Notable Birthdays for July 17
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Those born on this date include:
- English clergyman and author Isaac Watts in 1674
- financier John Jacob Astor in 1763
- mystery writer Erle Stanley Gardner in 1889
- actor James Cagney in 1899
- TV personality Art Linkletter in 1912
- comedian Phyllis Diller in 1917
- Olympics movement official Juan Antonio Samaranch in 1920
- actors Donald Sutherland and Diahann Carroll and musician Peter Schickele, all in 1935 (age 79)
- Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and rock musician Spencer Davis, both in 1939 (age 75)
- basketball Hall of Fame member Connie Hawkins in 1942 (age 72)
- actors Lucie Arnaz in 1951 (age 63) and David Hasselhoff in 1952 (age 62)
- singers Nicolette Larson and Phoebe Snow, both in 1952
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 1954 (age 60).
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