On This Day April 17
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1869 – Artist Henri Matisse (d. 1954)
1932 – Country music singer Patsy Cline (“Crazy,” “Walking After Midnight”) (d. 1963)
1942 – Singer-guitarist and The Police band member Andy Summers
1943 – Country-folk singer-songwriter, actor and environmentalist John Denver (d. 1997)
1943 – Oscar-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley (“Gandhi,” “Bugsy, “Schindler’s List”)
1948 – Disco superstar Donna Summer (d. 2012)
1959 – Actor Val Kilmer (“Top Gun,” “The Doors,” “Batman Forever,” “Conspiracy,” “Double Identity”)
1977 – Singer-rapper PSY, born Park Jae-sang, best known for his 2012 smash single “Gangnam Style”
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1925 – Legendary blues artist B.B. King (d. 2015)
1949 – Actor Ed Begley, Jr. (“St. Elsewhere,” “Best in Show,” “A Mighty Wind,” “Six Feet Under”)
1952 – Golden Globe-winning actor Mickey Rourke (“Diner,” “Angel Heart,” “Sin City,” “The Wrestler”)
1953 – Grammy-winning jazz fusion guitarist Earl Klugh
1956 – Illusionist David Copperfield
1968 – Singer-songwriter Marc Anthony
1971 – Actress, comedian and “Saturday Night Live” alum Amy Poehler
1992 – Pop singer-songwriter and actor Nick Jonas (Jonas Brothers)
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1918 – Nobel Laureate and former South African President Nelson Mandela (d. 2013)
1921 – Former astronaut (first American to orbit the Earth) and U.S. Senator John Glenn (d. 2016)
1954 – Grammy-winning country music and bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs
1961 – Actress Elizabeth McGovern (“Ragtime,” “Once Upon a Time in America,” “Downton Abbey”)
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