LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Fred Allen	Comic	31-May-1894	17-Mar-1956	Town Hall Tonight
Jost Amman	Engraver	13-Jun-1539	17-Mar-1591	Prolific Swiss engraver
Roland Arnall	Business	29-Mar-1939	17-Mar-2008	Ameriquest billionaire
Jack Arnold	Film Director	14-Oct-1916	17-Mar-1992	Creature from the Black Lagoon
Marcus Aurelius	Royalty	26-Apr-121 AD	17-Mar-180 AD	Roman Emperor, 161-180 AD
Rick Aviles	Comic	14-Oct-1952	17-Mar-1995	Ghost
John Backus	Computer Programmer	3-Dec-1924	17-Mar-2007	Inventor of BNF, led FORTRAN team
A. Doak Barnett	Scholar	8-Oct-1921	17-Mar-1999	China on the Eve of Communist Takeover
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel	Astronomer	22-Jul-1784	17-Mar-1846	Pioneer in precision astronomy
Nathaniel Bowditch	Astronomer	26-Mar-1773	17-Mar-1838	American Practical Navigator
Felix Bressart	Actor	2-Mar-1892	17-Mar-1949	To Be or Not to Be
Blanche K. Bruce	Politician	1-Mar-1841	17-Mar-1898	US Senator, former slave
Gilbert Burnet	Religion	18-Sep-1643	17-Mar-1715	Bishop of Salisbury
Merritt Butrick	Actor	3-Sep-1959	17-Mar-1989	Johnny Slash on Square Pegs
Capucine	Actor	6-Jan-1928	17-Mar-1990	The Pink Panther
Oleg Cassini	Fashion Designer	11-Apr-1913	17-Mar-2006	Fashion designer
Robert Chambers	Author	10-Jul-1802	17-Mar-1871	Chambers's Book of Days
Alex Chilton	Singer/Songwriter	28-Dec-1950	17-Mar-2010	Big Star
René Clément	Film Director	18-Mar-1913	17-Mar-1996	Is Paris Burning?
Walter Crane	Artist	15-Aug-1845	17-Mar-1915	British children's illustrator
John Demjanjuk	Criminal	3-Apr-1920	17-Mar-2012	Retired auto worker convicted for Nazi past
Christian Doppler	Physicist	29-Nov-1803	17-Mar-1853	Discovered the Doppler Effect
Thomas O. Enders	Diplomat	28-Nov-1932	17-Mar-1996	US Ambassador to Canada, Spain
Freddie Francis	Film Director	22-Dec-1917	17-Mar-2007	Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Michael Gough	Actor	23-Nov-1917	17-Mar-2011	Alfred in Batman films
Fromental Halévy	Composer	27-May-1799	17-Mar-1862	La Juive
Harold Harefoot	Royalty	c. 1016	17-Mar-1040	King of England 1037-40
Haldan K. Hartline	Scientist	22-Dec-1903	17-Mar-1983	Physiology of the retina
Helen Hayes	Actor	10-Oct-1900	17-Mar-1993	First Lady of the Theater
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley	Religion	25-Aug-1865	17-Mar-1943	Archbishop of Westminster, 1935-43
Gottlob Honold	Engineer	26-Aug-1876	17-Mar-1923	Invented the spark plug
Ferlin Husky	Singer	3-Dec-1925	17-Mar-2011	On the Wings of a Dove
J. J. Jackson	TV Personality	8-Apr-1941	17-Mar-2004	One of five original MTV vj's
Irène Joliot-Curie	Physicist	12-Sep-1897	17-Mar-1956	Artificial radioactivity
Louis Kahn	Architect	20-Feb-1901	17-Mar-1974	Prominent architect
George F. Kennan	Diplomat	16-Feb-1904	17-Mar-2005	Architect of US policy of Soviet containment
Paul Kollsman	Inventor	22-Feb-1900	17-Mar-1982	Barometric altimeter
Ronnie Kray	Criminal	24-Oct-1933	17-Mar-1995	Kray brothers
Ramon Magsaysay	Head of State	31-Aug-1907	17-Mar-1957	7th President of the Philippines
Adolf Meyer	Psychiatrist	13-Sep-1866	17-Mar-1950	Commonsense Psychiatry
G. William Miller	Government	9-Mar-1925	17-Mar-2006	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81
Andre Norton	Author	17-Feb-1912	17-Mar-2005	Witch World series
Frank Orth	Actor	21-Feb-1880	17-Mar-1962	Insp. Faraday on Boston Blackie
Glubb Pasha	Military	16-Apr-1897	17-Mar-1986	Commander of the Arab Legion, 1939-56
St. Patrick	Religion	387 AD	17-Mar-493 AD	Patron saint of Ireland
Malvina Reynolds	Singer/Songwriter	23-Aug-1900	17-Mar-1978	Little Boxes
Albert J. Rosenthal	Educator	5-Mar-1919	17-Mar-2010	Dean of Columbia Law School, 1979-84
Paul Runyan	Golf	12-Jul-1908	17-Mar-2002	Winner, 1934 and 1938 PGA Championships
Amos Alonzo Stagg	Football	16-Aug-1862	17-Mar-1965	Mr. Football
Jermaine Stewart	Singer	7-Sep-1957	17-Mar-1997	We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
Ralph Thomas	Film Director	10-Aug-1915	17-Mar-2001	Deadlier Than the Male
Andrew Tombes	Actor	29-Jun-1885	17-Mar-1976	Doubting Thomas
Ellsworth Vines	Tennis	28-Sep-1911	17-Mar-1994	Winner of 6 Grand Slam titles
Luchino Visconti	Film Director	2-Nov-1906	17-Mar-1976	La Terra Trema
William Witney	Film Director	15-May-1915	17-Mar-2002	Master of the World
Professor X	Rapper	4-Aug-1956	17-Mar-2006	Vanglorious
Mai Zetterling	Actor	24-May-1925	17-Mar-1994	The Witches

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