page_title: 1917
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 1917 / Births / March
context_page_description: 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1917th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 917th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1917, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: March 1 – Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
  March 2
  Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born American actor, bandleader, musician, and television producer; co-founder of Desilu Productions (d. 1986)
  Babiker Awadalla, 8th Prime Minister of Sudan (d. 2019)
  Laurie Baker, English architect (d. 2007)
  Max Webb, Polish-American real estate developer and philanthropist (d. 2018)
  March 3 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952)
  March 4 – Clyde McCullough, American baseball catcher (d. 1982)
  March 5 – Raymond P. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
  March 6
  Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
  Ruth Dayan, Israeli fashion designer
  Will Eisner, American cartoonist (d. 2005)
  March 9 – Jack Laver, Tasmanian cricketer (d. 2017)
  March 10
  Edith Iglauer, American writer (d. 2019)
  Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski, Polish Brigadier General (d. 2018)
  March 11 – James Megellas, United States Army officer (d. 2020)
  March 12
  Giovanni Benedetti, Italian Catholic prelate (d. 2017)
  Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records (d. 1969)
  Googie Withers, British actress (d. 2011)
  March 16 – Mehrdad Pahlbod, Iranian royal and politician (d. 2018)
  March 18 – Mircea Ionescu-Quintus, Romanian politician (d. 2017)
  March 19
  Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (d. 1950)
  Peggy Ahern, American actress (d. 2012)
  Sardon Jubir, Malaysian politician (d. 1985)
  March 20
  Haddon Donald, New Zealand Army Lieutenant Colonel and politician (d. 2018)
  Vera Lynn, English actress, singer (d. 2020)
  March 21
  Anton Coppola, American opera conductor, composer (d. 2020)
  Yigael Yadin, Israeli archeologist, politician, and Military Chief of Staff (d. 1984)
  March 22 – Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)
  March 23 – Kenneth Tobey, American actor (d. 2002)
  March 24
  Constantine Andreou, Brazilian-Greek artist (d. 2007)
  John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1997)
  March 26 – Rufus Thomas, American singer (d. 2001)
  March 27
  Takumi Furukawa, Japanese film director (d. 2018)
  Cyrus Vance, American politician (d. 2002)
  March 29 – Man o' War, champion thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1947)
caption: Cyrus Vance
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