According to Gregory calendar, on April 17, the day number in a year is 108 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 109. Find List of Famous People Born on April 17 in India and the World: Here you can find the names of famous people born on April 17 in India and the World along with their date of birth, their profession and the country they belong to, etc. From World history, you will know about famous people like emperor, king, pundit, historian, explorer etc. And famous people born in modern world history include actors, actresses, filmmakers, businessmen, cricketers as well as players from other sports. This chapter is important as questions related to the birth of famous people are often asked in competitive exams.

Famous People's Birthdays on April 17 😀

Birth YearName/Category/Country/Lived
1277Michael IX Palaiologos / Emperor / Byzantine
1497Pedro de Valdivia / Conquistador / Spain
1586John Ford / Poet / United Kingdom
1598Giovanni Battista Riccioli / Astronomer / Italy
1620Marguerite Bourgeoys / Saint / France
1622Henry Vaughan / Author / United Kingdom
1683Johann David Heinichen / Composer / Germany
1710Henry Erskine / Politician / Scotland
1741Samuel Chase / Lawyer / United States of America
1750François de Neufchâteau / Politician / France
1756Dheeran Chinnamalai / Commander / India
1766Collin McKinney / Merchant / United States of America
1794Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius / Explorer / Germany
1798Étienne Bobillier / Academic / France
1814Josif Pančić / Academic / Serbia
1816Thomas Hazlehurst / Architect / United Kingdom
1820Alexander Cartwright / Baseball Player / United States of America
1833Jean-Baptiste Accolay / Violinist / Belgium
1837J. P. Morgan / Banker / United States of America
1842Maurice Rouvier / Politician / France
1849William R. Day / Politician / United States of America
1852Cap Anson / Baseball Player / United States of America
1863Augustus Edward Hough Love / Mathematician / United Kingdom
1865Ursula Ledóchowska / Saint / Poland
1866Ernest Starling / Academic / United Kingdom
1875Aleksander Tõnisson / Politician / Estonia
1877Matsudaira Tsuneo / Diplomat / Japan
1878Emil Fuchs / Business Man / United States of America
1878Demetrios Petrokokkinos / Tennis Player / Greece
1879Henri Tauzin / Hurdler / France
1882Artur Schnabel / Pianist / Poland
1888Herms Niel / Soldier / Germany
1891George Adamski / Author / United States of America
1895Robert Dean Frisbie / Author / United States of America
1896Señor Wences / Ventriloquist / United States of America
1897Nisargadatta Maharaj / Philosopher / India
1897Thornton Wilder / Novelist / United States of America
1897Edouard Wyss-Dunant / Physician / Switzerland
1899Aleksander Klumberg / Decathlete / Estonia
1900Binodananda Jha / Politician / India
1903Nicolas Nabokov / Educator / United States of America
1903Gregor Piatigorsky / Educator / United States of America
1903Morgan Taylor / Hurdler / United States of America
1905Louis Jean Heydt / Actor / United States of America
1905Arthur Lake / Actor / United States of America
1906Sidney Garfield / Physician / United States of America
1909Alain Poher / Politician / France
1910Evangelos Averoff / Historian / Greece
1910Ivan Goff / Writer / Australia
1910Helenio Herrera / Footballer / France
1911Hervé Bazin / Poet / France
1911Lester Rodney / Journalist / United States of America
1912Marta Eggerth / Actress / United States of America
1914George Davis / Director / United States of America
1914Mac Raboy / Illustrator / United States of America
1915Sirimavo Bandaranaike / Politician / Sri Lanka
1915Martin Clemens / Soldier / Scotland
1915Joe Foss / Politician / United States of America
1915Regina Ghazaryan / Painter / Armenia
1916A. Thiagarajah / Politician / Sri Lanka
1916Sirimavo Bandaranaike / Politician / Sri Lanka
1918William Holden / Actor / United States of America
1919Gilles Lamontagne / Politician / Canada
1919Chavela Vargas / Writer / Mexico
1920Edmonde Charles-Roux / Journalist / France
1923Lindsay Anderson / Actor / United Kingdom
1923Solly Hemus / Baseball Player / United States of America
1923Neville McNamara / Air Marshal / Australia
1923Gianni Raimondi / Lyric Tenor / Italy
1923Harry Reasoner / Journalist / United States of America
1924Kenneth Norman Jones / Public Servant / Australia
1924Donald Richie / Author / United States of America
1925René Moawad / Politician / Lebanon
1926Joan Lorring / Actress / Britain
1926Gerry McNeil / Ice Hockey Player / Canada
1927Margot Honecker / Politician / Germany
1928Victor Lownes / Business Man / United States of America
1928Cynthia Ozick / Writer / United States of America
1928Heinz Putzl / Fencer / Austria
1928Fabien Roy / Politician / Canada
1929James Last / Composer / United States of America
1930Chris Barber / Trombonist / United Kingdom
1931John Barrett / Tennis Player / United Kingdom
1931Malcolm Browne / Journalist / United States of America
1934Don Kirshner / Writer / United States of America
1934Peter Morris / Surgeon / United Kingdom
1935Bud Paxson / Broadcaster / United States of America
1937Ronald Hamowy / Academic / Canada
1937Ferdinand Piëch / Engineer / Austria
1938Ben Barnes / Politician / United States of America
1938Doug Lewis / Politician / Canada
1938Ronald H. Miller / Author / United States of America
1938Kerry Wendell Thornley / Author / United States of America
1939Robert Miller / Entrepreneur / United States of America
1940Eric Dancer / Politician / United Kingdom
1940Billy Fury / Writer / United Kingdom
1940John McCririck / Journalist / United Kingdom
1940Chuck Menville / Writer / United States of America
1940Anja Silja / Actress / Germany
1940Agostino Vallini / Cardinal / Italy
1941Lagle Parek / Politician / Estonia
1942Buster Williams / Musician / United States of America
1943Richard Allen Epstein / Author / United States of America
1946Clare Francis / Author / United Kingdom
1947Nigel Emslie / Lawyer / Scotland
1947Richard Field / Lawyer / United Kingdom
1947Sherrie Levine / Photographer / United States of America
1947Tsutomu Wakamatsu / Baseball Player / Japan
1948Jan Hammer / Pianist / Czech Republic
1948Alice Harden / Politician / United States of America
1948Pekka Vasala / Runner / Finland
1951Olivia Hussey / Actress / United Kingdom
1951Börje Salming / Business Man / Sweden
1952Joe Alaskey / Actor / United States of America
1952Pierre Guité / Ice Hockey Player / Canada
1952John McColl / Politician / United Kingdom
1952Željko Ražnatović / Commander / Serbia
1952John Robertson / Politician / Scotland
1954Riccardo Patrese / Racing Car Driver / Italy
1954Roddy Piper / Actor / Canada
1954Michael Sembello / Writer / United States of America
1954Mukul Roy / Politician / India
1955Todd Lickliter / Basketball Player / United States of America
1955Pete Shelley / Writer / United Kingdom
1955Mike Stroud / Physician / United Kingdom
1956Colin Tyre / Lawyer / Scotland
1957Teri Austin / Actress / Canada
1957Afrika Bambaataa / Jockey / United States of America
1957Nick Hornby / Writer / United Kingdom
1957Julia Macur / Lawyer / United Kingdom
1957Frank McDonough / Historian / Britain
1958Laslo Babits / Javelin Thrower / Canada
1959Sean Bean / Actor / United Kingdom
1959Jimmy Mann / Ice Hockey Player / Canada
1959Li Meisu / Shot Putter / China
1960Vladimir Polyakov / Pole Vaulter / Russia
1961Geet Sethi / Player / India
1961Frank J. Christensen / Politician / United States of America
1961Norman Cowans / Cricketer / United Kingdom
1961Boomer Esiason / Footballer / United States of America
1961Bella Freud / Fashion Designer / United Kingdom
1962Paul Nicholls / Jockey / United Kingdom
1964Ken Daneyko / Ice Hockey Player / Canada
1964Maynard James Keenan / Writer / United States of America
1964Rachel Notley / Politician / Canada
1964Lela Rochon / Actress / United States of America
1967Kimberly Elise / Actress / United States of America
1967Marquis Grissom / Baseball Player / United States of America
1967Ian Jones / Rugby Player / New Zealand
1967Barnaby Joyce / Politician / Australia
1967Liz Phair / Writer / United States of America
1968Julie Fagerholt / Fashion Designer / Denmark
1968Phil Henderson / Basketball Player / United States of America
1968Eric Lamaze / Jockey / Canada
1968Roger Twose / Cricketer / New Zealand
1968Richie Woodhall / Boxer / United Kingdom
1970Redman / Producer / United States of America
1971Claire Sweeney / Actress / United Kingdom
1972Gary Bennett / Baseball Player / United States of America
1972Tony Boselli / Footballer / United States of America
1972Jennifer Garner / Actress / United States of America
1972Muttiah Muralitharan / Cricketer / Sri Lanka
1972Yuichi Nishimura / Footballer / Japan
1972Terran Sandwith / Ice Hockey Player / Canada
1973Katrin Koov / Architect / Estonia
1973Brett Maher / Basketball Player / Australia
1973Theo Ratliff / Basketball Player / United States of America
1974Mikael Åkerfeldt / Singer / Sweden
1974Victoria Beckham / Singer / United Kingdom
1975Heidi Alexander / Politician / United Kingdom
1975Travis Roy / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America
1976Maurice Wignall / Hurdler / Jamaica
1977Chad Hedrick / Skater / United States of America
1977Phil Jamieson / Writer / Australia
1977Frederik Magle / Composer / Denmark
1978Lindsay Hartley / Actress / United States of America
1978Jason White / Rugby Player / Scotland
1979Eric Brewer / Ice Hockey Player / Canada
1979Marija Šestak / Jumper / Slovenia
1980Fabián Vargas / Footballer / Colombia
1980Curtis Woodhouse / Boxer / United Kingdom
1981Jenny Meadows / Runner / United Kingdom
1981Hanna Pakarinen / Writer / Finland
1981Ryan Raburn / Baseball Player / United States of America
1981Chris Thompson / Runner / United Kingdom
1981Zhang Yaokun / Footballer / China
1982Brad Boyes / Ice Hockey Player / Canada
1982Chuck Kobasew / Ice Hockey Player / Canada
1983Stanislav Chistov / Ice Hockey Player / Russia
1983Roberto Jiménez / Footballer / Peru
1983Andrea Marcato / Rugby Player / Italy
1984Pablo Sebastián Álvarez / Footballer / Argentina
1984Jed Lowrie / Baseball Player / United States of America
1984Raffaele Palladino / Footballer / Italy
1985Rooney Mara / Actress / United States of America
1985Luke Mitchell / Actor / Australia
1985Jo-Wilfried Tsonga / Tennis Player / France
1986Romain Grosjean / Racing Car Driver / France
1988Takahiro Moriuchi / Singer / Japan
1989Paraskevi Papachristou / Triple Jumper / Greece
1990Jonathan Brown / Footballer / United Kingdom
1992Lachlan Maranta / Footballer / Australia

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