John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
US President
1
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
Jazz Singer
2
Dean Martin (1917-1995)
Pop Singer
3
Vera Lynn (1917-2020)
4
Lena Horne (1917-2010)
World Music Singer
5
Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-2016)
Movie Actress
6
Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)
TV Actor
7
El Santo (1917-1984)
Wrestler
8
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)
Politician
9
Pedro Infante (1917-1957)
Movie Actor
10
Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012)
11
Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989)
World Leader
12
Buddy Rich (1917-1987)
Drummer
13
June Foray (1917-2017)
Voice Actress
14
Whang-od Oggay, 107
Tattoo Artist
15
Louis Zamperini (1917-2014)
War Hero
16
Marsha Hunt (1917-2022)
17
Henry Ford II (1917-1987)
Entrepreneur
18
Jack Kirby (1917-1994)
Comic Book Artist
19
Payton Jordan (1917-2009)
Runner
20
MG Ramachandran (1917-1987)
21
Raymond Burr (1917-1993)
22
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
Composer
23
Jane Wyman (1917-2007)
24
Died in 1917
Born in the 1910s
Phyllis Diller (1917-2012)
Comedian
25
Gene Rayburn (1917-1999)
Game Show Host
26
David Tomlinson (1917-2000)
27
June Allyson (1917-2006)
28
Adam Malik (1917-1984)
29
Óscar Romero (1917-1980)
Religious Leader
30
Susan Hayward (1917-1975)
31
Robert Mitchum (1917-1997)
32
Celeste Holm (1917-2012)
33
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977)
Civil Rights Leader
34
Joan Fontaine (1917-2013)
35
Isabel Sanford (1917-2004)
TV Actress
36
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
Novelist
37
Dabbs Greer (1917-2007)
38
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
Poet
39
Allen Ludden (1917-1981)
40
Hans Conried (1917-1982)
Voice Actor
41
John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
Guitarist
42
RG Armstrong (1917-2012)
43
Clarice Taylor (1917-2011)
44
John Connally Jr. (1917-1993)
45
Park Chung-hee (1917-1979)
46
William Macdonald (1917-2007)
Religious Author
47
Leonard Chess (1917-1969)
Business Executive
48
Years
