LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ralph Abernathy	Activist	21-Mar-1926	17-Apr-1990	Prominent civil rights activist
Dede Allen	Editor	3-Dec-1925	17-Apr-2010	Prominent Hollywood film editor
Red Allen	Jazz Musician	7-Jan-1908	17-Apr-1967	Jazz trumpeter
Juana de Asbaje	Poet	12-Nov-1651	17-Apr-1695	America's first feminist poet
Robert Atkins	Doctor	17-Oct-1930	17-Apr-2003	Atkins Diet doctor
Aimé Césaire	Poet	25-Jun-1913	17-Apr-2008	Return to My Native Land
Mark Clark	Military	1-May-1896	17-Apr-1984	US Army Chief of Staff
Eddie Cochran	Musician	3-Oct-1938	17-Apr-1960	Summertime Blues
Steven B. Derounian	Politician	6-Apr-1918	17-Apr-2007	Congressman from New York, 1953-65
Gwyneth Dunwoody	Politician	12-Dec-1930	17-Apr-2008	British MP, Crewe and Nantwich
Louise Fazenda	Actor	17-Jun-1895	17-Apr-1962	The Old Maid
Benjamin Franklin	Diplomat	17-Jan-1706	17-Apr-1790	American founding father
Marjorie Gateson	Actor	17-Jan-1891	17-Apr-1977	Goin' to Town
J. Paul Getty, Jr.	Business	7-Sep-1932	17-Apr-2003	Heir to the Getty Oil fortune
Bessie Head	Novelist	6-Jul-1937	17-Apr-1986	A Question of Power
Chaim Herzog	Head of State	17-Sep-1918	17-Apr-1997	President of Israel, 1983-93
Benjamin Hoadly	Religion	14-Nov-1676	17-Apr-1761	Anglican Bishop and controversialist
Joseph I	Royalty	26-Jul-1678	17-Apr-1711	Holy Roman Emperor, 1705-11
John Latsis	Business	14-Sep-1910	17-Apr-2003	Greek shipping tycoon
Alexander Mackenzie	Head of State	28-Jan-1822	17-Apr-1892	Prime Minister of Canada, 1873-78
Johann Mattheson	Composer	28-Sep-1681	17-Apr-1764	German baroque composer, theorist
Linda McCartney	Musician	24-Sep-1941	17-Apr-1998	Beatle wife and photographer
Louise Nevelson	Sculptor	23-Sep-1899	17-Apr-1988	Ukrainian-American abstract sculptor
Turgut Özal	Head of State	13-Oct-1927	17-Apr-1993	8th President of Turkey
Hank Penny	Musician	18-Sep-1918	17-Apr-1992	Western swing bandleader
Jean Perrin	Physicist	30-Sep-1870	17-Apr-1942	Verified atomic nature of matter
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	Politician	5-Sep-1888	17-Apr-1975	Philosopher-President of India, 1962-67
Abdel Aziz Rantisi	Activist	23-Oct-1947	17-Apr-2004	Hamas co-founder
Stanley R. Resor	Government	5-Dec-1917	17-Apr-2012	Secretary of the Army, 1965-71
Michael Sarrazin	Actor	22-May-1940	17-Apr-2011	Frankenstein: The True Story
Madame de Sévigné	Author	5-Feb-1626	17-Apr-1696	Eminent French letter writer
Dick Shawn	Actor	1-Dec-1923	17-Apr-1987	Inventor of the "high five"
Andrew A. Sorensen	Educator	20-Jul-1938	17-Apr-2011	President, University of South Carolina, 2002-08
Soundarya	Actor	17-Jul-1971	17-Apr-2004	Indian superstar actress, Dweepa
Roger W. Sperry	Scientist	20-Aug-1913	17-Apr-1994	"Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology
Chauncey Starr	Physicist	14-Apr-1912	17-Apr-2007	Electric Power Research Institute
Robert Willan	Doctor	12-Nov-1757	17-Apr-1812	Dermatologist, On cutaneous diseases
Jack Yellen	Songwriter	6-Jul-1892	17-Apr-1991	Happy Days Are Here Again

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