January 17

Birthdays

  • 1706
    Benjamin Franklin, Boston and kite flyer and statesman and wit
  • 1732
    Stanislaw II, last king of Poland (1764-95)
  • 1771
    Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel
  • 1818
    Sir Antoine Dorion (L), joint premier of Canada (1858 and 1863-64)
  • 1857
    Eugene Augustin Lauste, developed 1st sound-on-film recording
  • 1863
    David Lloyd George (Liberal), prime minister of Britain (1916-22)
  • 1863
    Konstantin Stanislavsky, Actor and director and producer and methodist
  • 1880
    Mack Sennett, created Keystone Kops
  • 1899
    Robert Maynard Hutchins, American educator and civil libertarian
  • 1919
    A Chekhov
  • 1924
    Betty White, Actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show and Golden Girls) in Oak Pk
  • 1926
    Moira Shearer, Scottish ballerina
  • 1931
    James Earl Jones, Actor (Darth Vader)
  • 1933
    Sheree North, in Los Angeles
  • 1934
    Shari Lewis, puppeteer in Bronx NY
  • 1944
    Joe Frazier, heavyweight champion boxer (1968-73)
  • 1949
    Debbie Watson, in Culver City California
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