Famous People Born on May 17, May 17 Famous Birthdays
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May 17 Birthdays, Famous People born on May 17th
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Julie Anne San Jose, Filipina singer-songwriter |
| 1991 | Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player |
| 1991 | Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper and music producer |
| 1991 | Abigail Raye, Canadian field hockey player |
| 1990 | Will Clyburn, American basketball player |
| 1990 | Fabian Giefer, German footballer |
| 1990 | Charlie Gubb, New Zealand rugby league player |
| 1990 | Katrina Hart, English runner |
| 1990 | Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player |
| 1989 | Mose Masoe, New Zealand rugby league player |
| 1989 | Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player |
| 1989 | Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer |
| 1988 | Nikki Reed, American actress, singer, and screenwriter |
| 1987 | Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norwegian cyclist |
| 1987 | Aleandro Rosi, Italian footballer |
| 1986 | Marius Činikas, Lithuanian footballer |
| 1986 | Timo Simonlatser, Estonian skier |
| 1986 | Jodie Taylor, English footballer |
| 1985 | Teófilo Gutiérrez, Colombian footballer |
| 1985 | Derek Hough, American actor, singer, and dancer |
| 1985 | Christine Nesbitt, Canadian speed skater |
| 1985 | Todd Redmond, American baseball player |
| 1985 | Matt Ryan, American football player |
| 1984 | Christian Bolaños, Costa Rican footballer |
| 1984 | Christine Ohuruogu, English runner |
| 1984 | Christine Robinson, Canadian water polo player |
| 1984 | Passenger, English singer-songwriter and musician[32] |
| 1983 | Channing Frye, American basketball player |
| 1983 | Chris Henry, American football player (d. 2009) |
| 1983 | Nicky Hofs, Dutch footballer |
| 1983 | Kevin Kingston, Australian rugby league player |
| 1983 | Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player |
| 1982 | Matt Cassel, American football player |
| 1982 | Dan Hardy, English mixed martial artist |
| 1982 | Reiko Nakamura, Japanese swimmer |
| 1982 | Tony Parker, French-American basketball player |
| 1982 | Chloe Smith, English politician |
| 1981 | Beñat Albizuri, Spanish cyclist |
| 1981 | Leon Osman, English footballer |
| 1981 | Lim Jeong-hee, South Korean singer |
| 1981 | Chris Skidmore, English historian and politician |
| 1981 | Giannis Taralidis, Greek footballer |
| 1980 | Davor Džalto, Bosnian historian and philosopher |
| 1980 | Fredrik Kessiakoff, Swedish cyclist |
| 1980 | Alistair Overeem, Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer |
| 1980 | Ariën van Weesenbeek, Dutch drummer |
| 1979 | David Jarolím, Czech footballer |
| 1979 | Wayne Thomas, English footballer |
| 1978 | John Foster, American baseball player and coach |
| 1978 | Paddy Kenny, English footballer |
| 1978 | Carlos Peña, Dominican-American baseball player |
| 1978 | Magdalena Zděnovcová, Czech tennis player |
| 1976 | Kandi Burruss, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress |
| 1976 | Shayne Dunley, Australian rugby league player |
| 1976 | José Guillén, Dominican-American baseball player |
| 1976 | Daniel Komen, Kenyan runner |
| 1976 | Wang Leehom, American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director |
| 1976 | Mayte Martínez, Spanish runner |
| 1976 | Kirsten Vlieghuis, Dutch freestyle swimmer |
| 1975 | Marcelinho Paraíba, Brazilian footballer |
| 1975 | Alex Wright, German wrestler |
| 1974 | Andrea Corr, Irish singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress |
| 1974 | Wiki González, Venezuelan baseball player |
| 1974 | Eddie Lewis, American international soccer player |
| 1973 | Josh Homme, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1972 | Barry Hayles, English born Jamaican international footballer |
| 1971 | Mark Connors, Australian rugby player |
| 1971 | Shaun Hart, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster |
| 1971 | Stella Jongmans, Dutch athlete |
| 1971 | Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Dutch royal |
| 1971 | Gina Raimondo, Governor of Rhode Island |
| 1970 | Hubert Davis, American basketball player and coach |
| 1970 | Jordan Knight, American singer-songwriter and actor |
| 1970 | Matt Lindland, American mixed martial artist, wrestler, and politician |
| 1970 | Jodie Rogers, Australian diver |
| 1970 | René Vilbre, Estonian director and screenwriter |
| 1969 | Keith Hill, English footballer and manager |
| 1968 | Dave Abbruzzese, American rock drummer and songwriter |
| 1967 | Mohamed Nasheed, Maldivian lawyer and politician 4th President of the Maldives |
| 1967 | Patrick Ortlieb, Austrian skier |
| 1966 | Qusay Hussein, Iraqi soldier and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1966 | Mark Kratzmann, Australian tennis player and coach |
| 1966 | Danny Manning, American basketball player and coach |
| 1966 | Gilles Quénéhervé, French sprinter |
| 1965 | Trent Reznor, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer |
| 1965 | Jeremy Vine, English journalist and author |
| 1964 | Stratos Apostolakis, Greek footballer and coach |
| 1964 | Mauro Martini, Italian race car driver |
| 1964 | Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (d. 1999) |
| 1963 | Jon Koncak, American basketball player |
| 1963 | Page McConnell, American keyboard player and songwriter |
| 1962 | Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish journalist and author |
| 1962 | Andrew Farrar, Australian rugby league player and coach |
| 1962 | Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American comedian, actor, and talk show host |
| 1962 | Jane Moore, English journalist and author |
| 1962 | Rosalind Picard, American computer scientist and engineer, co-founded Affectiva |
| 1961 | Enya, Irish singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1961 | Jamil Azzaoui, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1961 | Justin King, English businessman |
| 1960 | Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter, actor, and producer |
| 1960 | Simon Fuller, English talent manager and producer, created the Idols series |
| 1959 | Marcelo Loffreda, Argentine rugby player and coach |
| 1957 | Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (d. 2012) |
| 1956 | Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer |
| 1956 | Annise Parker, American politician |
| 1956 | Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host (d. 2022) |
| 1956 | Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist and author |
| 1955 | Bill Paxton, American actor and director (d. 2017) |
| 1955 | David Townsend, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) |
| 1954 | Michael Roberts, South African-English jockey |
| 1952 | Howard Hampton, Canadian lawyer and politician |
| 1951 | Simon Hughes, English lawyer and politician |
| 1950 | Howard Ashman, American playwright and composer (d. 1991) |
| 1950 | Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley, English accountant and politician |
| 1950 | Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (d. 2008) |
| 1950 | Alan Johnson, English politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1950 | Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (d. 2014) |
| 1949 | Bill Bruford, English drummer, songwriter, and producer |
| 1949 | Keith, American pop singer |
| 1948 | Dick Gaughan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1947 | Stephen Platten, English bishop |
| 1946 | Udo Lindenberg, German singer-songwriter and drummer |
| 1945 | B.S. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer |
| 1945 | Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and coach |
| 1944 | Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014) |
| 1943 | Sirajuddin of Perlis, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia |
| 1943 | Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004) |
| 1942 | Taj Mahal, American blues singer-songwriter and musician |
| 1941 | David Cope, American composer and author |
| 1941 | Ben Nelson, American lawyer and politician, 37th Governor of Nebraska |
| 1940 | Alan Kay, American computer scientist and academic |
| 1940 | Reynato Puno, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
| 1939 | Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes, English politician |
| 1939 | Gary Paulsen, American author (d. 2021) |
| 1938 | Jason Bernard, American actor (d. 1996) |
| 1938 | Marcia Freedman, Israeli activist |
| 1938 | Pervis Jackson, American R&B bass singer (d. 2008) |
| 1936 | Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (d. 2010) |
| 1935 | Dennis Potter, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994) |
| 1934 | Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel, German educator and politician |
| 1934 | Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1934 | Ronald Wayne, American computer scientist, co-founded Apple Computer |
| 1933 | Yelena Gorchakova, Russian javelin thrower (d. 2002) |
| 1932 | Rodric Braithwaite, English soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia |
| 1932 | Peter Burge, Australian cricketer (d. 2001) |
| 1931 | Dewey Redman, American saxophonist (d. 2006) |
| 1929 | Branko Zebec, Yugoslav football player and coach (d. 1988) |
| 1926 | David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and politician |
| 1926 | Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981) |
| 1924 | Roy Bentley, English footballer (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1923 | Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (d. 2015) |
| 1922 | Jean Rédélé, French racing driver, founded Alpine (d. 2007) |
| 1921 | Dennis Brain, English horn player (d. 1957) |
| 1921 | Bob Merrill, American composer and screenwriter (d. 1998) |
| 1920 | Harry Männil, Estonian-Venezuelan businessman, co-founded ACO Group (d. 2010) |
| 1919 | Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Gustav Naan, Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | Joan Benham, English actress (d. 1981) |
| 1918 | Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (d. 2005) |
| 1914 | Robert N. Thompson, American-Canadian chiropractor and politician (d. 1997) |
| 1913 | Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver and author (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006) |
| 1911 | Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-American model (d. 1992) |
| 1909 | Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1906 | Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator (d. 1989) |
| 1904 | Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author (d. 1973) |
| 1903 | Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991) |
| 1901 | Werner Egk, German pianist and composer (d. 1983) |
| 1899 | Carmen de Icaza, Spanish writer (d. 1979) |
| 1898 | A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (d. 1992) |
| 1897 | Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) |
| 1895 | Saul Adler, Belarusian-English captain and parasitologist (d. 1966) |
| 1895 | Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player (d. 1936) |
| 1893 | Frederick McKinley Jones, American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1961) |
| 1891 | Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and politician (d. 1957) |
| 1889 | Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (d. 1946) |
| 1889 | Alfonso Reyes, Mexican author (d. 1959) |
| 1888 | Tich Freeman, English cricketer (d. 1965) |
| 1886 | Alfonso XIII of Spain, Spanish monarch (d. 1941) |
| 1882 | Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter (d. 1965) |
| 1874 | George Sheldon, American diver (d. 1907) |
| 1873 | Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist (d. 1935) |
| 1873 | Dorothy Richardson, English author and journalist (d. 1957) |
| 1870 | Newton Moore, Australian politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1936) |
| 1868 | Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (d. 1920) |
| 1868 | Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936) |
| 1866 | Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (d. 1925) |
| 1864 | Louis Richardet, Swiss target shooter (d. 1923) |
| 1864 | Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 27th Mayor of Split (d. 1938) |
| 1863 | Léon Gérin, Canadian lawyer, sociologist, and civil servant (d. 1951) |
| 1860 | Martin Kukučín, Slovak author and playwright (d. 1928) |
| 1860 | Charlotte Barnum, American mathematician and social activist (d. 1934) |
| 1845 | Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (d. 1902) |
| 1836 | Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (d. 1923) |
| 1835 | Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (d. 1900) |
| 1821 | Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and therapist (d. 1897) |
| 1818 | Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (d. 1899) |
| 1794 | Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author (d. 1860) |
| 1768 | Caroline of Brunswick (d. 1821) |
| 1768 | Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1854) |
| 1758 | Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician (d. 1839) |
| 1749 | Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist (d. 1823) |
| 1743 | Seth Warner, American colonel (d. 1784) |
| 1732 | Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1817) |
| 1718 | Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1778) |
| 1706 | Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) |
| 1698 | Gio Nicola Buhagiar, Maltese painter (d. 1752) |
| 1682 | Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) |
| 1636 | Edward Colman, English Catholic courtier under Charles II (d. 1678) |
| 1628 | Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (d. 1662) |
| 1610 | Stefano della Bella, Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1664) |
| 1568 | Anna Vasa of Sweden, Swedish princess (d. 1625) |
| 1551 | Martin Delrio, Belgian occultist and theologian (d. 1601) |
| 1500 | Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (d. 1540) |
| 1490 | Albert, Duke of Prussia, last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1568) |
| 1451 | Engelbert II of Nassau, Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda (1475–1504) (d. 1504) |
| 1443 | Edmund, Earl of Rutland (d. 1460) |
| 1155 | Jien, Japanese monk, poet, and historian (d. 1225) |
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