List of Famous people who born in 1917

Vengalaiah C. Kesava Rao

First Name Vengalaiah
Born on May 24, 1917 (age 108)

V. C. Kesava Rao was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as member of the Indian National Congress.

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Grete Melskens

First Name Grete
Born on November 30, 1917 (age 108)
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Demetrio Zorita Alonso

First Name Demetrio
Last Name Alonso
Born on October 5, 1917
Died on November 27, 1956 (aged 39)
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Irvin Cohen

First Name Irvin
Last Name Cohen
Born on January 1, 1917
Died on February 14, 1955 (aged 38)

Irvin Sol Cohen was an American mathematician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who worked on local rings. He was a student of Oscar Zariski at Johns Hopkins University.

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Talat Aydemir

First Name Talat
Last Name Aydemir
Born on January 1, 1917
Died on July 5, 1964 (aged 47)
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Renán Fuentealba Moena

First Name Renán
Last Name Moena
Born on April 19, 1917
Died on October 1, 2021 (aged 104)

Tulio Renán Fuentealba Moena was a Chilean politician who was deputy of Chile from 1957 to 1965, president of the Christian Democratic Party from 1961 to 1965 and again from 1972 to 1973 and senator of the senator from 1965 to 1973.

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Kaka Bhagwant Roy

First Name Kaka
Born on January 15, 1917 (age 109)
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Heinz Beinert

First Name Heinz
Last Name Beinert
Born on November 30, 1917 (age 108)
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Nam Cao

First Name Nam
Last Name Cao
Born on October 29, 1917
Died on November 30, 1951 (aged 34)

Trần Hữu Tri (1915—1951), commonly known by his pseudonym Nam Cao, was a Vietnamese short story writer and novelist. His works generally received high acclaim from critics for their thoughtful description and veracious reflection of the society in the 1945 era. As a member of the Cultural Association for National Liberation led by the Communist Party, he was frequently sent to various places to do missions. In November 1951, he was ambushed and killed on the way to Lien Khu III, Ninh Bình Province, before his intention of writing a novel about his country and the revolution was ever met.

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