Births on 17 December
2000s
Castello Lukeba
2002
French footballer (born 2002)
Wesley Fofana (footballer)
2000
French footballer (born 2000)
1900s
Holly Humberstone
1999
British musician (born 1999)
Mirei Sasaki
1999
Japanese actress, reporter, and model
Jasmine Armfield
1998
English actress
Martin Ødegaard
1998
Norwegian footballer (born 1998)
Naiktha Bains
1997
Australian-British tennis player (born 1997)
Shoma Uno
1997
Japanese figure skater (born 1997)
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
1996
Russian figure skater (born 1996)
Guerschon Yabusele
1995
French basketball player (born 1995)
Lloyd Perrett
1994
NZ rugby league footballer
Nat Wolff
1994
American actor, musician, and singer-songwriter
Kiersey Clemons
1993
American actress
Patricia Kú Flores
1993
Peruvian tennis player (born 1993)
Quinton de Kock
1992
South African cricketer (born 1992)
Buddy Hield
1992
Bahamian basketball player (born 1992)
Joshua Ingram
1992
Musical artist
Jordan Rankin
1991
Australian rugby league footballer
Atsedu Tsegay
1991
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Graham Rogers (actor)
1990
American actor
André Ayew
1989
Footballer (born 1989)
Taylor York
1989
American guitarist (born 1989)
Liisa Ehrberg
1988
Estonian cyclist
Grethe Grünberg
1988
Estonian ice dancer
Kris Joseph
1988
Canadian basketball player
David Rudisha
1988
Kenyan middle-distance runner (born 1988)
Yann Sommer
1988
Swiss footballer (born 1988)
Craig Sutherland
1988
Scottish footballer (born 1988)
Maryna Arzamasova
1987
Belarusian middle-distance runner
Bo Guagua
1987
Second son of former Chinese politician Bo Xilai
Chelsea Manning
1987
American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)
Donovan Solano
1987
Colombian baseball player (born 1987)
Emma Bell
1986
American actress (born 1986)
Frei Gilson
1986
Brazilian Catholic priest and singer
Frank Winterstein
1986
Australian international rugby league footballer
Vanessa Zima
1986
American actress
Fernando Abad
1985
Dominican baseball pitcher (born 1985)
Łukasz Broź
1985
Polish footballer (born 1985)
Craig Reid (footballer, born 1985)
1985
English association football player
Luis Alfageme
1984
Argentine footballer (born 1984)
Julian Bennett (footballer)
1984
English footballer
Andrew Davies (footballer)
1984
English footballer (born 1984)
Shannon Woodward
1984
American actress
Gregory Campbell (ice hockey)
1983
Canadian ice hockey player, executive (born 1983)
Erik Christensen
1983
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1983)
Mikky Ekko
1983
American singer and songwriter
Haron Keitany
1983
Kenyan middle-distance runner
Sébastien Ogier
1983
French rally driver (born 1983)
Josh Barfield
1982
American baseball player (born 1982)
Lorenzo Cittadini
1982
Italian rugby union player (born 1982)
Craig Kielburger
1982
Canadian human rights activist (born 1982)
Stéphane Lasme
1982
Gabonese basketball player (born 1982)
Jerry Hsu
1981
American skateboarder, photographer, and company owner
Tim Wiese
1981
German footballer (born 1981)
Suzy Batkovic
1980
Australian basketball player (born 1980)
Ryan Hunter-Reay
1980
American racing driver (born 1980)
Alexandra Papageorgiou
1980
Greek hammer thrower
Eli Pariser
1980
Author, activist, and entrepreneur
Matt Murley
1979
American ice hockey player (born 1979)
Paul Smith (footballer, born 1979)
1979
English footballer (born 1979)
Alex Cintrón
1978
Puerto Rican baseball player and coach (born 1978)
Riteish Deshmukh
1978
Indian actor, filmmaker, and TV presenter (born 1978)
Manny Pacquiao
1978
Filipino boxer and politician (born 1978)
Neil Sanderson
1978
Musical artist
Chase Utley
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Arnaud Clément
1977
French tennis player (born 1977)
Samuel Påhlsson
1977
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1977)
Katheryn Winnick
1977
Canadian actress (born 1977)
Éric Bédard
1976
Canadian short-track speed skater
Nir Davidovich
1976
Israeli footballer
Patrick Müller (footballer)
1976
Swiss footballer (born 1976)
Andrew Simpson (sailor)
1976
British competitive sailor (1976–2013)
Takeo Spikes
1976
American football player (born 1976)
Eugene (wrestler)
1975
American professional wrestler (born 1975)
Susanthika Jayasinghe
1975
Sri Lankan sprinter
Milla Jovovich
1975
American actress (born 1975)
Charl Langeveldt
1974
South African cricketer
Sarah Paulson
1974
American actress (born 1974)
Giovanni Ribisi
1974
American actor (born 1974)
Marissa Ribisi
1974
American actress (born 1974)
Eddie Fisher (drummer)
1973
American musician and songwriter
Konstadinos Gatsioudis
1973
Greek javelin thrower (born 1973)
Rian Johnson
1973
American filmmaker (born 1973)
Paula Radcliffe
1973
British long-distance runner (born 1973)
Hasan Vural
1973
Turkish former footballer (born 1973)
John Abraham
1972
Indian actor and film producer (born 1972)
Iván Pedroso
1972
Cuban long jumper
Claire Forlani
1971
British actress (born 1971)
Alan Khan
1971
Nikki McCray-Penson
1971
American basketball player and coach (1971–2023)
Antoine Rigaudeau
1971
French basketball player and coach
Sean Patrick Thomas
1970
American actor
Laurie Holden
1969
American-Canadian actress (born 1969)
Inna Lasovskaya
1969
Russian triple jumper (born 1969)
Chuck Liddell
1969
American mixed martial arts fighter (born 1969)
Mick Quinn
1969
English musician, producer and songwriter
Claudio Suárez
1968
Mexican footballer (born 1968)
Paul Tracy
1968
Canadian racing driver (born 1968)
Vincent Damphousse
1967
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1967)
Gigi D'Agostino
1967
Italian DJ (born 1967)
Karsten Neitzel
1967
German association football player and coach
Tracy Byrd
1966
American country music singer (born 1966)
Kristiina Ojuland
1966
Estonian politician (born 1966)
Craig Berube
1965
Indigenous Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Jeff Grayer
1965
American basketball player (born 1965)
Frank Musil
1964
Czech ice hockey player
Joe Wolf
1964
American basketball coach and player (1964–2024)
Paul Dobson (footballer)
1962
English footballer
Galina Malchugina
1962
Russian sprinter
Rocco Mediate
1962
American professional golfer (born 1962)
Mansoor al-Jamri
1961
Bahraini journalist, author, and activist (born 1961)
Sara Dallin
1961
English pop singer
Bob Stinson
1959
American guitarist (1959–1995)
Mike Mills
1958
American musician (born 1958)
Donald Payne Jr.
1958
American politician (1958–2024)
Wendy Hoyte
1957
British sprinter
Bob Ojeda
1957
American baseball player, coach, and analyst (born 1957)
Peter Farrelly
1956
American filmmaker (born 1956)
Dominic Lawson
1956
English journalist (born 1956)
Totka Petrova
1956
Bulgarian middle-distance runner
Brad Davis (basketball)
1955
American basketball player
Sergejus Jovaiša
1954
Lithuanian basketball player (born 1954)
Bill Pullman
1953
American actor
Pat Hill
1951
American football player and coach (born 1951)
Ken Hitchcock
1951
Canadian ice hockey coach
Tatyana Kazankina
1951
Russian runner
Laurence F. Johnson
1950
American futurist, author, and educator (born 1950)
Maurice Peoples
1950
American sprinter
Joel Brooks
1949
American actor
Sotiris Kaiafas
1949
Cypriot footballer
Paul Rodgers
1949
English-Canadian singer (born 1949)
Valery Belousov
1948
Russian ice hockey player and coach
Jim Bonfanti
1948
American drummer
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
1948
Turkish politician (born 1948)
Wes Studi
1947
Cherokee actor and film producer (born 1947)
Simon Bates
1946
English radio presenter
Eugene Levy
1946
Canadian actor and comedian (born 1946)
Ernie Hudson
1945
American actor (born 1945)
David Mallet (director)
1945
British music video director
Chris Matthews
1945
American news anchor (born 1945)
Jüri Talvet
1945
Estonian poet and academic
Jacqueline Wilson
1945
English novelist (born 1945)
Jack L. Chalker
1944
American science fiction and fantasy author (1944–2005)
Carlo M. Croce
1944
Italian–American professor of medicine
Bernard Hill
1944
English actor (1944–2024)
Ron Geesin
1943
Scottish musician and writer (born 1943)
Muhammadu Buhari
1942
President of Nigeria (1983–1985; 2015–2023)
Paul Butterfield
1942
American blues harmonica player (1942–1987)
Dave Dee
1941
English singer-songwriter (1941–2009)
Stan Mudenge
1941
Zimbabwean politician
Kåre Valebrokk
1940
María Elena Velasco
1940
Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer (1940–2015)
James Booker
1939
American R&B keyboardist and singer (1939–1983)
Eddie Kendricks
1939
American singer and songwriter (1939–1992)
Peter Snell
1938
New Zealand middle-distance runner (1938–2019)
Brian Hayes (broadcaster)
1937
British radio presenter (1937–2025)
Art Neville
1937
American keyboardist, singer and songwriter (1937–2019)
Kerry Packer
1937
Australian publishing, media and gaming tycoon (1937–2005)
John Kennedy Toole
1937
American novelist (1937–1969)
Calvin Waller
1937
United States Army general (1937–1996)
Pope Francis
1936
Head of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025
Tommy Steele
1936
English entertainer (born 1936)
Brian Langford
1935
English cricketer (1935–2013)
Cal Ripken Sr.
1935
American baseball coach and manager (1935–1999)
Irving Petlin
1934
American painter and print maker (1934–2018)
Ray Wilson (English footballer)
1934
English footballer (1934–2018)
John Bond (footballer)
1932
English footballer & manager (1932–2012)
Gerald Finnerman
1931
American cinematographer
Dave Madden
1931
Canadian-born American actor (1931–2014)
James McGaugh
1931
American neurobiologist and author
Bob Guccione
1930
American photographer, painter and publisher (1930–2010)
Armin Mueller-Stahl
1930
German actor (born 1930)
Dorothy Rowe (psychologist)
1930
Australian psychologist and author (1930–2019)
William Safire
1929
American journalist and presidential speechwriter (1929–2009)
Marilyn Beck
1928
American syndicated columnist and author
Eli Beeding
1928
American test pilot
Doyle Conner
1928
American politician
Richard Long (actor)
1927
American actor (1927–1974)
Edward Meneeley
1927
American painter
Ray Jablonski
1926
American baseball player (1926–1985)
John Hans Krebs
1926
American politician
Stephen Lewis (actor)
1926
English actor and writer (1926–2015)
Calvin Tomkins
1925
American author and art critic (1925–2026)
Jaroslav Pelikan
1923
American Christian scholar (1923–2006)
Alan Voorhees
1922
American engineer
Lore Berger
1921
Swiss writer
Kenneth E. Iverson
1920
Canadian computer scientist (1920–2004)
Kenneth Dike
1917
Nigerian historian
Penelope Fitzgerald
1916
English biographer and novelist (1916–2000)
Syed Mushtaq Ali
1914
Indian cricketer (1914 – 2005)
Fernando Alonso (dancer)
1914
Cuban ballet dancer
Burt Baskin
1913
American businessman (1913–1967)
Edward Short, Baron Glenamara
1912
British politician and life peer (1912-2012)
Eknath Easwaran
1910
Indian-American spiritual teacher
Sy Oliver
1910
American trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader (1910–1988)
Willard Libby
1908
American physical chemist (1908–1980)
Fernando Lopes-Graça
1906
Portuguese composer, conductor and musicologist (1906 - 1994)
Russell C. Newhouse
1906
American aviator and engineer
Simo Häyhä
1905
Finnish military sniper (1905–2002)
Mohammad Hidayatullah
1905
Vice President of India from 1979 to 1984
Erico Verissimo
1905
Brazilian writer (1905–1975
Paul Cadmus
1904
American artist (1904–1999)
Erskine Caldwell
1903
Southern-American novelist (1903–1987)
Ray Noble
1903
English jazz and big band musician (1903–1978)
Mary Cartwright
1900
British mathematician (1900–1998)
1800s
Loren Murchison
1898
American athlete (1898–1979)
Gerald Patterson
1895
Australian tennis player
Arthur Fiedler
1894
American conductor (1894–1979)
Patrick Flynn (athlete)
1894
Irish American athlete
Willem Schermerhorn
1894
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1945 to 1946
Charles C. Banks
1893
British flying ace
Erwin Piscator
1893
German director and producer
Sam Barry
1892
American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (1892–1950)
Prince Joachim of Prussia
1890
Prussian prince (1890–1920)
Josef Lada
1887
Czech illustrator and painter (1887–1957)
Alison Uttley
1884
English children's writer (1884–1976)
Aubrey Faulkner
1881
South African cricketer (1881–1930)
William Lyon Mackenzie King
1874
Prime Minister of Canada (1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948)
Ford Madox Ford
1873
English writer and publisher (1873–1939)
Kazys Grinius
1866
Lithuanian politician (1866–1950)
Paul César Helleu
1859
French painter (1859–1927)
Eva Nansen
1858
Opera singer
Émile Roux
1853
French physician (1853–1933)
Émile Faguet
1847
French author and literary critic
Sophus Lie
1842
Norwegian mathematician (1842–1899)
Nozu Michitsura
1840
Japanese field marshal (1840–1908)
Alexander Agassiz
1835
American scientist and engineer (1835–1910)
Jules de Goncourt
1830
French writer (1830–1870)
Alexander Wassilko von Serecki
1827
Austro-Hungarian Romanian statesman (1827–1893)
Vilhelm Petersen (painter)
1812
John Greenleaf Whittier
1807
American Quaker poet and abolitionist (1807–1892)
Before 1800
Wilhelmine von Wrochem
1798
German flutist, singer and actress (1798–1839)
Joseph Henry
1797
American physicist and inventor (1797–1878)
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
1796
Nova Scotian politician (1796–1865)
Humphry Davy
1778
British chemist and inventor (1778–1829)
Domenico Cimarosa
1749
Italian composer (1749–1801)
Maria I of Portugal
1734
Queen of Portugal from 1777 to 1816
Émilie du Châtelet
1706
French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706–1749)
Charles-Louis Mion
1699
French composer
Thomas Tickell
1685
English poet (1685–1740)
Anthony Wood (antiquary)
1632
English antiquarian (1632–1695)
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
1619
German-English army officer and admiral (1619–1682)
Roger L'Estrange
1616
English pamphleteer and author, and staunch defender of royalist claims (1616–1704)
Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna
1574
Spanish nobleman and politician
Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
1556
Mughal court poet and minister (1556–1627)
Ernest of Bavaria
1554
Prince-Elector-Archbishop of Cologne from 1583 to 1612
Emperor Go-Uda
1267
Emperor of Japan from 1274 to 1287
Kujō Yoritsugu
1239
Military ruler of Japan from 1244 to 1252