Arnaz, Desi (March 2)
The Cuban bandleader married to Lucille Ball
Famous People Born in 1917
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Borgnine, Ernest (January 24)
The Oscar winning star of the 1955 movie Marty -
Brooks, Gwendolyn (June 7)
The first African American to win a Pulitzer for poetry -
Byrd, Robert C. (November 20)
The West Virginia Democrat who was the longest serving Member of Congress -
Clarke, Arthur C. (December 16)
The author of 2001: A Space Odyssey -
Davis, Ossie (December 18)
Husband of Ruby Dee and veteran of stage and screen -
Diller, Phyllis (July 17)
The wild-haired female comedian of the late 20th century -
Eisner, Will (March 6)
Creator of the comic The Spirit -
Fitzgerald, Ella (April 25)
Jazz vocalist known for scat singing -
Fontaine, Joan (October 22)
The Oscar-winning star of the Hitchcock thriller Suspicion. -
Gabor, Zsa Zsa (February 6)
The much-married celebrity sister of Eva Gabor -
Gandhi, Indira (November 19)
Prime Minister of India, 1966-77 and 1980-84 -
Gillespie, Dizzy (October 21)
The bebop trumpeter with the upturned horn -
Graham, Katharine (June 16)
Publisher of the Washington Post -
Hayward, Susan (June 30)
The redhead who won an Oscar for 'I Want To Live' -
Horne, Lena (June 30)
Singer of the jazz standard "Stormy Weather" -
Hotchner, A.E. (June 28)
The writer who befriended Ernest Hemingway and Paul Newman -
Kennedy, John F. (May 29)
President of the United States, 1961-63 -
Lowell, Robert (March 1)
The "confessional" poet with the collection Life Studies -
Marcos, Ferdinand (September 11)
President of The Philippines, 1965-1986 -
Martin, Dean (June 7)
The Rat Pack crooner who sang "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" -
McCullers, Carson (February 19)
Author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter -
Mitchum, Robert (August 6)
The wicked preacher in The Night of the Hunter -
Monk, Thelonious (October 10)
Influential and idiosyncratic bop jazz pianist -
Pei, I.M. (April 26)
The architect who added a glass pyramid to the Louvre -
Rayburn, Gene (December 22)
Host of TV's Match Game -
Sheldon, Sidney (February 11)
The author of The Other Side of Midnight -
Vance, Cyrus (March 27)
U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-80 -
Wyeth, Andrew (July 12)
The American painter who did the Helga series