Anniversaries 17 February
Birth
American writer
1812–1848
English musician and composer
1862–1936
American businessman
1874–1956
British art critic
1876–1937
Swiss explorer and author
1877–1904
American author and social activist
1879–1958
American writer
1882–1965
German physicist
1888–1969
German journalist and writer
1888–1955
English priest and theologian
1888–1957
English statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, a…
1890–1962
Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist
1899–1954
American political scientist
1904–1980
American politician
1904–2003
American writer of science fiction and fantasy
1912–2005
British journalist
1913–2003
Puerto Rican politician
1914–1953
American biochemist
1917–1986
American biochemist
1921–2013
American children's writer
1928
Filmmaker and comics writer
1929
Australian comedian and actor
1934
American former professional football player and current sp…
1936
Co-founder of the Black Panther Party
1942–1989
veterinarian and author
1944
American anthropologist
1945
American football coach
1949–2016
Palestinian journalist
1950
American journalist, food writer
1950
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
1951
American prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1952)
1952
American film director, producer and screenwriter
1954
Canadian musician and composer
1957
American film, television, and stage actor
1962
American retired professional basketball player and busines…
1963
American stand-up comedian, actor, country music artist, vo…
1963
Japanese graphic novelist
1970
American actress and model
1971
American singer and guitarist
1972
American country music artist
1974
American actor, director, producer, and writer
1981
Nigerian writer and blogger
1987
English actress, model, screenwriter, director and producer
1991
English singer-songwriter and producer
1991
American musician and actor
1992
Death
influential Persian scholar, historian and exegete of the Q…
839–923
Italian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer
1548–1600
French playwright and actor
1622–1673
Maharaja of Travancore
1724–1798
Scottish writer, poet, translator, and politician
1736–1796
Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer
1746–1827
Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociolo…
1796–1874
German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic
1797–1856
American theologian
1802–1876
leader of the Bedonkohe Apache
1829–1909
Anglo-Irish rower, barrister, politician and Lord of Appeal…
1830–1913
Union United States Army officer
1832–1907
American politician
1838–1911
American suffragist
1839–1898
7th prime minister of Canada
1841–1919
British educator, philosopher, and Unitarian minister
1860–1955
German chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician
1862–1934
American businessman
1875–1966
third King of the Belgians
1875–1934
American artist
1880–1966
Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
1888–1970
Indian spiritual philosopher
1895–1986
American diplomat
1895–1971
German theologian
1906–1998
American writer
1907–1984
Romanian Christian minister of Jewish descent
1909–2001
Swiss psychologist and scholar
1915–1998
American jazz pianist and composer
1917–1982
French physician and author
1920–1998
actress from the United States
1922–2010
American psychologist
1928–2012
Swiss writer, artist and traveller
1929–1998
American theologian, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and…
1933–2017
American philosopher
1938–2017
American journalist
1951–1994
Executive producer of the Narnia films and author of award-…
1971–2011