Anniversaries 17 June

Birth

Edward I of England2

King of England 1239–1307

John Wesley77

Christian theologian 1703–1791

Helen Maria Williams3

British writer 1759–1827

Alexandre Vinet7

Swiss theologian 1797–1847

William Crookes46

British chemist and physicist 1832–1919

Henry Holiday1

British artist 1839–1927

Henry Lawson4

Australian writer and poet 1867–1922

James Weldon Johnson23

writer and activist 1871–1938

Heinz Guderian15

German general 1888–1954

Глэдис Бронвин Стерн1

1890–1973

John Rupert Firth14

English linguist 1890–1960

Gladys Bronwyn Stern5

British writer 1890–1973

Гарри Патч1

1898–2009

M. C. Escher32

Dutch graphic artist 1898–1972

Martin Bormann6

Nazi leader and private secretary to Adolf Hitler 1900–1945

W. V. D. Hodge1

British mathematician 1903–1975

Charles Eames11

American designer, half of duo the Eames 1907–1978

James Cameron (journalist)10

British journalist 1911–1985

John Hersey3

American journalist, novelist, professor 1914–1993

Ajahn Chah7

thai Buddhist monk 1918–1992

Kingman Brewster, Jr.16

American diplomat 1919–1988

François Jacob2

French biologist 1920–2013

June Vincent8

actress 1920–2008

Tigran Petrosian4

Soviet Georgian Armenian chess player and chess writer 1929–1984

Hal Higdon1

American distance runner and writer 1931

Frank Oski7

American pediatrician 1932–1996

Harry Browne18

American politician and writer 1933–2006

Ted Nelson17

American information technologist, philosopher, and sociolo… 1937

Paul P. Enns48

American theologian 1937

George Akerlof1

American economist and Koshland Professor of Economics 1940

Mohamed ElBaradei42

Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General … 1942

Burt Rutan3

American aerospace engineer 1943

Newt Gingrich41

Professor, Speaker of the United States House of Representa… 1943

Ken Livingstone42

Mayor of London between 2000 and 2008 1945

Tommy Franks10

United States Army general 1945

László Gyimesi2

Hungarian musician 1948

William Napoli2

American politician 1948

Celia Rees3

English author 1949

Starhawk59

American author, activist and Neopagan 1951

Mike Milbury4

American ice hockey player 1952

Nils Funcke1

Swedish writer and journalist 1953

Kerry Greenwood4

Australian crime writer 1954

David Walsh1

Irish sports journalist 1955

Han Kuo-yu7

Taiwanese political figure 1957

Christopher J. Coyne1

Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the United States 1958

Jello Biafra22

singer and activist 1958

Xavier Sala-i-Martin2

Catalan economist 1962

Sebastian Tudu1

Roman catholic Bishop 1967

Deanna Raybourn10

American writer 1968

Yoshiki Nakamura3

Artist 1969

Venus Williams2

American tennis player 1980

Kendrick Lamar6

American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Califo… 1987

Alan Dzagoev4

Russian association football player 1990

Death

Uthman11

Companion of Muhammad and third Rashidun Caliph 574–656

Claude Louis Hector de Villars7

Marshal General of France 1653–1734

Jean Meslier2

French priest 1664–1729

Joseph Addison226

politician, writer and playwright 1672–1719

Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon1

British countess 1707–1791

Jean-Antoine Gleizes2

French writer 1773–1843

Richard Harris Barham7

British writer and priest 1788–1845

Mark Hopkins (educator)32

American educationalist and theologian 1802–1887

A. C. Benson3

English essayist, poet, author and Master of Magdalene Coll… 1862–1925

John Cowper Powys21

British writer, lecturer and philosopher 1872–1963

J. Allen Boone1

American writer 1882–1965

Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne5

British rower, agriculturalist and translater 1896–1982

Milbourne Christopher1

American magician 1914–1984

John R. Platt12

American physicist 1918–1992

Thomas Kuhn27

American historian, physicist and philosopher 1922–1996

Basil Hume4

Catholic cardinal 1923–1999

Gloria Vanderbilt1

American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and wri… 1924–2019

O. Timothy O'Meara3

American mathematician 1928–2018

Ismail Mahomed1

South African judge 1931–2000

Mohamed Morsi2

5th President of Egypt 1951–2019

Erik Naggum118

Norwegian computer programmer 1965–2009

Rodney King2

American taxi driver and police brutality victim 1969–2012