Famous People Born In 1917

• Desi Arnaz

  Actor

  Cuba

• Gwendolyn Brooks

  Poet

  Kansas, United States of America

• Anthony Burgess

  Author

  United Kingdom

• Louis Zamperini

  U.S. Army

  New York, United States of America

• Ernest Borgnine

  Actor

  Connecticut, United States of America

• Thelonious Monk

  Pianist

  North Carolina, United States of America

• André-Marie Mbida

  Statesman

  ?Île-de-France, Cameroon

• Bernard Ferdinand Popp

  Priest

  Texas, United States of America

• Robert Byrd

  Politician

  North Carolina, United States of America

• Jane Wyman

  Actress

  Missouri, United States of America

• Buddy Rich

  Drummer

  New York, United States of America

• David Bohm

  Scientist

  Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Herbert A. Hauptma

  Mathematician

  New York, United States of America

• Leonora Carrington

  Artist

  England, United Kingdom

• Lena Horne

  Actress

  New York, United States of America

• Sir Arthur Charles Clarke

  Writer

  Somerset, United Kingdom

• Robert Burn Woodworth

  Chemist

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• Dizzy Gillespie

  Musician

  South Carolina, United States of America

• Isabel Sanford

  Actress

  New York, United States of America

• Zsa Zsa Gabor

  Actress

  Hungary

• Constantine Andreou

  Painter

  São Paulo, Brazil

• Barbara Deming

  Feminist

  New York, United States of America

• Raymond Burr

  Actor

  British Columbia, Canada

• Susan Hayward

  Actress

  New York, United States of America

• Ilya Prigogine

  Chemist

  Russia

• Robert Mitchum

  Actor

  Connecticut, United States of America

• Robert Bloch

  Novelist

  Illinois, United States of America

• Vera Lynn

  Singer

  England, United Kingdom

• Betty Comden

  Musician

  New York, United States of America

• Phyllis Diller

  Actress

  Ohio, United States of America

• Oscar Romero

  Investigator

  San Miguel, El Salvador

• Joan Fontaine

  Actress

  Kant?, Japan

• James Rainwater

  Physicist

  Idaho, United States of America

• Andrew Fielding Huxley

  Biophysicist

  England, United Kingdom

• Ferdinand Marcos

  Politician

  Ilocos Norte, Philippines

• M G Ramachandran

  Politician

  Sri Lanka

• I.M. Pei

  Architect

  Guangdong Province, China

• John Kendrew

  Biochemist

  England, United Kingdom

• John Cornforth

  Chemist

  New South Wales, Australia

• Christian de Duve

  Biochemist

  England, United Kingdom

• Rodney R. Porter

  Biochemist

  England, United Kingdom

• Theodore Hesburgh

  Religious Leader

  New York, United States of America

• Adam Malik

  Politician

  North Sumatra, Indonesia

• Andrew Wyeth

  Painter

  Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Dean Martin

  Singer

  Ohio, United States of America

• Tom Bradley

  Lawyer

  Texas, United States of America

• Oliver Tambo

  Activist

  Eastern Cape, South Africa

• Arthur Leslie Lydiard

  Athlete

  New Zealand

• Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

  Academic

  Ohio, United States of America

• Lloyd N. Cutler

  Lawyer

  New York, United States of America

• Robert Merrill

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Robert Merrill

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Robert Lowell

  Anti-War Activist

  Massachusetts, United States Of America

• Jacob Lawrence

  Academic

  New Jersey, United States Of America

• John Connally

  Governor

  Texas, United States Of America

• Helen Suzman

  Activist

  Gauteng, South Africa

• Will Eisner

  Cartoonist

  New York, United States Of America

• Fannie Lou Hamer

  Activist

  Mississippi, United States of America

• Katharine Graham

  Publisher

  New York, United States of America

• Maeve Brennan

  Author

  Ireland, United Kingdom

• John Lee Hooker

  Guitarist

  Mississippi, United States of America

• Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

  Socialite

  New Jersey, United States Of America

• Phil Rizzuto

  Baseball Player

  New York, United States of America

• Carson McCullers

  Author

  Georgia, United States Of America

• John F. Kennedy

  Activist

  Massachusetts, United States Of America

• Celeste Holm

  Movie Actress

  New York, united states of America

• Sidney Sheldon

  Author

  Illinois, united states of America