Famous Birthdays By Date

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Famous People Born on February 17(179 people)

Athlete

Tyler Dibling, English footballer

Athlete

Alex de Minaur, Australian tennis player

Notable Figure

Devin White, American football player

Athlete

Gaetano Castrovilli, Italian footballer

Athlete

Zeki Çelik, Turkish footballer

Notable Figure

Sebastian Aho, Swedish ice hockey player

Actor

Sasha Pieterse, South African-American actress and singer-songwriter

Athlete

Madison Keys, American tennis player

Notable Figure

Mason Jobst, American ice hockey player

Notable Figure

Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer

Actor

Meaghan Martin, American actress and singer

Athlete

Phil Pressey, American basketball player and coach

Musician

Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Actor

Jeremy Allen White, American actor

Actor

Bonnie Wright, English actress, filmmaker, and activist

Notable Figure

Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian speed skater

Athlete

Edin Višća, Bosnian footballer

Athlete

Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer

Actor

Chord Overstreet, American actor and singer

Notable Figure

Michael Frolík, Czech ice hockey player

Notable Figure

Case Keenum, American football player

Athlete

Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukrainian boxer

Actor

Ísis Valverde, Brazilian actress

Notable Figure

Brett Kern, American football player

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Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper

Notable Figure

AB de Villiers, South African cricketer

Athlete

Marcin Gortat, Polish basketball player

Athlete

Katie Hill, Australian 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player

Athlete

Adriano, Brazilian footballer

Athlete

Brian Bruney, American baseball player

Actor

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor, director, and producer

Actor

Paris Hilton, American model, media personality, actress, singer, DJ, author and businesswoman

Athlete

Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (died 2014)

Athlete

Al Harrington, American basketball player

Actor

Jason Ritter, American actor

Athlete

Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer

Actor

Conrad Ricamora, American actor

Athlete

Josh Willingham, American baseball player

Actor

Rory Kinnear, English actor and playwright

Actor

Kelly Carlson, American actress and model

Notable Figure

Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (died 2012)

Notable Figure

Václav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player

Musician

Kaoru, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Actor

Jerry O'Connell, American actor, director, and producer

Athlete

Drew Barry, American basketball player

Athlete

Goran Bunjevčević, Serbian footballer (died 2018)

Notable Figure

Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby player

Actor

Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer

Notable Figure

Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater

Musician

Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022)

Business

Valeria Mazza, Argentine model and businesswoman

Actor

Denise Richards, American model and actress

Actor

Dominic Purcell, English-Australian actor and producer

Politician

David Douillet, French martial artist and politician

Notable Figure

Vasily Kudinov, Russian handball player (died 2017)

Athlete

Giuseppe Signori, Italian footballer

Writer

Wu'erkaixi, Chinese journalist and activist

Actor

Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and actor

Filmmaker

Michael Bay, American director and producer

Notable Figure

Sherry Hawco, Canadian gymnast (died 1991)

Actor

Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian and voice actor

Notable Figure

Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (died 1995)

Business

Jen-Hsun Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Nvidia

Athlete

Michael Jordan, American basketball player, executive, and businessman

Actor

Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor and director

Politician

Angela Eagle, English politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

Politician

Maria Eagle, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

Notable Figure

Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist, historian, and sociologist

Notable Figure

Lindy Ruff, Canadian hockey player and coach

Politician

Aryeh Deri, Moroccan-Israeli rabbi and politician, Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs

Athlete

Rowdy Gaines, American swimmer and sportscaster

Musician

Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer-songwriter, accordion player, and pianist

Actor

Richard Karn, American actor and game show host

Writer

Mo Yan, Chinese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Musician

Lou Ann Barton, American singer-songwriter

Athlete

Miki Berkovich, Israeli basketball player

Actor

Rene Russo, American actress

Actor

Becky Ann Baker, American actress

Medical

Karin Büttner-Janz, German gymnast and physician

Musician

Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech musician (died 1991)

Military

Rashid Minhas, Pakistani soldier and pilot (died 1971)

Musician

Fred Frith, English guitarist and songwriter

Notable Figure

Dennis Green, American football player and coach (died 2016)

Actor

José José, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2019)

Writer

Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian-American author and academic

Actor

Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2012)

Actor

Brenda Fricker, Irish actress

Musician

Karl Jenkins, Welsh saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer

Activist

Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (died 1989)

Actor

Julia McKenzie, English actress, singer, and director

Actor

Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer (died 2021)

Musician

Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (died 2006)

Actor

Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (died 2014)

Actor

Jim Brown, American football player and actor (died 2023)

Actor

Christina Pickles, English-American actress

Actor

Alan Bates, English actor (died 2003)

Actor

Barry Humphries, Australian comedian, actor, and author (died 2023)

Politician

Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (died 2007)

Actor

Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress and singer (died 2013)

Notable Figure

Buddy Ryan, American football coach (died 2016)

Athlete

Roger Craig, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2023)

Scientist

Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (died 2013)

Writer

Ruth Rendell, English author (died 2015)

Filmmaker

Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French director and screenwriter

Writer

Chaim Potok, American rabbi and author (died 2002)

Politician

Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 1993)

Actor

Patricia Routledge, English actress and singer (died 2025)

Actor

Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress and singer (died 2013)

Notable Figure

Michiaki Takahashi, Japanese virologist (died 2013)

Musician

Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (died 2003)

Actor

Hal Holbrook, American actor and director (died 2021)

Musician

Margaret Truman, American singer and author (died 2008)

Notable Figure

Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player and bandleader (died 2014)

Musician

Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 1969)

Notable Figure

Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (died 2013)

Filmmaker

Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (died 2001)

Notable Figure

Annie Glenn, American disability and communication disorder advocate (died 2020)

Artist

Curt Swan, American illustrator (died 1996)

Notable Figure

J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (died 2009)

Actor

Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer (died 2001)

Athlete

Joe Hunt, American tennis player (died 1945)

Writer

William Bronk, American poet and academic (died 1999)

Scientist

Jacqueline Ferrand, French mathematician (died 2014)

Notable Figure

Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player and pilot (died 1940)

Notable Figure

Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (died 1984)

Actor

Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (died 2002)

Actor

Arthur Kennedy, American actor (died 1990)

Writer

Andre Norton, American author (died 2005)

Writer

Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (died 1984)

Actor

Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2005)

Politician

Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 2007)

Actor

Mary Brian, American actress (died 2002)

Scientist

Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (died 1977)

Scientist

Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 1980)

Writer

Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator (died 1951)

Notable Figure

Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega, known as "Cagancho", Spanish bullfighter (died 1984)

Actor

Ruth Clifford, American actress (died 1998)

Writer

Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author (died 1954)

Writer

Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist (died 1965)

Scientist

Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (died 1965)

Scientist

Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist (died 1962)

Philosopher/Religious

Ronald Knox, English Catholic priest (died 1957)

Scientist

Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969)

Political Leader

Joseph Bech, Luxembourgish lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 1975)

Musician

Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (died 1947)

Medical

Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service (died 1965)

Writer

Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American educational reformer, social activist and author (died 1958)

Writer

Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author (died 1904)

Politician

André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (died 1932)

Business

Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (died 1956)

Artist

Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter (died 1929)

Writer

Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1941)

Writer

Mori Ōgai, Japanese general, author, and poet (died 1922)

Notable Figure

Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, duchess of Albany (died 1922)

Business

Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German businessman (died 1902)

Chef

Joseph Favre, Swiss chef (died 1903)

Writer

Louisa Lawson, Australian poet and publisher (died 1920)

Business

Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward (died 1913)

Writer

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (died 1870)

Artist

Richard Henry Park, American sculptor (died 1902)

Actor

Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer (died 1861)

Musician

Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (died 1881)

Political Leader

Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgish jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 1904)

Legal

Carl Julian (von) Graba, German lawyer and ornithologist who visited and studied the Faroe Islands (died 1874)

Medical

Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (died 1866)

Medical

René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (died 1826)

Notable Figure

John Cooke, English captain (died 1805)

Writer

John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (died 1826)

Explorer

Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer (died 1803)

Writer

Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (died 1831)

Scientist

Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist (died 1799)

Scientist

Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (died 1762)

Musician

Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1713)

Notable Figure

Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (died 1714)

Notable Figure

Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (died 1574)

Notable Figure

Francis, French Grand Chamberlain (died 1563)

Notable Figure

Charles III, duke of Bourbon (died 1527)

Philosopher/Religious

Al-Juwayni, Persian scholar and imam (died 1085)

Political Leader

Wu Zetian, Chinese empress consort (died 705)

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About Famous Birthdays on February 17

February 17 has been the birthday of many notable individuals throughout history. From entertainers and athletes to scientists and world leaders, people born on this date have made significant contributions to society.

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