Editing 1917 in science (section)

==Births==
* January 19 – [[Graham Higman]] (died [[2008 in science|2008]]), English [[mathematician]].
* January 25 – [[Ilya Prigogine]] (died [[2003 in science|2003]]), Russian-born winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].
* February 14 – [[Herbert A. Hauptman]] (died [[2011 in science|2011]]), American mathematical [[biophysicist]], winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
* March 23 – [[Howard McKern]] (died [[2009 in science|2009]]), Australian [[Analytical chemistry|analytical]] and [[organic chemist]].
* March 24 – [[John Kendrew]] (died [[1997 in science|1997]]), English [[molecular biologist]], winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
* April 10 – [[Robert Burns Woodward]] (died [[1979 in science|1979]]), American organic chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
* April 18 – [[Brian Harold Mason]] (died [[2009 in science|2009]]), New Zealand-born [[geochemist]] and [[mineralogist]] who was one of the pioneers in the study of [[meteorites]].
* May 14 – [[W. T. Tutte]] (died [[2002 in science|2002]]), English-born mathematician and [[cryptanalyst]].
* June 1 – [[William S. Knowles]] (died [[2012 in science|2012]]), American winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
* June 2 – [[Heinz Sielmann]] (died [[2006 in science|2006]]), German zoological filmmaker.
* June 15 – [[John Fenn (chemist)|John Fenn]] (died [[2010 in science|2010]]), American analytical chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
* July 1 – [[Humphry Osmond]] (died [[2004 in science|2004]]), English-born [[psychiatrist]].
* July 15 – [[Walter S. Graf]] (died [[2015 in science|2015]]), American [[cardiologist]] and pioneer of [[Paramedics in the United States|paramedic]] [[emergency medical services]].
* July 22 – [[H. Boyd Woodruff]] (died [[2017 in science|2017]]), American [[microbiologist]].
* August 21 – [[Xu Shunshou]] (died [[1968 in science|1968]]), Chinese [[aeronautical engineer]].
* September 23 – [[Asima Chatterjee]], née Mookerjee (died [[2006 in science|2006]]), [[Indian people|Indian]] [[organic chemist]].
* October 2 – [[Christian de Duve]] (died [[2013 in science|2013]]), English-born [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[biologist]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
* October 8 – [[Rodney Robert Porter|Rodney Porter]] (died [[1985 in science|1985]]), English [[biochemist]], winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
* November 22 – [[Andrew Huxley]] (died [[2012 in science|2012]]), English winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
* December 9 – [[James Rainwater]] (died [[1986 in the United States|1986]]), American winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
* December 16 – [[Arthur C. Clarke]] (died [[2008 in science|2008]]), English-born science fiction author and inventor.
* December 20 – [[David Bohm]] (died [[1992 in science|1992]]), American-born theoretical physicist, philosopher and neuropsychologist.