1917

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Births and Deaths:

Alan Hershey - Anthony Burgess - Art Widner - Arthur C. Clarke - Barbara Brewster - Ben Jason - Bert Hodson - Betsy Curtis - Bill Alberti - Carol Kendall - Charles L. Fontenay - D. R. Smith - Donn P. Brazier - Doris Currier - Dorothy Les Tina - Earl Perry - Ed Curtis - Ed Martin - Frances Hamling - J. Michael Rosenblum - James V. Taurasi - Jean Carrol - Jim Speer - John B. Michel - John Millard - Ken Slater - Leslie Fiedler - Linus Hogenmiller - Mack Reynolds - Mae Strelkov - Marvis Manning - Naomi Postal - Neil A. Lafferty, Jr. - Oliver King Smith - Reed Crandall - Richard Allen Frank - Robert Bloch - Robert Conquest - Stanley Meltzoff - Walter Shedlofsky - William Dellenback - Zenna Henderson

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Asia:

Arthur C. Clarke

Australia:

Britain:

Anthony Burgess - Arthur C. Clarke - Barbara Brewster - Bert Hodson - D. R. Smith - J. Michael Rosenblum - Ken Slater - Robert Conquest

Canada:

John Millard

Europe:

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

Alan Hershey - Art Widner - Ben Jason - Betsy Curtis - Bill Alberti - Carol Kendall - Charles L. Fontenay - Donn P. Brazier - Doris Currier - Dorothy Les Tina - Earl Perry - Ed Curtis - Ed Martin - Frances Hamling - James V. Taurasi - Jean Carrol - Jim Speer - John B. Michel - John Millard - Leslie Fiedler - Linus Hogenmiller - Mack Reynolds - Marvis Manning - Naomi Postal - Neil A. Lafferty, Jr. - Oliver King Smith - Reed Crandall - Richard Allen Frank - Robert Bloch - Stanley Meltzoff - Walter Shedlofsky - William Dellenback - Zenna Henderson

Rest of the World:

Mae Strelkov