Notable Birthdays for Oct. 17
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this day include:
- Jupiter Hammon, America's first published black poet, in 1711
- Actress Irene Ryan in 1902
- Big band trombonist and wide-eyed comic Jerry Colonna, best remembered as a featured comedian on Bob Hope shows, in 1905
- Playwright Arthur Miller in 1915
- Actress Rita Hayworth in 1918
- Actor Tom Poston in 1921
- Actor Montgomery Clift in 1920
- Newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin in 1930 (age 79)
- Daredevil Robert Evel Knievel in 1938
- Actor Michael McKean in 1947 (age 62)
- Actor Margot Kidder in 1948 (age 61)
- Actor George Wendt in 1948 (age 61)
- Former astronaut Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, in 1956 (age 53)
- Rapper Eminem in 1972 (age 37)
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