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Super Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for July 17

Last Updated 04-13-2024

🎭🎵Mimi Hines -- is 91 in the year 2024 and 92 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1933 N.S.
Actress, Comedienne, Singer, Canadian

James McCormick -- is 90 in the year 2024 and 91 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1934
Comedy Writer (m)

⛪🎭Donald Sutherland -- is 89 in the year 2024 and 90 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1935
Protestant, Movie Actor, Producer (m), Canadian
Names/Places: b. in John, N.B.
Misc: b. 1932? 1935?
Movie Titles: The Italian Job, The Hunger Games (series), M*A*S*H, Klute, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Ordinary People, Backdraft, Space Cowboys

🎭Jack Davidson -- is 88 in the year 2024 and 89 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1936
Actor
Movie Titles: Trading Places, The Secret of My Success, Shock Waves, Baby It's You

Ali Khameni -- is 85 in the year 2024 and 86 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1939
Head of State (m)
Misc: Supreme Leader of Iran

🏆Verne Lundquist -- is 84 in the year 2024 and 85 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1940 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Sportscaster

🏆⚾Don Kessinger -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1942
MLB Manager, MLB Shortstop
Misc: 6x All-Star, 2x Gold Glove; now a securities broker in Memphis
Sports Teams: Chicago Cubs

🎭🎵Gale Garnett -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1942
Actress, Singer, Canadian, New Zealand
Names/Places: b. in Auckland, New Zealand
Song Titles: We'll Sing In The Sunshine

🎵🎸Zoot Money -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1942
Keyboardist, Rock and Roll Singer, English
Names/Places: RN: George Bruno Money
Group Names: The Animals, soloist

🏆⚾Greg Riddoch -- is 79 in the year 2024 and 80 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1945
MLB Manager, MLB Coach

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🎵🎸Wolfgang Flür -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1947 N.S.
Hall of Famer, New Wave Musician, German
Group Names: Kraftwerk

👑Camilla Parker-Bowles -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1947 N.S.
Queen Consort of The King, English
Names/Places: former Duchess of Cornwall, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland; wife of King Charles III

🎵🎸Brian Glascock -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1948
Alternative Rock Drummer
Group Names: The Motels

🎵Phillip Harris -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1948
Music Figure

🏆🏌Lon Hinkle -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1949
Golfer

🎵🎸Terry "Geezer" Butler -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1949 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Heavy Metal Bassist, English
Group Names: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, GZR, Heaven and Hell

🎵🎸Michael "Mike" Vale -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1949 N.S.
Rock and Roll Bassist
Group Names: Tommy James & the Shondells

🎵🎷Chico Freeman -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1949
Composer, Clarinetist, Tenor-sax, Trumpeter, Jazz Saxophonist
Names/Places: Von's son

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🎭🎵P. J. Soles -- is 74 in the year 2024 and 75 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1950
TV/Movie Actress, Composer
Names/Places: RN:Pamela Jane Hardon; Dennis Quaid's, then Skip Holm's wife
TV Shows: The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (TV movie)
Movie Titles: Pvt. Benjamin, Stripes, Breaking Away, Rock and Roll High School, Carrie, Halloween

🎵Eric Campbell -- is 74 in the year 2024 and 75 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1950
Bassist, Pianist, British

🎭Lucie Arnaz -- is 73 in the year 2024 and 74 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1951
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, Producer (m)
Names/Places: b. in Hollywood; Lucille Ball & Desi's daughter; Laurence Luckinbill's wife
TV Shows: Here's Lucy (as Kim Carter), Sons & Daughters, The Lucie Arnaz Show
Movie Titles: The Jazz Singer, Down to You, Smoking/Non-Smoking

🎭🎵David Hasselhoff -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1952
TV/Movie/Soap Actor, TV Producer (m), Singer
Names/Places: b. in Baltimore, MD; Catherine Hickland's ex-husband
Misc: Germans love his singing; starred in an infamous youtube video eating a cheeseburger on the floor
TV Shows: Knight Rider (as Michael "Long" Knight), Baywatch (as Mitch Bucannon, also on Baywatch Nights)

🎵🎸Fran Smith Jr. -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1952
Singer, Rock and Roll Bassist
Group Names: The Hooters

🎵🎸Chet McCracken -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1952
Rock and Roll Drummer
Misc: session drummer
Group Names: The Doobie Brothers

🎭Thomas Carter -- is 71 in the year 2024 and 72 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1953
Actor, TV Producer/Director (m), Italian
TV Shows: Szysznyk, The White Shadow (as James Hayward), Equal Justice (producer), St. Elsewhere (producer), Miami Vice (producer)
Movie Titles: Coach Carter, Save the Last Dnce, Metro

🎭J. Michael Straczynski -- is 70 in the year 2024 and 71 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1954
Producer (m)
Misc: TV Show creator
TV Shows: Babylon 5 (writer)
Movie Titles: Thor (writer), World War Z (writer), Changling (writer)

🎭Richard Bekins -- is 70 in the year 2024 and 71 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1954
Actor
Movie Titles: Limitless, United 93

⚛⚖Angela Merkel -- is 70 in the year 2024 and 71 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1954 N.S.
Scientist (m), Politician (m), German
Misc: German Chancellor

🎭Jim A. Howard -- is 68 in the year 2024 and 69 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1956
Actor
TV Shows: Superboy
Movie Titles: From the Earth to the Moon

🏆🏒Bryan Trottier -- is 68 in the year 2024 and 69 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1956
Hall of Famer, NHL Center, Canadian
Misc: played 1975-1994; led New York Islanders to 4 straight Stanley Cups (1980-83); Rookie of Year (1976); scoring champion (134 points) and regular season MVP in 1979; playoff MVP (1980); added fifth and sixth Cups with Pittsburgh in 1991 and '92.
Sports Teams: New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins

🎭Wong Kar-Wai -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1958 N.S.
Filmmaker

🎭🏆Karen Elaine Price -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1960
Stuntwoman, Producer (m), Director (m), Model, Playmate
Misc: January 1981

🎭Nancy Giles -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1960 N.S.
Actress, Comedienne
TV Shows: China Beach (as Frankie Bunsen)
Movie Titles: Big, Working Girl

🎭Mark Burnett -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1960
Producer/Director (m), English
TV Shows: Survivor, The Apprentice, Shark Tank, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

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🏆🏈Scott Norwood -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1960
NFL Kicker
Misc: Superbowl XXV
Sports Teams: Buffalo Bills

Johnny Briceño -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1960 N.S.
Prime Minister (m), Belize

🎭Denise Miller -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1963
Actress
TV Shows: Fish (as Jilly), Makin' It (as Tina Manucci), Archie Bunker's Place (as Billie Bunker)

🏆⚾Bobby Thigpen -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1963
MLB Coach, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: RFN: Robert Thomas
Misc: individual record for saves [57] in one season [1990]
Sports Teams: Chicago White Sox

🎭🎵John Ventimiglia -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1963
Actor, Composer
TV Shows: The Sopranos (as Artie Bucco)
Movie Titles: The Iceman, Operation Autumn, Flypaper

🎵🎷Regina Belle -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1963
Songwriter, Gospel Singer, Pop Singer, Adult-Pop Singer, Jazz Singer, Soul Singer

🎭Brandy Alexandre -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1964
XXX-rated actress

🏆🏈Barry Word -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1964
NFL Runningback

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🎵Craig Morgan -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1964
Songwriter, Country Singer

🏆🏁🏃Earl Jones -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1964
Runner, Olympic Athlete
Misc: 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984)

✍🎭Santiago Segura -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1965 N.S.
Screenwriter, Actor, Producer/Director (m), Spanish
Movie Titles: Blade II, Hellboy

🏆🏈Frank Stams -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1965
NFL Linebacker

🎭Heather Langenkamp -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1965
Actress, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Just the Ten of Us (as Marie Lubbock)
Movie Titles: Star Trek Into Darkness, Nightmare on Elm Street (series)

🎭Alex Winter -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1965
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor, English
TV Shows: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (director), Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures
Movie Titles: Freaked, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Deep Web (director)

🎵🎸Lou Barlow -- is 58 in the year 2024 and 59 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1966
Songwriter, Alternative Rock Musician
Group Names: Dinosaur Jr., Folk Implosion

🎵Susan Ashton -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1967
Gospel Singer

🎭Alexandra Wilson -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1968
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
TV Shows: Homefront (as Sarah)
Movie Titles: Small Soldiers, The Christms Wish, Ocean Park

🎭Bitty Schram -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1968
Actress
TV Shows: Monk (as Sharona Fleming)
Movie Titles: A League of Their Own, Marvin's Room, Caught

📰🎭Beth Littleford -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1968 N.S.
Correspondent, Actress
TV Shows: The Hard times of RJ Berger, The Daily Show, Dog with a Blog (as Ellen Jennings)
Movie Titles: Crazy Stupid Love, Drillbit Taylor

🎭🎵🏆🎱Darren Day -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1968 N.S.
Actor, Singer, Snooker Player, English
Misc: stage: Godspell, Grease, Defending the Caveman, We Will Rock You
TV Shows: Hollyoaks (recurring)

🎭F. Gary Gray -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1969 N.S.
Actor, Producer/Director (m)
Movie Titles: Furious 8, The Italian Job, Straight Outta Compton, Law Abiding Citizen, The Negotiator

🎭Jason Clarke -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1969
Actor, Producer (m), Australian
Movie Titles: Lawless, The Great Gatsby, Zero Dark Thirty, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Everest, Terminator Genisys

🏆🏒Tommy Söderström -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1969
NHL Goaltender, Swedish

🏆🏈Gene McGuire -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1970
NFL Center

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🎵🏆Mandy Smith -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1970
Pop Singer, Model, English
Names/Places: RFMN:Amanda Luise; Bill Wyman's ex-

🏆🏈🏀Calbert Cheaney -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1971
College Football Coach, NBA Player

🎵Jarrett Cordes -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1971
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Hip Hop Performer
Names/Places: aka J.C. and D.J. Minutemix
Group Names: PM Dawn
Song Titles: Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

🏆🏀Donny Marshall -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1972 N.S.
NBA Player

🏆🏀Eric (Basketball) Williams -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1972
NBA Player

🎵Elizabeth Cook -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1972
Country Singer
Misc: Alt-Country style; some say b. July 18 or 19

🎭Tony Dovolani -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1973 N.S.
Dancer (m), Yugoslav
TV Shows: Dancing with the Stars

🎭Daimaou Kosaka -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1973 N.S.
Actor, Comedian, Japanese

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🏆🏈Eric Moulds -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1973
NFL Wide Receiver

🎵Leanne "LeLee" Lyons -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1973 N.S.
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: SWV

🎵Sole -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1973
Rap Music Performer

🏆🏁🏍Carey Hart -- is 49 in the year 2024 and 50 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1975 N.S.
Motorcyclist

🎭Eric Winter -- is 48 in the year 2024 and 49 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1976
Actor, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Witches of East End (as Dash Gardiner)
Movie Titles: The Ugly Truth, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Beyond: Two Souls

Gino D'Acampo -- is 48 in the year 2024 and 49 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1976 N.S.
Chef (m), English
TV Shows: Let's Do Lunch, Gino's Italian Escape

🎵Luke Bryan -- is 48 in the year 2024 and 49 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1976
Songwriter, Country Singer

🏆Tiffany Taylor -- is 47 in the year 2024 and 48 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1977
Model, Playmate
Names/Places: RN:Summer Hanson
Misc: November 1998; nude model; not to be confused with another Tiffany Taylor the XXX actress

🏆🏒Marc Savard -- is 47 in the year 2024 and 48 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1977
NHL Center, Canadian

🎭🏆Mike Vogel -- is 45 in the year 2024 and 46 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1979 N.S.
Actor, Model
TV Shows: Under the Dome (as Dale "Barbie" Barbara)
Movie Titles: Cloverfield, The Help, Blue Valentine, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

🏆🏒Ryan Miller -- is 44 in the year 2024 and 45 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1980
NHL Goaltender, Olympic Athlete, American

🎭🎵Tash Hamilton -- is 43 in the year 2024 and 44 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1981
Actress, Dancer (m), Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer, English
Names/Places: aka Natasha
Group Names: Atomic Kitten

🏆🏁🏍Anthony West -- is 43 in the year 2024 and 44 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1981 N.S.
Motorcyclist, Australian

🎭Stefania Spampinato -- is 42 in the year 2024 and 43 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1982 N.S.
Actress

🎭Sarah Jones -- is 41 in the year 2024 and 42 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1983
Actress
TV Shows: Vegas (as Mia Rizzo), The Path (as Alison Kemp)
Movie Titles: Love Takes Wing, Alcatraz, Still Green, Mr. Jones

🎭Caitlin Van Zandt -- is 39 in the year 2024 and 40 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1985
Actress
Movie Titles: Camp, Stephanie Daley, Gardener of Eden

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🎭Tom Cullen -- is 39 in the year 2024 and 40 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1985
Actor, Producer (m)
TV Shows: The Five (as Mark Wells); Downtown Abbey
Movie Titles: Weekend, The Last Days on Mars, Black Mountain Poets

🎭Brando Eaton -- is 38 in the year 2024 and 39 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1986
Actor, Producer (m)
TV Shows: The Secret Life of the American Teenager (as Griffin), Dexter (as Jonah Mitchell), Zoey 101 (as Vince Blake)
Movie Titles: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, American Sniper, Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach, Born to Race, Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero

🏆🥊Mojo Rawley -- is 38 in the year 2024 and 39 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1986 N.S.
Wrestler

🎵Jeremih -- is 37 in the year 2024 and 38 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1987
Rhythm and Blues Singer

🎭Summer Bishil -- is 36 in the year 2024 and 37 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1988
Actress
TV Shows: The Magicians (as Margo Hanson)
Movie Titles: Towelhead, The Last Airbender, Crossing Over, Mooz-Lum

🎭Billie Catherine Lourd -- is 32 in the year 2024 and 33 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1992 N.S.
Actress
Names/Places: Carrie Fisher & Bryan's girl
TV Shows: Scream Queens (as Chanel #3)
Movie Titles: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: Episode VIII

Ali Sayles -- is 31 in the year 2024 and 32 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1993
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Ruth Pointer & Michael's girl

Conor Sayles -- is 31 in the year 2024 and 32 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1993
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Ruth Pointer & Michael's son

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🎭Jessica Amlee -- is 30 in the year 2024 and 31 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1994 N.S.
Actress, Canadian
Names/Places: PJ Perry's granddaughter
TV Shows: Heartland (as Mallory)
Movie Titles: My Life Without Me

🏆🏈Derrick Henry -- is 30 in the year 2024 and 31 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1994 N.S.
College Football Player, Football Runningback
Misc: Heisman Trophy (2015)
Sports Teams: University of Alabama

🎭Grace Fulton Currey -- is 28 in the year 2024 and 29 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1996 N.S.
Actress

🎭Michael Khoury -- is 28 in the year 2024 and 29 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1996 N.S.
Actor, Comedian

🎭Shauna Case -- is 27 in the year 2024 and 28 in the year 2025; b.7/17/1997 N.S.
Actress
TV Shows: Incredible Chew (sketch performer)

Chloe Murdoch -- is 21 in the year 2024 and 22 in the year 2025; b.7/17/2003
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Wendi Deng and Rupert's daughter

Oliver Puck -- is 19 in the year 2024 and 20 in the year 2025; b.7/17/2005
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Gelila Assefu and Wolfgang's son

Sabrina Starkman -- is 19 in the year 2024 and 20 in the year 2025; b.7/17/2005
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Cindy Margolis and Guy's twin daughter

Sierra Starkman -- is 19 in the year 2024 and 20 in the year 2025; b.7/17/2005
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Cindy Margolis and Guy's twin daughter

🎵🎸Rob Steele -- b.7/17/????
Rock and Roll Performer
TV Shows: Law and Order

⛪🎵Isaac Watts -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1674 J-LD d.11/25/1748 J-LD (74)
Clergyman, Theologian, Composer, English

Elbridge Gerry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1744 N.S. or 7/6/1744 J-LD d.11/23/1814 (70)
Vice President (m), American
Misc: 5th U.S. Vice President; Declaration of Independence signer; father of the "gerrymander"

🎖⚖Timothy Pickering -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1745 d.1/29/1829 (83)
Revolutionary (m), Statesman (m)

🎨George Claghorn -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/6/1748 J-LD or 7/17/1748 N.S. d.2/3/1824 N.S. (75)
Designer (m)
Misc: Shipbuilder; Old Ironsides, Constitution

💰John Jacob Astor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1763 d.3/29/1848 (84)
Financier, Multimillionaire, Fur Trader, German
Misc: the richest man in the U.S.

🎨Paul Delaroche -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1797 d.11/4/1856 (59)
Painter (m), French

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🎵Therese Tietjens -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1831 d.10/3/1877 (46)
Opera Soprano, German

🎨Lyonel Feininger -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1871 d.1/13/1956 (84)
Painter (m), Muralist

🎖Maxim Litvinov -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1876 d.12/31/1951 (75)
Revolutionary (m), Russian

🏆🏒Jack Laviolette -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1879 d.1/9/1960 (80)
Hall of Famer, NHL Defensive, NHL Left Wing, Canadian
Misc: played from 1903-1918
Sports Teams: Montreal Le National, Michigan Soo Indians, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Canadiens

✍🎭Mauritz Stiller -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1883 d.11/18/1928 (45)
Screen/Scriptwriter, Actor, Movie Director (m), Swedish

💰Lazare Kaplan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1883 d.2/12/1986 (102)
Merchant
Misc: diamond cutter

🎭Jack Conway -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1887 d.10/11/1952 (65)
Movie Actor, Movie Director (m)

✍⚖Erle Stanley Gardner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1889 d.3/11/1970 (80)
Novelist, Mystery Writer (m), Attorney/Lawyer (m)
Book Titles: Perry Mason (series creator)

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🎭Stanley Ridges -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1891 d.4/22/1951 (59)
Actor
Movie Titles: Possessed, Sgt. York, Mr. Ace

🎭Mary Clare -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1894 d.8/29/1970 (76)
Actress, English

🏆🏒Wilfred Thomas "Shorty" Green -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1896 N.S. d.4/19/1960 N.S. (63)
Hall of Famer, NHL Forward, Canadian
Misc: played 1923-1927
Sports Teams: Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans

🎨Berenicee Abbott -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1898 d.12/9/1991 (93)
Photographer (m), American

Jessie Sumner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1898 d.8/10/1994 (96)
Congressperson
Misc: four-term Republican congresswoman from Illinois known as a staunch isolationist before and during World War II

💰🎭James Cagney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1899 d.3/30/1986 (86)
Founder, Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Director (m)
Names/Places: RN:James Cagney Jr.; b. in New York City; Jeanne's brother; d. in Stanfordville, New York
Movie Titles: Yankee Doodle Dandy, White Heat, Angels with Dirty Faces, One Two Three

🎭Marcel Dalio -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1900 d.11/20/1983 (83)
Movie Actor
Misc: b. Sep 23, 1899?
Movie Titles: Casablanca

Christina Stead -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1902 d.3/31/1983 (80)
Novelist, Short Story Writer (m), Australian

🎭William Gargan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1905 d.2/17/1979 (73)
TV/Movie Actor
TV Shows: Martin Kane (detective star 1949-51,57)
Movie Titles: Ellery Queen (1940s film)

🎭John Carroll -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1906 d.4/24/1979 (72)
Actor
Names/Places: RN:Julian LaFaye

🎭John Darrow -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1907 d.2/24/1980 (72)
Actor

🎨Hardy Amies -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1909 d.3/5/2003 (93)
Fashion Designer (m), British

✍🎭Art Linkletter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1912 N.S. d.5/26/2010 N.S. (97)
Hall of Famer, Author (m), Radio Actor, TV Talk Show Host, Variety Show Host, Canadian
Names/Places: b. in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
TV Shows: Kids Say the Darndest Things, Life with Linkletter, People Are Funny, Art Linkletter's House Party

🎭Lucille Benson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1914 d.2/17/1984 (69)
TV Actress
TV Shows: Bosom Buddies (as Lilly Sinclair)

🎵Eleanor Steber -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1914 d.10/3/1990 (76)
Opera Soprano

🎭Cass Daley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1915 d.3/22/1975 (59)
Actress

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🏆Dorothy Poynton-Hill -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1915 N.S. d.5/18/1995 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Diver, Olympic Athlete, American

🎨Arthur Rothstein -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1915 d.11/11/1985 (70)
Photographer (m)

🎨🎭🎵Phyllis Diller -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1917 d.8/20/2012 (95)
Painter (m), Actress, Comedienne, Panelist, Pianist
Names/Places: b. in Lima, OH; NN:Wizard of Ooze; RLN:Driver
TV Shows: The Gong Show (panelist), The Hollywood Squares (panelist), The Pruitts of Southhampton, The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show, Bold & The Beautiful

🏆⚾Lou Bourdeau -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1917 d.8/10/2001 (84)
Hall of Famer, MLB Shortstop
Misc: AL MVP 1948
Sports Teams: Cleveland Indians (1938-1950), Boston Red Sox (1951-1952), Cleveland Indians (manager, 1942-1950), Boston Red Sox (manager, 1952-1954), Kansas City Athletics (manager, 1955-1957), Chicago Cubs (1960)

🎭Helen Walker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1920 d.3/10/1968 (47)
Actress
Movie Titles: Brewster's Millions

📰🎭Bill Monroe -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1920 d.2/17/2011 (90)
Newscaster, Journalist, TV Producer (m), Panelist
TV Shows: Meet The Press (moderator 1975-84 & panelist)

🏆Juan Antonio Samaranch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1920 d.4/21/2010 (89)
Sports Executive, Spanish
Misc: President of the I.O.C.

Gordon Gould -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1920 d.9/16/2005 (85)
Physicist (m)
Misc: coined the word "laser": acronym for Light Amplification Emission of Radiation; not b. July 19

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🎭Acquanetta -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1921 d.8/16/2004 (83)
Actress
Names/Places: FN:Burnu
Movie Titles: Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

🎵George "Trio" Barnes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1921 N.S. d.9/5/1977 N.S. (56)
Guitarist
Misc: Swing-jazz style guitarist who claimed that he played the first electric guitar in 1931

🎵🎷Mary Osborne -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1921 d.3/4/1992 (70)
Guitarist, Jazz Performer

🎭Lillian Hayman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1922 d.10/25/1994 (72)
Actress

🎭Tetsuro Tamba -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1922 d.9/24/2006 (84)
Movie Actor, Japanese
Movie Titles: You Only Live Twice

🎭Billye Rae Wallace -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1925 d.3/3/1999 (73)
Actress

🎵🎷Jimmy Scott -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1925 N.S. d.6/12/2014 N.S. (88)
Hall of Famer, Jazz Singer
Names/Places: aka: Little Jimmy Scott; RN: James Victor Scott

🎵Jimmy Kish -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1925 d.5/27/2010 (84)
Country Performer
Names/Places: NN:The Flying Cowboy

🎭William Pierson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1926 d.8/27/2004 (78)
Actor
Misc: Best remembered for his role as Marko the Mailman in the Billy Wilder film classic "Stalag 17"
Movie Titles: Stalag 17

🏆🥊Édouard Carpentier -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1926 O.S. d.10/30/2010 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, Canadian, French
Names/Places: Edouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz

🎵Ray Copeland -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1926 d.5/19/1984 (57)
Teacher (m), Arranger, Composer, Trumpeter

✍🎭Pat McCormick -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1927 d.7/29/2005 (78)
Comedy Writer (m), Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: Don Rickles Show (regular and head writer), New Bill Cosby Show (regular)

🎵🎷Vince Guaraldi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1928 d.2/6/1976 (47)
Songwriter, Bandleader, Jazz Pianist
Misc: wrote music for Charlie Brown TV specials
Group Names: Vince Guaraldi Trio

🎵Joseph "Joe" Morello -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1928 d.3/12/2011 (82)
Drummer
Group Names: Dave Brubeck Quartet

🎨Jean Muir -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1928 d.5/28/1995 (66)
Fashion Designer (m), British

🏆⚾Roy McMillan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1930 d.11/2/1997 (67)
MLB Shortstop
Misc: 3x Gold Glove; played over 2,000 games from 1951-66
Sports Teams: Cincinnatti Reds, Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets

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🏆🏀Bob Leonard -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1932 N.S. d.4/13/2021 N.S. (88)
Hall of Famer, NBA Coach, NBA Player
Sports Teams: Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers (player 1956-1961), Chicago Packers/Zephyrs (players 1961-1963), Chicago Zephyrs / Baltimore Bullets (coach 1962-1964), Indiana Pacers (coach 1968-1980)

🎵Niccolo Castiglioni -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1932 d.9/7/1996 (64)
Composer

🎵🎷Ben Riley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1933 d.11/18/2017 N.S. (84)
Jazz Drummer
Group Names: Thelonious Monk (1964-1967), Sphere (a Thelonious Monk tribute band)

✍🎵Peter "P.D.Q. Bach" Schickele -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1935 N.S. d.1/16/2024 N.S. (88)
Satirist (m), Arranger, Composer, Musician, Novelty Singer
Names/Places: NN: P.D.Q. Bach: The Last & Least of Bach's Many Children
Misc: b. 1807, d.1742 (implausible?); film, TV, & theater scores

✍⛪🎭🎵Diahann Carroll -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1935 N.S. d.10/4/2019 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, Author (m), Baptist, TV/Movie/Stage Actress, TV Hostess, Singer
Names/Places: b. in Bronx; RN:Carol Diahann Johnson; Vic Damone's wife
TV Shows: Julia (as Julia Baker), Dynasty (as Dominique Deveraux), A Different World (as Whitley's mom)

🎵Dewey Terry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1937 d.5/11/2003 (65)
Composer, Pop Singer
Group Names: Don & Dewey

🎵🎸Spencer Davis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1939 N.S. d.10/19/2020 N.S. (81)
Multi-instrumentalist, Rhythm Guitarist, Rock and Roll Singer, Welsh (Wales)
Names/Places: RN: Spancer David Nelson Davies
Misc: unconfirmed e-mails say he was b. Jul 14, 1941, AP says b. 1939, others say b. 1942
Group Names: Spencer Davis Group

🎭Phyllis Davis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1940 d.9/27/2013 N.S. (73)
Actress
Misc: retired from acting in 1995; some say b. 1947
TV Shows: Love American Style (player), Vega$ (as Beatrice Travis), Magnum P.I.
Movie Titles: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The Day of the Dolphin, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

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✍🎭Tim Brooke-Taylor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1940 N.S. d.4/12/2020 N.S. (79)
Comedy Writer (m), Actor, Comedian, Cartoon Voice Actor, English
Group Names: The Goodies
TV Shows: At Last the 1948 Show (as various), The Goodies (as Tim Brooke-Taylor, etc.), Bananaman (as narrator, etc.), Me and My Girl (as Derek Yates)
Movie Titles: Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (writer)

🏆🏈Daryle Lamonica -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1941 N.S. d.4/21/2022 N.S. (80)
NFL Quarterback, College Football Player, AFL Figure
Names/Places: NN: The Mad Bomber
Misc: he led the Raiders to two touchdowns in 65 seconds to beat the Jets in the now famous "Heidi" game 11-17-68; Super Bowl II
Group Names: Oakland Raiders

🏆🏀Cornelius L. "Connie" Hawkins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1942 N.S. d.10/6/2017 N.S. (75)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Figure
Names/Places: NN:The Hawk
Misc: Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968; playground legend, high-gliding star big man from Brooklyn. Career marred by alleged point-shaving scandal. Nonetheless starred for Harlem Globetrotters, ABL-ABA Pittsburgh Pipers, which he led to the first ABA title in 1968; Suns #42
Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Rens (ABL 1961-1963), Harlem Globetrotters (1963-1967), Pittsburgh/Minnesota Pipers (ABA 1967-1969), Phoenix Suns (1969-1973), Los Angeles Lakers (1973-1975), Atlanta Hawks (1975-1976)

🏆⚽Carlos Alberto -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1944 N.S. d.10/25/2016 N.S. (72)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Defender, Brazilian
Names/Places: NN: Capita; RN: Carlos Alberto Torres
Misc: one of the best defenders of all time; captained Brazil to victory in the 1970 World Cup

🎭Peter Coffield -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1945 d.11/19/1983 (38)
Actor

🎭Michael "Mike" Elliott -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1946 d.12/23/2014 (68)
Actor, Comedian, Personality, English
Names/Places: NN:Mike the Mouth
Misc: radio personality

🎵🎸Mick Tucker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1947 d.2/14/2002 (54)
Rock and Roll Drummer, English
Group Names: Sweet

🎭Luc Bondy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1948 d.11/28/2015 N.S. (67)
Entertainment Figure, Swiss
Misc: theater and opera director

🎵🎸Ronald Frank "Ron" Asheton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1948 N.S. d.1/6/2009 N.S. (60)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: The Stooges

✍🎭Bill Faure -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1949 d.10/18/1994 (45)
Writer (m), Movie Director (m), South African
TV Shows: Shaka Zulu

🎵Damon Harris -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1950 N.S. d.2/18/2013 N.S. (62)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: The Temptations

🎵🎷Phoebe Snow -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1952 d.4/26/2011 (58)
Songwriter, Singer/Guitarist, Pianist, Jazz Performer
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RLN:Laub
Misc: b. 1950?
Song Titles: Poetry Man
TV Shows: 9 to 5 (theme song singer), A Different World (theme song singer)

🎵Nicolette Larson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1952 N.S. d.12/16/1997 N.S. (45)
Country Singer
Names/Places: b. in Helena, MT
Song Titles: Lotta Love

🏆🏈Mike Thomas -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1953 N.S. d.8/23/2019 N.S. (66)
NFL Runningback

🎵🎸Bruce Crump -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1957 d.3/16/2015 (57)
Rock and Roll Drummer
Group Names: Molly Hatchet

🎭Jeremy Hardy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1961 N.S. d.2/1/2019 N.S. (57)
Comedian, English

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🏆🏁🎿Matti Nykänen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1963 N.S. d.2/4/2019 N.S. (55)
Skier, Olympic Athlete, Finnish
Misc: Olympic gold 1984, 88

🎵🎸Kim Shattuck -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1963 N.S. d.10/2/2019 N.S. (56)
Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: The Muffs, The Pixies

🎵Guru -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/17/1966 d.4/20/2010 (43)
Hip Hop Rapper
Group Names: Gang Starr

👑King Edward The Elder Of England -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/874 d.7/17/924 (55)
King, English
Misc: born between 871 and 877

✍📰Adam Smith -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/5/1723 J-LD or 6/16/1723 N.S. d.7/17/1790 N.S. (67)
Author (m), Philosopher (m), Economist, Scottish
Names/Places: RN:George J. Goodman
Misc: Wealth Of Nations

Johann Bernoulli II -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/18/1710 d.7/17/1790 (80)
Mathematician (m), Swiss

🎖Charlotte Corday -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/27/1768 d.7/17/1793 (24)
Revolutionary (m), French
Misc: assassin of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat (murdered July 13, 1793)

🎖⛪William White -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/4/1748 N.S. or 3/24/1747 J-LD or 3/24/1748 Ju-1 d.7/17/1836 N.S. (88)
Revolutionary (m), Clergyman, American
Misc: First bishop consecrated in England for the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, and first presiding bishop of that church.

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Charles Grey -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/13/1764 N.S. d.7/17/1845 N.S. (81)
Prime Minister (m), British
Misc: 2nd Earl Grey

Chang And Eng Bunker -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/11/1811 d.7/17/1874 (63)
Siamese Twin, Siamese
Misc: original siamese twins; b. Siam (now Thailand)

Stephen Logan -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/24/1800 d.7/17/1880 (80)
Judge/Jurist (m)

⚛💰Jim Bridger -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/17/1804 d.7/17/1881 (77)
Explorer (m), Guide, Scout (m), Fur Trader

💰Dorothea Lynde Dix -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/4/1802 d.7/17/1887 (85)
Philanthropist, Social Reformer, Political Activist
Misc: aroused interest in treatment of mental inmates

🎨James Whistler -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/10/1834 d.7/17/1903 (69)
Hall of Famer, Painter (m), Etcher
Names/Places: b. in Lowell, Ma.; MN:Abbott McNeill; b. Jul 14?
Misc: the world famous painter of his mother, Whistler's Mother

Jules "Henri" Poincare -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/29/1854 N.S. d.7/17/1912 N.S. (58)
Astronomer (m), Mathematician (m), Physicist (m), French
Misc: influenced cosmogony, relativity, and topology and was a gifted interpreter of science to a wide public.

Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/12/1904 N.S. or 7/30/1904 Ju-1 d.7/17/1918 N.S. (13)
Celebrity Son, Russian
Names/Places: Nicholas II's son

Anastasia Romanov -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/5/1901 Ju-1 or 6/18/1901 N.S. d.7/17/1918 N.S. (17)
Celebrity Daughter, Russian
Names/Places: aka Anna Anderson; alleged daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Misc: the impostor died in 1984

👑Alexandria Romanov -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/6/1872 d.7/17/1918 (46)
Tsarina, Russian
Names/Places: Czar Nicholas' wife

👑Czar Nicholas II -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/18/1868 N.S. or 5/6/1868 Ju-1 d.7/4/1918 Ju-1 (50) or 7/17/1918 N.S. (50)
Tsar, Russian
Names/Places: LN:Romanov
Misc: the last Tsar of Russia 1894-1917

George Russell -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/10/1867 d.7/17/1935 (68)
Writer (m), Irish

🎭Alan Dinehart -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/3/1889 d.7/17/1944 (54)
Movie Actor

🎨⚖Raoul Wallenberg -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/4/1912 d.7/17/1947 (34)
Architect (m), Statesman (m), Swedish
Misc: credited with saving 100,000 Jews in Budapest from the Nazis during World War II. Presumed deceased on July 17, 1947. He was the second person to receive honorary U.S. citizenship [1981]

✍🎖⛪🎵Evangeline Cory Booth -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/25/1865 d.7/17/1950 (84)
Author (m), General, Religionist, Composer
Misc: Salvation Army gen'l

🎵Harry Choates -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/26/1922 d.7/17/1951 (29)
Singer, Fiddler, Bandleader

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🎭Maude Adams -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/11/1872 d.7/17/1953 (80)
Movie/Stage Actress
Names/Places: RLN:Kiskadden
Misc: played over 1500 Peter Pan title performances

🎵🎷Billie "Lady Day" Holiday -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/7/1915 N.S. d.7/17/1959 N.S. (44)
Hall of Famer, Blues Singer, Jazz Singer
Names/Places: b. in Baltimore; RN:Eleanora Fagan; Clarence's illegitimate daughter
Misc: considered to be the greatest of all time

📰Eugene Meyer -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/31/1875 d.7/17/1959 (83)
Editor (m)
Misc: Washington Post publisher 1933-46

🏆🥊Paul Bowser -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/28/1886 N.S. d.7/17/1960 N.S. (74)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler

🎭🏆⚾Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/18/1886 d.7/17/1961 (74)
Hall of Famer, Movie Actor, MLB Center Fielder
Names/Places: NN:The Georgia Peach
Misc: AL Chalmers Award Winner 1911; played in 3000 games, batted a record .367, stole 892 bases, and 4,191 hits. He was with the Detroit Tigers for 22 years starting in 1905. He set more records than any other player and his career average of .367 is still the best. He won the A.L batting title 12 times and scored a record 2,244 runs, 1,960 RBIs.
Sports Teams: Detroit Tigers (player 1905-1926, manager 1921-1926), Philadelphia Athletics (player 1927-1928)

🏆⚾Ed Reulbach -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/1/1882 N.S. d.7/17/1961 N.S. (78)
MLB Pitcher

🎭Cyril Ring -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/5/1892 d.7/17/1967 (74)
Actor

🎭Gertrude McCoy -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/30/1890 d.7/17/1967 (77)
Movie Actress

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🎵🎷John "Trane" Coltrane -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/23/1926 N.S. d.7/17/1967 N.S. (40)
Composer, Soprano-sax, Tenor-sax, Jazz Musician
Misc: tenor & soprano sax innovator; some say b. Sep 26
Group Names: Miles Davis Quintet

🎭🎵Cliff Edwards -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/14/1895 d.7/17/1971 (76)
Stage Actor, Vaudevillan, Cartoon Voice Actor, Composer, Singer, Ukulele
Names/Places: NN:Ukulele Ike
Misc: Jiminy Cricket voicist; not d. 7-18

Gerald Nye -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/19/1892 d.7/17/1971 (78)
Senator (m)

🏆⚾"Dizzy" Dean -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/16/1911 d.7/17/1974 (63)
Hall of Famer, Baseball Announcer, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: b. in Lukas, AR; RFN:Jerome Jan Hannah
Misc: 4x All-Star, 4x MLB strikeout leader, 2x MLB wins leader, NL MVP 1934; St. Louis Cardinal "Gashouse Gang" colorful pitcher; Dean won 163 games and lost 101. His lifetime ERA was 3.03. He once struck out 17 batters in a single game, then a record, but since bettered (Roger Clemens fanned 20); mentioned in "Who's On First?"; Cardinals #17 retired and in Cardinals Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: St. Louis Cardinals (1930, 1932-1937), Chicago Cubs (1938-1941), St. Louis Browns (1947)

🎵Don Rich -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/15/1941 d.7/17/1974 (32)
Country Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: The Buckaroos (Buck Owens' backup band)
TV Shows: Hee Haw

Phoebe Omlie -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/21/1902 N.S. d.7/17/1975 N.S. (72)
Aviatrix (f)

🏆⚽Billy Gonsalves -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/10/1908 d.7/17/1977 (68)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player

🎭Thayer David -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/4/1927 d.7/17/1978 (51)
Actor
Movie Titles: Rocky

🎭Donald (Don) "Red" Barry -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/11/1912 N.S. d.7/17/1980 N.S. (68)
TV/Movie Actor, Director (m)
Names/Places: RN:Donald Barry de Acosta
TV Shows: Surfside Six (as Lt. Snedigar), Mr. Novak (as Mr. Gallo)
Movie Titles: Red Ryder (western serials)

🎵Roosevelt Sykes -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/31/1906 d.7/17/1983 (77)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Singer, Pianist, Blues Performer

George Low -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/10/1926 d.7/17/1984 (58)
Scientist (m)
Misc: leader of the NASA Apollo program

Sam Popeil -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/22/1915 d.7/17/1984 (69)
Inventor (m)
Misc: Veg-O-Matic

🎭Margo -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/10/1918 d.7/17/1985 (67)
Actress
Names/Places: Eddie Albert's wife
Movie Titles: Viva Zapata

Susanne K. Langer -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/20/1895 d.7/17/1985 (89)
Author (m), Philosopher (m)

🎵Wynn Stewart -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/7/1934 d.7/17/1985 (51)
Songwriter, Country Singer

🏆🥊Kristian Palusalu -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/10/1908 d.7/17/1987 (79)
Wrestler, Finnish
Misc: heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1936)

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🎵Howard McGhee -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/6/1918 d.7/17/1987 (69)
Pianist, Reeds, Trumpeter

🏆🥊Frank Donald Goodish -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/18/1946 N.S. d.7/17/1988 N.S. (42)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: aka Brusier Brody and King Kong Brody

🎵🎷Johnny Letman -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/6/1917 d.7/17/1992 (74)
Jazz Trumpeter

Edmund Abbott -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/5/1906 d.7/17/1993 (87)
Screen/Scriptwriter
Misc: of Radio & TV

🏆🎾Jean Borota -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/13/1898 d.7/17/1994 (95)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, French
Misc: who played in thirty-five Wimbeldons between 1922 and 1964. In 1927, as one of the Four Musketeers (the others being Ren Lacoste, Henri Cochet, and Jacques Brugnon), he helped France win the Davis Cup for the first time.

🎭Harry Guardino -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/23/1925 d.7/17/1995 (69)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor
Names/Places: b. in New York City
Misc: was in hundreds of TV dramas
TV Shows: Perry Mason, Hill Street Blues

🏆🏁Juan Manuel Fangio -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/24/1911 N.S. d.7/17/1995 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer, Argentine
Misc: 5-time Formula One world champion (1951,54-57); 24 career wins, retired in 1958.

🎵🎸Bryan "Chas" Chandler -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/18/1938 d.7/17/1996 (57)
Hall of Famer, Rock and Roll Bassist, English
Names/Places: NN:Chrissie Boy
Group Names: The Jimi Hendrix Experience (manager), The Animals (co-founder)

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Dr. Robert Clifton Weaver -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/29/1907 d.7/17/1997 (89)
Presidential Aide
Misc: Department of Housing & Urban Development head; the first black to serve in the U.S. Cabinet

Arthur Lawrence Liman -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/5/1932 d.7/17/1997 (64)
Attorney/Lawyer (m)

🎭Hugh Reilly -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/30/1915 d.7/17/1998 (82)
Actor
TV Shows: Lassie (as Paul Martin), TV Reader's Digest

🎭Joseph Maher -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/29/1933 d.7/17/1998 (64)
Actor

🎭Patricia Zipprodt -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/25/1925 d.7/17/1999 (74)
Costume Designer (m)

🎵🎸Paul (B. 1947) Young -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/17/1947 d.7/17/2000 (53)
Rock and Roll Singer
Names/Places: not to be confused with English solo singer Paul Young
Group Names: Mike & the Mechanics (lead)

📰💰Katharine Meyer Graham -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/16/1917 d.7/17/2001 (84)
Publisher (m), Executive
Misc: Chairwoman of The Washington Post

🏆🏀Ubiratan Pereira Maciel -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/18/1944 d.7/17/2002 (58)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Figure, Brazilian
Misc: Known as O Rei (The King) in his homeland of Brazil; represented Brazil in four Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1964; gold medalist at 1963 FIBA World Championship and 1971 Pan American Games; 6-time gold medalist at South American Championships; FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.
Sports Teams: Clube Esperia (Brazil), Corinthians (Brazil), Venezia (Italy), Trianon Clube (Brazil), Sirio (Brazil), Palmeiras (Brazil), Sao Jose dos Campos (Brazil)

🎨George Rickey -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/6/1907 d.7/17/2002 (95)
Sculptor (m)

🏆⚾Lee Maybe -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/11/1934 d.7/17/2002 (67)
MLB Player

🎵Rosalyn Tureck -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/14/1913 d.7/17/2003 (89)
Harpsichordist, Pianist

🎭Geraldine Fitzgerald -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/24/1913 d.7/17/2005 (91)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Director (m), Irish

Sir Edward Heath -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/9/1916 d.7/17/2005 (89)
Prime Minister (m), English
Misc: was British prime minister from 1970-74 and took Britain into the then European Economic Community.

🎵🎸Laurel Aitken -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/22/1927 d.7/17/2005 (78)
Ska Singer, Cuban

Mickey Spillane -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/9/1918 d.7/17/2006 (88)
Novelist
Names/Places: b. in Brooklyn, N.Y.; RFN:Frank
Book Titles: Mike Hammer (creator)

🎵Teresa Stich-Randall -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/24/1927 d.7/17/2007 (79)
Opera Soprano

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🎭Larry Haines -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/3/1918 d.7/17/2008 (89)
Actor
TV Shows: Gangbusters, Mike Hammer, Search for Tomorrow, Loving

🎭Paul Sorensen -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/1/1926 d.7/17/2008 (82)
Actor

⛪📰Walter Cronkite -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/4/1916 d.7/17/2009 (92)
Hall of Famer, Episcopalian, Newscaster, Journalist
Names/Places: b. in St. Joseph, MO; NN:The Most Trusted Man in America; MN:Leonard Jr.
Misc: ...and that's the way it is.
TV Shows: CBS Evening News Anchorman (1962-81), You Are There, It's News to Me, Pick the Winner, The 20th Century, Universe

🎵Gordon Waller -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/4/1945 d.7/17/2009 (64)
Pop Singer/Guitarist, Scottish
Group Names: Peter and Gordon (with Peter Asher)

🎭Bernard Giraudeau -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/18/1947 d.7/17/2010 (63)
Actor, French

🎵Joe Lee Wilson -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/22/1935 d.7/17/2011 (75)
Singer

🎭🎵Elaine Stritch -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/2/1925 N.S. d.7/17/2014 N.S. (89)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, Panelist, Singer
Names/Places: b. in Detroit
TV Shows: Pantomime Quiz, The Growing Paynes, Ellen Burstyn Show
Movie Titles: Small Time Crooks

🏆🏁🏊William Danforth "Bill" Mulliken -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/27/1939 N.S. d.7/17/2014 N.S. (74)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, American

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🎭Nova Pilbeam -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/15/1919 d.7/17/2015 (95)
Actress, English

🏆Van Miller -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/27/1927 d.7/17/2015 (87)
Sports Announcer
Sports Teams: Buffalo Bills (longtime radio broadcaster)

🎭🎵Ray Jessel -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/23/1929 d.7/17/2015 (85)
TV/Soap Actor, Comedian, Novelty Singer
Misc: some say b. 1923

🏆🏈Bill Arnsparger -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/16/1926 d.7/17/2015 (88)
NFL Coach, College Football Coach

🏆🏁Jules Bianchi -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/3/1989 d.7/17/2015 (25)
Auto Racer, French
Misc: Formula One

🎵🎷John Taylor -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/25/1942 N.S. d.7/17/2015 N.S. (72)
Jazz Pianist, English
Group Names: Azimuth

🎭🎵Fred Tomlinson -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/18/1927 N.S. d.7/17/2016 N.S. (88)
Comedian, Singer
Group Names: The Fred Tomlinson Singers (lead)
Song Titles: The Lumberjack Song (wrote for Monty Python)
TV Shows: Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Two Ronnies

🎵Larry Wayne Stevens -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/18/1939 N.S. d.7/17/2016 N.S. (77)
Music Producer, Songwriter, Gospel Singer, Novelty Singer
Names/Places: aka Gary Sanford Paxton
Group Names: Skip and Flip, The Hollywood Argyles
Song Titles: Alley Oop (producer and singer for The Hollywood Argyles), Monster Mash (producer for Bobby "Boris" Pickett)

🏆Mel Durslag -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/29/1921 N.S. d.7/17/2016 N.S. (95)
Hall of Famer, Sports Writer
Misc: Los Angeles Herald Express, TV Guide, Los Angeles Times

🏆🏒Paul Herbert Johnson -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/18/1935 N.S. d.7/17/2016 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, Hockey Forward, Olympic Athlete, American

🎭Evan Helmuth -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/1977 N.S. d.7/17/2017 N.S.
Actor
Movie Titles: The Devil Inside, Fever Pitch, Garfield, Jobs

🎭Harvey Atkin -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/18/1942 N.S. d.7/17/2017 N.S. (74)
Actor, Canadian
TV Shows: Cagney and Lacey (as Ronald Coleman), The Super Mario Bros. Show
Movie Titles: Heavy Metal, Meatballs

🎭Gary Beach -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/10/1947 N.S. d.7/17/2018 N.S. (70)
Actor
Movie Titles: The Producers (also in the stage production)

John Lewis -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/21/1940 N.S. d.7/17/2020 N.S. (80)
Congressperson

🎭🎵Renee Michelle Jean Marie -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/29/1924 N.S. d.7/17/2020 N.S. (96)
Movie Actress, Ballet Dancer (m), Singer, French
Names/Places: b. in Paris; Roland Petit's widow; aka Zizi Jeanmaire

🎭Patricia Wilde -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/16/1928 N.S. d.7/17/2021 N.S. (93)
Teacher (m), Choreographer (f), Ballerina (f), Canadian

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🎵Robert "Robby" Steinhardt -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/25/1950 N.S. d.7/17/2021 N.S. (71)
Songwriter, Singer, Violinist
Misc: Rock and Roll Violinist
Group Names: Kansas

🎵Jerry Bradley -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/30/1948 N.S. d.7/17/2023 N.S. (75)
Country Singer

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