17 February
Notable Births
Devin White
b. 1998
American football player (born 1998)
Gaetano Castrovilli
b. 1997
Italian footballer (born 1997)
Sebastian Aho (ice hockey, born 1996)
b. 1996
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1996)
Sasha Pieterse
b. 1996
American actress (born 1996)
Madison Keys
b. 1995
American tennis player (born 1995)
Mason Jobst
b. 1994
American ice hockey player (born 1994)
Marc Márquez
b. 1993
Spanish motorcycle racer (born 1993)
Meaghan Martin
b. 1992
American actress and singer (born 1992)
Phil Pressey
b. 1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Ed Sheeran
b. 1991
English singer-songwriter (born 1991)
Jeremy Allen White
b. 1991
American actor (born 1991)
Bonnie Wright
b. 1991
English actress and filmmaker (born 1991)
Marianne St-Gelais
b. 1990
Canadian short-track speed skater
Edin Višća
b. 1990
Bosnian footballer (born 1990)
Rebecca Adlington
b. 1989
English swimmer (born 1990)
Chord Overstreet
b. 1989
American actor, singer and musician (born 1989)
Michael Frolík
b. 1988
Czech ice hockey player (born 1988)
Case Keenum
b. 1988
American football player (born 1988)
Vasiliy Lomachenko
b. 1988
Ukrainian boxer (born 1988)
Ísis Valverde
b. 1987
Brazilian actress (born 1987)
Notable Deaths
Jesse Jackson
d. 2026
American minister, activist and politician (1941–2026)
Shinya (musician)
d. 2026
Japanese musician (1970–2026)
Paquita la del Barrio
d. 2025
Mexican singer (1947–2025)
Frits Bolkestein
d. 2025
Dutch politician (1933–2025)
Rick Buckler
d. 2025
English drummer (1955–2025)
James Harrison (blood donor)
d. 2025
Australian blood donor (1936–2025)
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
d. 2024
Sri Lankan politician (1941–2024)
Rush Limbaugh
d. 2021
American political commentator (1951–2021)
Seif Sharif Hamad
d. 2021
First Vice President of Zanzibar (1943–2021)
Robert H. Michel
d. 2017
American politician (1923–2017)
Michael Novak
d. 2017
American academic and diplomat (1933–2017)
Andy Ganteaume
d. 2016
Trinidadian cricketer
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal
d. 2016
Egyptian journalist (1923-2016)
Claude Jeancolas
d. 2016
French writer, art historian and journalist (1949–2016)
Tony Phillips
d. 2016
American baseball player (1959–2016)
Andrzej Żuławski
d. 2016
Polish film director (1940–2016)
John Barrow (Canadian football)
d. 2015
American gridiron football player (1935–2015)
Cathy Ubels-Veen
d. 2015
Dutch politician (1928–2015)
Liu Yudi
d. 2015
Bob Casale
d. 2014
American musician (1952–2014)