Famous Writer Birthdays, April, 17 in United States
Famous Writer Birthdays, april, 17 in United States, Browse celebrity birthdays sorted by region of birth, occupation and birthplace and more.
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Cynthia Ozick
Apr 17, 1928 New York City 96 years oldAmerican writer
Ray Stannard Baker
Apr 17, 1870 Lansing Died on 12 Jul 1946 (aged 76)American journalist
Nancy Hogshead-Makar
Apr 17, 1962 Iowa City 62 years oldAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, lawyer, professor
Grayson Capps
Apr 17, 1967 Opelika 57 years old
Shira Tarrant
Apr 17, 1963 Ohio 61 years oldAmerican writer
Michael Levine (publicist)
Apr 17, 1954 New York City 70 years oldAmerican opinion journalist and writer
Ron Haydock
Apr 17, 1940 Chicago Died on 14 Aug 1977 (aged 37)American musician
George Weigel
Apr 17, 1951 Baltimore 73 years oldAmerican writer
Joe Alaskey
Apr 17, 1952 Troy Died on 03 Feb 2016 (aged 63)American stand-up comedian
Susan Fenimore Cooper
Apr 17, 1813 Scarsdale Died on 31 Dec 1894 (aged 81)American writer and amateur naturalist
Thornton Wilder
Apr 17, 1897 Madison Died on 07 Dec 1975 (aged 78)American playwright and novelist
Timothy Gibbs
Apr 17, 1967 Calabasas 57 years oldAmerican actor
Sandra Fluke
Apr 17, 1981 Saxton 43 years oldAmerican women's rights activist and lawyer
George Adamski
Apr 17, 1891 Poland Died on 23 Apr 1965 (aged 74)American ufologist
Augusta Cooper Bristol
Apr 17, 1835 Croydon Died on 09 May 1910 (aged 75)American poet, lecturer
Donald Richie
Apr 17, 1924 Lima Died on 19 Feb 2013 (aged 88)American writer
Byther Smith
Apr 17, 1933 Monticello 91 years oldAmerican blues musician
Don Kirshner
Apr 17, 1934 New York City Died on 17 Jan 2011 (aged 76)American songwriter, publisher, music producer, manager
Joe Foss
Apr 17, 1915 Sioux Falls Died on 01 Jan 2003 (aged 87)United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Kerry Wendell Thornley
Apr 17, 1938 Los Angeles Died on 28 Nov 1998 (aged 60)co-founder of Discordianism
George Seaton
Apr 17, 1911 South Bend Died on 28 Jul 1979 (aged 68)American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theater director
Lester Rodney
Apr 17, 1911 New York City Died on 20 Dec 2009 (aged 98)journalist
Roy Estrada
Apr 17, 1943 Santa Ana 81 years oldAmerican musician and vocalist
T.K. Thorne
Apr 17, 1954 Montgomery 70 years oldAmerican writer
Charles Brabin
Apr 17, 1883 Liverpool Died on 03 Nov 1957 (aged 74)American Film director
Beverly Lewis
Apr 17, 1949 Lancaster 75 years oldAmerican writer
Rich Brightman
Apr 17, 1990 Bay Shore 34 years oldAmerican musician
Irena Klepfisz
Apr 17, 1941 Warsaw 83 years oldPolish-American author, activist
Travis Roy
Apr 17, 1975 Yarmouth 49 years oldAmerican ice hockey player
Robert Kuttner
Apr 17, 1943 New York City 81 years oldAmerican journalist
Adam McKay
Apr 17, 1968 Philadelphia 56 years oldAmerican actor, comedian and director
Ivor Thord-Gray
Apr 17, 1878 Stockholm Died on 18 Aug 1964 (aged 86)Swedish-born adventurer, ethnologist and linguist
Redman (rapper)
Apr 17, 1970 Newark 54 years oldAmerican recording artist; rapper and actor
Tex Fletcher
Apr 17, 1909 Harrison Died on 14 Mar 1987 (aged 77)American musician
Liz Phair
Apr 17, 1967 New Haven 57 years oldAmerican musician
Afrika Bambaataa
Apr 17, 1957 New York City 67 years oldAmerican DJ, record producer and activist
Joe McLaughlin (sportswriter)
Apr 17, 1934 Died on 25 Nov 1997 (aged 63)American sportswriter
H. C. Erik Midelfort
Apr 17, 1942 Eau Claire 82 years oldAmerican historian
Lauren Savoy
Apr 17, 1968 56 years oldAmerican musician
Yuri Ilyich Druzhnikov
Apr 17, 1933 Moscow Died on 14 May 2008 (aged 75)Russian writer
Neil Campbell (scientist)
Apr 17, 1946 Culver City Died on 21 Oct 2004 (aged 58)American scientist
Richard K. Spottswood
Apr 17, 1937 87 years oldAmerican record producer
Solomon Volkov
Apr 17, 1944 Khujand 80 years oldAmerican musicologist
Robert Dean Frisbie
Apr 17, 1896 Cleveland Died on 19 Nov 1948 (aged 52)American writer
Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Apr 17, 1943 Brooklyn Died on 17 Jul 1989 (aged 46)American Canadian illustrator and writer of children's picture books
Michael Sembello
Apr 17, 1954 Philadelphia 70 years oldAmerican musician
Adrian Spies
Apr 17, 1920 Newark Died on 02 Oct 1998 (aged 78)Author, screenwriter
Lonnie Shields
Apr 17, 1956 West Helena 68 years oldAmerican songwriter
Don Michael Paul
Apr 17, 1963 Newport Beach 61 years oldAmerican film director
Lloyd Biggle Jr.
Apr 17, 1923 Waterloo Died on 12 Sep 2002 (aged 79)American historian and science fiction writer
Birthdays by Profession
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- film producer
- writer
- university teacher
- author
- lawyer
- military personnel
- politician
- economist
- military officer
- stage actor
- film director
- television actor
- musician
- model
- photographer
- artist
- basketball player
- composer
- poet
- painter
- children's writer
- basketball coach
- baseball player
- athletics competitor
- journalist
- engineer
- American football player
- novelist
- ice hockey player
- aircraft pilot
- judge
- banker
- diplomat
- mathematician
- Canadian football player
- conductor
- physician
- jazz musician
- association football player
- psychologist
- historian
- architect
- athlete
- sociologist
- trade unionist
- editor
- musicologist
- linguist
- tennis player
- racing driver
- music pedagogue
- swimmer
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