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Birthdays of Personalities on November 17

1503 : Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)
1594 : Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)
1690 : No‰l-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist
1704 : Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet
1755 : Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)
1773 : Mih ly Csokonai Vit‚z, Hungarian poet (B‚kaeg‚rhartz)
1790 : August Ferdinand M”bius, mathematician, inventor (M”bius strip)
1794 : John Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1873
1799 : Titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology)
1814 : Joseph Finegan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1816 : August W Ambros, Austria musicologist (History of Music)
1826 : John McArthur, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1834 : Stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1854 : Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)
1865 : John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins)
1876 : Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor (Brussels, Belgium)
1878 : Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau)
1879 : Gerardus H de Haas, socialist vicar
1881 : Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP
1885 : Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman (Belgian Workers Party)
1886 : Crane Wilbur, Athens NY, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo)
1887 : Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign)
1894 : Eelco van Kleffens, minister of Foreign affairs (1939-46)/diplomat
1894 : Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51)
1899 : Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Coup of Trafalgar)
xxxx : Shelby Foote, historian (Civil War)
1901 : Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU) (Hallstein doctrine)
1902 : Eugene Paul Wigner, mathematician/physicist (A Bomb, Nobel 1963)
1904 : Isamu Noguchi, sculptor (1963 Fine Arts Medal)
1905 : Astrid Bernadotte, Princess of Sweden
1905 : Wazyk, [Adam Wagman], Polish poet/author (Eyes & Mouth)
1906 : Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO (Honda Motor Co)
1911 : Nobutaka Shikanai, Japans media CEO (Fujisankei Com Group)
1914 : Archie Campbell, Bullsgap Tenn, comedian (Hee Haw)
1917 : Jack Lescoulie, Sacramento Calif, TV host (Jackie Gleason Show)
1919 : Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, journalist
1921 : Fr‚ [Frederik] Meis, Dutch MP (Communist)
1922 : Emile Noel, international civil servant
1923 : Robert Francis Vere Heuston, British professor of law
1925 : Charles Mackerras, Schenectady NY, Australian conductor
1925 : Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier
1925 : Libby Newman, painter/printmaker/curator
1927 : Ellis Hillman, politician
1929 : Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/attorney general on Aruba
1930 : Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician
1934 : James M Inhofe, (Rep-R-Oklahoma)
1936 : Leni van Rijn-Vellekoop, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1938 : Gordon Lightfoot, Ontario Canada, folksinger (Sundown)
1938 : Thomas Black, English industrial/auto collector
1941 : Gene Clark, LA Calif, rock vocalist/guitarist (Byrds)
1941 : Peter Hoagland, (Rep-D-Nebraska)
1942 : Bob Gaudio, Bronx NY, rocker (Four Seasons-Sherry)
1942 : Martin Scorsese, Queens, dir (Mean Streets, Last Temptation of Christ)
1944 : Lorne Michaels, [Lipowitz], Toronto Ontario, comedian (SNL)
1945 : Jeremy Hanley, British Lower house member
1946 : Martin Barre, British pop guitarist (Jethro Tull)
1947 : Rod Clements, rocker
1947 : Stewkey, [Robert Antoni], rocker
1949 : John Boehner, (Rep-R-Ohio)
1952 : M Cyril Ramaphosa, sec-gen of South African Mine Workers' Union
1953 : Dino Martin Jr, rocker
1953 : Jilly Johnson, England, vocalist (Blonde on Blonde)
1955 : Peter Cox, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down)
1957 : Daisy Fuentes, Havana Cuba, VJ (MTV International) (claims 1964)
1960 : Jonathan Ross, British talk show host (Tall Guy)
1962 : Traci Lords, ficticious birth date to do XXX movies [actual May 7, 68]
1963 : Pedro Luis Estrada, Bkln NY, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1967 : Ronnie Devoe, Boston, vocals (New Edition, Bell Div Devoe-Candy Girl)
1973 : Scott Rehberg, tackle (New England Patriots)
1980 : Isaac Hanson, vocalist (Hansons-Do Wah)
1980 : [Clarke] Isaac Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop)

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