November 17th Birthdays

Canadian singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot was born on this day in 1938 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. His many hits include “If You Could Read My Mind”; “Sundown”; and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”. Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 1, 2023 in Toronto.

Also born on November 17th:

  • 1926
    Robert Brown, American actor
  • 1935
    Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player
  • 1942
    Martin Scorsese, American film director
  • 1943
    Lauren Hutton, American actress
  • 1944
    Danny DeVito, American actor
  • 1946
    Martin Barre, English rock musician
  • 1948
    East Bay Ray, American musician
  • 1951
    Butch Davis, American football coach
    Stephen Root, American actor
  • 1958
    Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress
  • 1964
    Mitch Williams, baseball player
  • 1966
    Kate Ceberano, Australian singer
    Richard Fortus, American guitarist
    Sophie Marceau, French actress
  • 1970
    Paul Allender, British guitarist
  • 1972
    Kimya Dawson, American singer
    Leonard Roberts, American actor
  • 1973
    Eli Marrero, American baseball player
  • 1974
    Leslie Bibb, American actress
  • 1975
    Jerome James, American basketball player
    Lord Infamous, Rapper
  • 1976
    Brandon Call, American actor
    Diane Neal, American actress
  • 1978
    Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
    Reggie Wayne, American football player
  • 1980
    Isaac Hanson, American musician
  • 1981
    Sarah Harding, English singer
  • 1983
    Ryan Braun, American baseball player
    Trevor Crowe, American baseball player
    Harry Lloyd, English actor
    Nick Markakis, American baseball player
    Scott Moore, American baseball player
  • 1990
    Shanica Knowles, American actress
  • 1992
    Darian Weiss, American actor
  • 1994
    Raquel Castro, American actress
    Ruby Jane Smith, American singer, musician

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Died on November 17th:

  • 1917
    Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (age 77)
  • 1971
    Gladys Cooper, English actress (age 82)
  • 1979
    John Glascock, English singer, bass player (Jethro Tull), (age 28)
  • 1988
    Sheilah Graham, English-American actress, gossip columnist (age 84)
  • 1995
    Alan Hull, English singer, songwriter, guitarist (age 50)
  • 1998
    Esther Rolle, American actress (age 78)
  • 2003
    Arthur Conley, American-Dutch singer, songwriter (age 57)
  • 2006
    Ruth Brown, American singer, songwriter, actress (age 78)
  • 2012
    Billy Scott, American singer, songwriter (age 70)
  • 2013
    Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright (age 94)
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