Famous Birthdays for June 1917
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Birthdays 1 - 41 of 41
1st - William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, (d. 2012)
2nd - Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)
2nd - Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and filmmaker (d. 2006)
3rd - Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
4th - Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace)
4th - Charles Collingwood, Mich, news commentator (CBS, Chronicles)
4th - Howard Metzenbaum, (Sen-D-Ohio, 1974- )
4th - Robert Merrill, Bkln NY, baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera)
5th - Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter
6th - Kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA)
6th - Prior Jones, cricketer (WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52)
7th - Gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950)
7th - Dean Martin, Steubenville Ohio, American singer/actor (with Jerry Lewis)
8th - Byron R Whizzer White, Ft Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-93)
9th - Eric J. Hobsbawm, Alexandria, Sultanate of Egypt, Marxist historian (The Age of Revolution; Capital; and Empire), (d. 2012)
10th - William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)
11th - James Bostock, painter/engraver
11th - Joseph B. Wirthlin, LDS apostle
12th - Priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)
14th - Al "Lash" LaRue, Gretna La, actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp)
14th - Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician
15th - Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West)
15th - Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer and composer (d. 2005)
16th - Katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post)
16th - Aurelio Lampredi, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari; d. 1989)
16th - Irving Penn, American photographer
17th - Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007)
18th - Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, composer
18th - Richard Boone, LA California, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel)
18th - Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
19th - Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwan minister (ZAPUA)
20th - Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (d. 2006)
23rd - Sid Watters Jr, horse trainer
26th - William Hamilton, British MP
27th - K M Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48)
27th - Ronald George Hayward, political manager
28th - Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer/actor (My Fair Lady)
28th - Katherine Rawls, American swimming champion (d. 1982)
30th - Lena Horne, Bkln NY, actress/singer (Stormy Weather, Wiz)
30th - Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician
30th - Susan Hayward, Flatbush Bkln, actress (I Want to Live, Tulsa)

