page_title: 1917
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1917 / Births / October
caption_attribution_description: Cast photo from the short-lived television program Peck's Bad Girl. From left: Wendell Corey, Patty McCormack, Ray Farrell, Marsha Hunt.
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: October 2
  Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2013)
  Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
  Francis Jackson, English organist, composer
  October 3 – Les Schwab, American businessman (d. 2007)
  October 5 – Allen Ludden, American game show host (d. 1981)
  October 6 – Fannie Lou Hamer, African-American civil rights activist (d. 1977)
  October 7 – June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
  October 8
  Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, manager (d. 1976)
  Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1985)
  October 9 – Don Marion Davis, American child actor
  October 10 – Thelonious Monk, African-American jazz pianist (d. 1982)
  October 11 – J. Edward McKinley, American actor (d. 2004)
  October 13 – George Virl Osmond, Osmond family patriarch (d. 2007)
  October 15
  Adele Stimmel Chase, American artist (d. 2000)
  Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian, political commentator (d. 2007)
  October 16 – Alice Pearce, American actress (d. 1966)
  October 17
  Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
  Marsha Hunt, American actress
  October 19 – Walter Munk, Austrian-born American oceanographer (d. 2019)
  October 20
  Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director, film producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
  Stéphane Hessel, French diplomat and writer (d. 2013)
  X. M. Sellathambu, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (d. 1984)
  October 21
  Dizzy Gillespie, African-American musician (d. 1993)
  Geoffrey Langlands, British army officer and educator (d. 2019)
  October 22 – Joan Fontaine, British-born actress (d. 2013)
  October 24 – Fang Huai, Chinese military officer and major general of PLA (d. 2019)
  October 27 – Oliver Tambo, South African activist, revolutionary (d. 1993)
  October 28
  Honor Frost, pioneer in underwater archaeology (d. 2010)
  Shams Pahlavi, Iranian royal (d. 1996)
  Jack Soo, Japanese-American actor (d. 1979)
  October 30
  Paul Eberhard, Swiss bobsledder
  Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
  October 31 – Gordon Steege, Australian military officer (d. 2013)
caption: Marsha Hunt
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