September 17: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is September 17th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on September 17th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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September 17th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

September 17th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Jeffrey (Jeff) Kenneth MacNelly, American cartoonist (Shoe) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1972, 1978 and 1985), was born on September 17, 1947.

Samuel Prout, British water-color painter (Britton's Beauties of England), was born on September 17, 1783.

September 17th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Doris Brown-Heritage, American track star and Olympic gold medalist (1968), was born on September 17, 1942.

William Grut, Swedish pentathlete and Olympic gold medalist (1948), was born on September 17, 1941.

Daniel Nunez, Cuban weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist (1980), was born on September 17, 1958.

David Reid, American boxer and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on September 17, 1973.

September 17th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Kenneth (Ken) Elton Kesey, American author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), was born on September 17, 1935.

American physician, poet and author William Carlos Williams (Al Que Quiere, The Build-Up, Collected Earlier Poems, Collected Later Poems, Collected Poems, A Dream of Love, Embodiment of Knowledge, In the American Grain, In the Money, Journey to Love, Kora in Hell, Make Light of It, Many Loves, Paterson, Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems, Poems, Selected Essays, Sour Grapes, The Tempers, A Voyage to Pagany and White Mule) was born on September 17, 1883. Williams received a Pulitzer Prize in 1963.

September 17th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American automotive manufacturer (Buick), was born on September 17, 1854.

John Willard Marriott, American entrepreneur and hotelier (Marriott International), was born on September 17, 1900.

September 17th Birthdays: Famous Performers

American actor Paul Benedict (The Freshman, The Goodbye Girl, The Jeffersons, Mandingo, This Is Spinal Tap and Waiting for Guffman) was born on September 17, 1938.

William (Bill) Patton Black, Jr., American bass guitarist (Bill Black Combo), was born on September 17, 1926. Black is perhaps best remembered for playing bass for Elvis Presley.
American soul and blues guitarist and singer Milton (Little Milton) Campbell, Jr, ("Grits Ain't Groceries and "We're Gonna Make It"), was born on September 17, 1934.

Kyle Martin Chandler, American actor (Early Edition, Friday Night Lights, Homefront, The Kingdom, The Lyon's Den, Tour of Duty and What About Joan), was born on September 17, 1965.

Italian-American comedian and actor Gerardo (Jerry) Luigi Colonna (Alice in Wonderland, Casey at the Bat, It's in the Bag, The Jerry Colonna Show, Kentucky Jubilee, Meet Me in Las Vegas, The Road to Rio, The Road to Singapore and Star-Spangled Rhythm) was born on September 17, 1904.

Chuck Comeau, French-Canadian rock drummer (Simple Plan), was born on September 17, 1979.

American actress Dolores Costello (The Beloved Brat, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Magnificent Ambersons, Noah's Ark, The Sea Beast, The Show of Shows, This Is the Army and When a Man Loves) was born on September 17, 1903. Known as "The Goddess of the Silent Screen," Costello was mother to actor John Drew Barrymore and grandmother to actress Drew Barrymore.

Patricia (Pat) Crowley, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful, Dynasty, Forever Female, Generations, Hollywood or Bust, Maverick, Money from Home, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Port Charles, Red Garters and Return to Fantasy Island), was born on September 17, 1929.

British electronic rocker Keith Charles Flint (The Prodigy) was born on September 17, 1969.

Nona Marvisa Gaye, American model (Armani), actress (Ali, Crash, The Gospel, Harlem Nights, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions and The Polar Express) and singer, was born on September 17, 1974. Her father was American soul singer Marvin Gaye.

British actress Ursula Howells (The Constant Husband, Dangerfield, Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, The Forsyte Saga, I Believe in You, The Long Arm, Miss Marple, The Weak and the Wicked, Track the Man Down and Upstairs - Downstairs) was born on September 17, 1922.

Anna Maria Luisa (Anne Bancroft) Italiano, American actress (Agnes of God, Deep in My Heart, The Elephant Man, G.I. Jane, The Graduate, Homecoming, Keeping the Faith, Malice, The Miracle Worker, The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, Point of No Return, Silent Movie, The Turning Point and Torch Song Trilogy) and Academy Award winner (1962), was born on September 17, 1931.

American singer and actress Dorothy Loudon (Dorothy, Garbo Talks, The Garry Moore Show, It's a Business and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil) was born on September 17, 1933.

Constantine James Maroulis, American rock singer (American Idol), was born on September 17, 1975.

British actor Roderick (Roddy) Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (Batman, Class of 1984, Cleopatra, Dirty Mary - Crazy Larry, The Fantastic Journey, The Fighting Cock, Fright Night, How Green Was My Valley, The Keys of the Kingdom, Lassie Come Home, The Longest Day, My Friend Flicka, Overboard, Planet of the Apes, The Poseidon Adventure and The White Cliffs of Dover) was born on September 17, 1928.

Lamonte McLemore, American rock vocalist (The 5th Dimension), was born on September 17, 1939.

Cassandra Peterson, American actress and television personality (Balboa, Dead of Night, Echo Park, Nash Bridges, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Stroker Ace, Uncensored and Working Girls), was born on September 17, 1951. Peterson is best known by her stage name, "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark."

American actress Esther Ralston (Oliver Twist, Peter Pan, Shadows of the Orient, Tin Pan Alley, To the Last Man and We're in the Legion Now) was born on September 17, 1902.

Jonathan (John) Southworth Ritter, American actor (Hearts Afire, Hooperman, Problem Child, Stay Tuned and Three's Company), was born on September 17, 1948. His father was singing cowboy Tex Ritter.

American comedienne Rita Rudner was born on September 17, 1955.

Steve Sanders, American country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys), was born on September 17, 1952.

Matthew Settle, American actor (Band of Brothers, Beneath, Blue Smoke, Brothers and Sisters, The Celestine Prophecy, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Gossip Girl, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Into the West and Justice League of America), was born on September 17, 1969.

American comedian, vaudevillian and actor Bernard (Ben) Turpin (Burlesque of Carmen, The Eyes Have It, Hollywood Cavalcade, Idle Eyes, Keystone Hotel, Saps at Sea, The Shriek, When Comedy was King and Yankee Doodle in Berlin) was born on September 17, 1869.

Jonathan Jacob Walker, American bass guitarist (Panic at the Disco), was born on September 17, 1985.

American country guitarist and singer Hiram (Hank) Williams ("Cold Cold Heart," "Hey Good Lookin'," "Honky-Tonkin'," "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Jambalaya," "Lovesick Blues," "Move It On Over," "Take These Chains from My Heart" and "Your Cheatin' Heart") was born on September 17, 1923. Country music star Hank Williams, Jr., is his son.

Benjamin (BeBe) Winans, American Gospel and R&B singer (The Winans), was born on September 17, 1962.

September 17th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, French philosopher and mathematician (The Condorcet Method), was born on September 17, 1743.

Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, French physicist (Foucault Pendulum), was born on September 17, 1819.

Hans Freudenthal, Dutch mathematician (Freudenthal Magic Square), was born on September 17, 1905.

Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (Riemannian Geometry), was born on September 17, 1826.

Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Russian astronautical theorist and rocket scientist, was born on September 17, 1857.

September 17th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Warren Earl Burger, American judge and 15^th Supreme Court Chief Justice, was born on September 17, 1907.

Christian Lange, Norwegian pacifist, educator and Nobel Prize winner (1921), was born on September 17, 1869.

David Hackett Souter, American judge and 107^th Supreme Court Justice, was born on September 17, 1939.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on September 17th?

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Happy Birthday, September 17th.

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