Kim Jong-il (1941-2011)
World Leader
1
Penny Marshall (1943-2018)
Director
2
Grover Washington Jr. (1943-1999)
Saxophonist
3
Jeremy Bulloch (1945-2020)
Movie Actor
4
Claire Hartley (2001-2018)
Family Member
5
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)
War Hero
6
Leopold II (1835-1909)
King
7
Harold Holt (1908-1967)
Politician
8
Rumi (1207-1273)
Poet
9
Jennifer Jones (1919-2009)
Movie Actress
10
Otto Graham (1921-2003)
Football Player
11
Edwin Binney (1866-1934)
Inventor
12
Paula Cisneros
Instagram Star
13
Juan Vicente Gómez (1857-1935)
14
Captain Beefheart (1941-2010)
Rock Singer
15
Thomas Mitchell (1892-1962)
16
Daniel Inouye (1924-2012)
17
Alaina Reed Hall (1946-2009)
TV Actress
18
Cesaria Évora (1941-2011)
Pop Singer
19
Rex Allen (1920-1999)
TV Actor
20
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Pop Artist
21
Kaspar Hauser (1812-1833)
22
Dana Andrews (1909-1992)
23
Henry Heimlich (1920-2016)
Doctor
24
December 17 Birthdays
December 17 Horoscope
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
25
Mike Hodges (1932-2022)
26
William Jackson (1759-1828)
27
Sammy Baugh (1914-2008)
28
Michael Okpara (1920-1984)
29
Don Ellis (1934-1978)
Trumpet Player
30
Hayden Fry (1929-2019)
Football Coach
31
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
Novelist
32
Pierre Buyoya (1949-2020)
33
Lewis Morgan (1818-1881)
Anthropologist
34
Jack Anderson (1922-2005)
Journalist
35
Joe Gill (1919-2006)
Comic Book Author
36
Big Joe Williams (1903-1982)
Guitarist
37
Dina Manfredini (1897-2012)
Supercentenarian
38
Zaevion Dobson (2000-2015)
39
Desire Magnus (1828-1883)
Pianist
40
Alan Tilvern (1918-2003)
Stage Actor
41
Shriram Lagoo (1927-2019)
42
William Barker Cushing (1842-1874)
43
Justin Levens (1980-2008)
MMA Fighter
44
Ruby Florence Murray (1935-1996)
45
Alexander Herrmann (1844-1896)
Magician
46
Feliciano Tavares (1920-2008)
47
Olinde Rodrigues (1795-1851)
Mathematician
48
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