Who Was Alive in 1917
137 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1917
Andrew CarnegieAge 82
John D. RockefellerAge 78
Claude MonetAge 77
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 76
Sarah BernhardtAge 73
Thomas EdisonAge 70
Alexander Graham BellAge 70
Antoni GaudíAge 65
Sigmund FreudAge 61
Nikola TeslaAge 61
Woodrow WilsonAge 61
George Bernard ShawAge 61
Theodore RooseveltAge 59
Emmeline PankhurstAge 59
Max PlanckAge 59
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 58
Rabindranath TagoreAge 56
Gustav KlimtAge 55
Claude DebussyAge 55
David HilbertAge 55
Henry FordAge 54
Edvard MunchAge 54
Max WeberAge 53
Rudyard KiplingAge 52
H.G. WellsAge 51
Sun Yat-senAge 51
Marie CurieAge 50
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 50
Scott JoplinAge 49
Maxim GorkyAge 49
Mahatma GandhiAge 48
Henri MatisseAge 48
Vladimir LeninAge 47
Marcel ProustAge 46
Orville WrightAge 46
Rosa LuxemburgAge 46
Ernest RutherfordAge 46
Roald AmundsenAge 45
Bertrand RussellAge 45
Ernest ShackletonAge 43
Guglielmo MarconiAge 43
Winston ChurchillAge 43
Harry HoudiniAge 43
Carl JungAge 42
Albert SchweitzerAge 42
Thomas MannAge 42
Pancho VillaAge 39
Lise MeitnerAge 39
Joseph StalinAge 39
Albert EinsteinAge 38
Leon TrotskyAge 38
Helen KellerAge 37
Pablo PicassoAge 36
Alexander FlemingAge 36
Mustafa Kemal AtatürkAge 36
Virginia WoolfAge 35
James JoyceAge 35
Igor StravinskyAge 35
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 35
Coco ChanelAge 34
Franz KafkaAge 34
Benito MussoliniAge 34
John Maynard KeynesAge 34
Eleanor RooseveltAge 33
Harry S. TrumanAge 33
Niels BohrAge 32
Diego RiveraAge 31
Erwin SchrödingerAge 30
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 30
Chiang Kai-shekAge 30
Le CorbusierAge 30
T. S. EliotAge 29
Charlie ChaplinAge 28
Jawaharlal NehruAge 28
Adolf HitlerAge 28
Ludwig WittgensteinAge 28
Ho Chi MinhAge 27
Agatha ChristieAge 27
Dwight D. EisenhowerAge 27
Charles de GaulleAge 27
Haile SelassieAge 25
J.R.R. TolkienAge 25
Mao ZedongAge 24
Aldous HuxleyAge 23
Nikita KhrushchevAge 23
Babe RuthAge 22
Buster KeatonAge 22
F. Scott FitzgeraldAge 21
Amelia EarhartAge 20
Golda MeirAge 19
C. S. LewisAge 19
Duke EllingtonAge 18
Ernest HemingwayAge 18
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 18
Alfred HitchcockAge 18
Humphrey BogartAge 18
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAge 17
Werner HeisenbergAge 16
Louis ArmstrongAge 16
Walt DisneyAge 16
Enrico FermiAge 16
HirohitoAge 16
Marlene DietrichAge 16
George OrwellAge 14
Bob HopeAge 14
Robert OppenheimerAge 13
Salvador DalíAge 13
Pablo NerudaAge 13
Jean-Paul SartreAge 12
Hannah ArendtAge 11
Frida KahloAge 10
Rachel CarsonAge 10
Simone de BeauvoirAge 9
Lyndon B. JohnsonAge 9
Kwame NkrumahAge 8
Dorothy HodgkinAge 7
Mother TeresaAge 7
Akira KurosawaAge 7
Jacques CousteauAge 7
Ronald ReaganAge 6
Naguib MahfouzAge 6
Alan TuringAge 5
Jackson PollockAge 5
Rosa ParksAge 4
Jesse OwensAge 4
Richard NixonAge 4
Albert CamusAge 4
Gerald FordAge 4
Hedy LamarrAge 3
Orson WellesAge 2
Frank SinatraAge 2
Billie HolidayAge 2
Ingrid BergmanAge 2
Roald DahlAge 1
John F. KennedyAge 0
Ella FitzgeraldAge 0
Indira GandhiAge 0
Born in 1917
John F. Kennedy
35th US President, Space Race
Indira Gandhi
First female Prime Minister of India
Ella Fitzgerald
First Lady of Song, jazz icon
Also Born in 1917
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
British science fiction writer (1917–2008)
German writer (1917–1985)
President of South Korea from 1963 to 1979
Chinese-American architect (1917–2019)
American singer and actor (1917–1995)
English writer and composer (1917–1993)
American actor (1917–2012)
Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003)
British-American actress (1917–2013)
British academic historian and Marxist historiographer (1917–2012)
American actor (1917–1997)
Died in 1917
Also Died in 1917
French writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917)
Creator of Esperanto (1859–1917)
French sculptor (1840–1917)
French sociologist (1858–1917)
French Impressionist artist (1834–1917)
Dutch exotic dancer (1876–1917)
German physiologist (1854–1917)
German chemist (1860–1917)
German chemist (1835–1917)
Swiss physician and Nobel laureate (1841–1917)
German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)
American soldier and showman (1846–1917)
Notable World Events in 1917
1917 Russian Revolution
Sources
- 1917 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
- John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
- Claude Monet — Wikipedia
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
- Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
- Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
- Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
- Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
- Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
- Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
- Max Planck — Wikipedia
- Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
- Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
- David Hilbert — Wikipedia
- Henry Ford — Wikipedia
- Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
- Max Weber — Wikipedia
- Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
- Marie Curie — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
- Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
- Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
- Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
- Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
- Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
- Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
- Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
- Carl Jung — Wikipedia
- Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
- Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
- Pancho Villa — Wikipedia
- Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
- Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
- Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
- Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia
- Helen Keller — Wikipedia
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Alexander Fleming — Wikipedia
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — Wikipedia
- Virginia Woolf — Wikipedia
- James Joyce — Wikipedia
- Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
- Franklin D. Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
- Franz Kafka — Wikipedia
- Benito Mussolini — Wikipedia
- John Maynard Keynes — Wikipedia
- Eleanor Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
- Niels Bohr — Wikipedia
- Diego Rivera — Wikipedia
- Erwin Schrödinger — Wikipedia
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Le Corbusier — Wikipedia
- T. S. Eliot — Wikipedia
- Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
- Jawaharlal Nehru — Wikipedia
- Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
- Ludwig Wittgenstein — Wikipedia
- Ho Chi Minh — Wikipedia
- Agatha Christie — Wikipedia
- Dwight D. Eisenhower — Wikipedia
- Charles de Gaulle — Wikipedia
- Haile Selassie — Wikipedia
- J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
- Mao Zedong — Wikipedia
- Aldous Huxley — Wikipedia
- Nikita Khrushchev — Wikipedia
- Babe Ruth — Wikipedia
- Buster Keaton — Wikipedia
- F. Scott Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Amelia Earhart — Wikipedia
- Golda Meir — Wikipedia
- C. S. Lewis — Wikipedia
- Duke Ellington — Wikipedia
- Ernest Hemingway — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Alfred Hitchcock — Wikipedia
- Humphrey Bogart — Wikipedia
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — Wikipedia
- Werner Heisenberg — Wikipedia
- Louis Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Walt Disney — Wikipedia
- Enrico Fermi — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia
- George Orwell — Wikipedia
- Bob Hope — Wikipedia
- J. Robert Oppenheimer — Wikipedia
- Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
- Pablo Neruda — Wikipedia
- Jean-Paul Sartre — Wikipedia
- Hannah Arendt — Wikipedia
- Frida Kahlo — Wikipedia
- Rachel Carson — Wikipedia
- Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
- Lyndon B. Johnson — Wikipedia
- Kwame Nkrumah — Wikipedia
- Dorothy Hodgkin — Wikipedia
- Mother Teresa — Wikipedia
- Akira Kurosawa — Wikipedia
- Jacques Cousteau — Wikipedia
- Ronald Reagan — Wikipedia
- Naguib Mahfouz — Wikipedia
- Alan Turing — Wikipedia
- Jackson Pollock — Wikipedia
- Rosa Parks — Wikipedia
- Jesse Owens — Wikipedia
- Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
- Albert Camus — Wikipedia
- Gerald Ford — Wikipedia
- Hedy Lamarr — Wikipedia
- Orson Welles — Wikipedia
- Frank Sinatra — Wikipedia
- Billie Holiday — Wikipedia
- Ingrid Bergman — Wikipedia
- Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
- John F. Kennedy — Wikipedia
- Ella Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Indira Gandhi — Wikipedia