steel May 17, 1926 Cicely Berry, voice director, Royal Shakespeare Company May 17, 1926 David Young, Lt-Gen/CEO, Cairn Tech May 17, 1926 Earl of Airlie, KT May 17, 1926 Geoffrey Caston, vice chancellor, University of South Pacific May 17, 1926 Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Airilet May 17, 1926 Tenniel Evans, rev/actor, 10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper May 17, 1924 Frantisek Kovaricek, composer May 17, 1924 Lord Tombs, CEO, Rolls Royce May 17, 1924 Thomas Baird, vice-admiral May 17, 1923 Michael Beetham, Marshal, RAF May 17, 1923 Miles Wingate, deputy master, Trinity House May 17, 1923 Peter Mennin[i], Erie Pennsylvania, composer, Moby Dick May 17, 1921 Dennis Brain, born in London, England, french-hornist, Serenade May 17, 1921 John Garlick, British senior civil servant May 17, 1920 Harriet Van Horne, Syracuse, New York, columnist/panelist, Leave it to Girls May 17, 1920 Lydia Wideman, Finland, 10K cross country skier 1952 Olympics gold May 17, 1918 Birgit Nilsson, Karup Sweden, operatic soprano, Elektra, Salome May 17, 1916 Cornelis A Eman, Aruban politician May 17, 1916 John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter May 17, 1915 Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer May 17, 1914 Guido Masanetz, composer May 17, 1913 Alec Ogilvie, CEO, Powell Duffryn May 17, 1913 Lord Hirshfield, chartered accountant May 17, 1912 Archibald Cox, special prosecutor, Watergate May 17, 1912 Clarence "Ace" Parker, NFL QB, Brooklyn, Boston Yanks May 17, 1912 Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher conductor May 17, 1911 Knut Anders Haukfield, SOE Operative May 17, 1911 Maureen O'Sullivan, Boyle Ireland, actress, Tarzan, Pride and Prejudice May 17, 1911 Clark Kerr, American Economist May 17, 1909 Edward Playfair, British senior civil servant May 17, 1909 Magda Schneider, actress, Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight May 17, 1909 Ted Rall, American Cartoonist May 17, 1908 Sigismund Toduta, composer May 17, 1908 Zinka Milanov, Zagreb Yugoslavia, soprano, Ljublama Opera 1927 May 17, 1907 Charles Cawley, British chief scientist/minister of power May 17, 1907 Horace McMahon, South Norwalk, Connecticut, actor, Martin Kane Private Eye May 17, 1907 Ilona Schacherer Elek, Budapest Hung, fencer, Olympics gold 1936, 48 May 17, 1906 Eric Mensforth, president, Westland Aircraft May 17, 1905 John Patrick, screenwriter May 17, 1905 John Minor Wisdom, American Judge May 17, 1904 Jean Gabin, [Alexis Moncorge], actor, Stormy Waters, French Can Can May 17, 1903 Douglas Packard, British Lt General May 17, 1903 Cool Papa Bell, American Athlete May 17, 1902 John Vincent, composer May 17, 1901 Werner Egk, Auchsesheim Germany, composer, Die Zaubergeige May 17, 1900 Nicolai Berezowsky, composer May 17, 1900 Ayatollah Khomeini, Leader May 17, 1899 Ralf Harolde, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off May 17, 1896 Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer May 17, 1896 Hannah Tillich, writer May 17, 1890 Philip James, composer May 17, 1889 Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet, historian and diplomat, Higenia Cruel May 17, 1889 Marcel Moyse, Saint-Amour, France, flutist, 20 Exercises et etudes May 17, 1888 A P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner, legend for Kent and England May 17, 1888 Selmer Jackson, Iowa, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp May 17, 1886 Alfonso XIII, Borbon King of Spain, 1902-31 May 17, 1878 Conway Tearle, U.S. actor, Klondike Annie, Should Ladies Behave? May 17, 1876 Alban Collignon, Belgian sport journalist May 17, 1873 Dorothy Miller Richardson, Abingdon Berkshire, novelist May 17, 1873 Henri Barbusse, Asnieres, France, novelist, Le Feu May 17, 1871 Henricus P Bremmer, art historian, Modern Kunstwerken May 17, 1867 Gerrit Mannoury, Dutch mathematician/philosopher May 17, 1866 Erik Alfred Satie, Honfleur France, composer, Memoirs d'un Ambesique May 17, 1855 Timothy Healy, Irish Politician May 17, 1850 Antonio Scontrino, composer May 17, 1846 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle May 17, 1844 Julius Wellhausen, German Educator May 17, 1836 Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer, Helium, /founder, Nature magazine May 17, 1823 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer May 17, 1819 Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer May 17, 1817 Thomas Davidson, Scottish Scientist May 17, 1812 Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1880 May 17, 1808 Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer May 17, 1804 Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer, Heldring Institutions May 17, 1803 Robert Smith Surtees, novelist May 17, 1800 Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer May 17, 1796 Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao, christen slaves May 17, 1794 Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer May 17, 1794 Anna Jameson, British Writer May 17, 1768 Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV May 17, 1749 Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination May 17, 1741 John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence May 17, 1732 Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer May 17, 1691 Antoine Court, French reformed theologist May 17, 1673 Jozef LD von Konigsegg, Austria, milt minister of Austrian Netherlands May 17, 1576 Ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized May 17, 1568 Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer May 17, 1551 Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Netherlands lawyer/historian/theologist May 17, 1490 Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia May 17, 1451 Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg May 17, 1444 Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter, Birth of Venus |