Births on 17 July
2000s
Connor Bedard
2005
Canadian ice hockey player (born 2005)
Jordan Lawlar
2002
American baseball player (born 2002)
1900s
Rosana Serrano
1998
Cuban rower
OG Anunoby
1997
British basketball player (born 1997)
Wonwoo
1996
South Korean rapper and singer (born 1996)
Kali Uchis
1994
American singer and songwriter (born 1994)
Billie Lourd
1992
American actress (born 1992)
Tatu Sinisalo
1992
Finnish actor (born 1992)
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
1991
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1991)
Darius Boyd
1987
Australia international rugby league footballer
Jeremih
1987
American R&B singer (born 1987)
DeAngelo Smith
1986
American gridiron football player (born 1986)
Loui Eriksson
1985
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1985)
Neil McGregor
1985
Scottish footballer
Adam Lind
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Omari Banks
1982
West Indian cricketer
Hely Ollarves
1981
Venezuelan sprinter (born 1981)
Javier Camuñas
1980
Spanish footballer (born 1980)
Brett Goldstein
1980
English actor and writer (born 1980)
Ryan Miller
1980
American ice hockey player (born 1980)
Mike Vogel
1979
American actor
Ricardo Arona
1978
Brazilian martial artist (born 1978)
Jason Jennings
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Justine Triet
1978
French filmmaker (born 1978)
Andrew Downton
1977
Australian cricketer
Leif Hoste
1977
Belgian cyclist
Marc Savard
1977
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1977)
Luke Bryan
1976
American country singer (born 1976)
Gino D'Acampo
1976
Italian-British celebrity chef and media personality (born 1976)
Dagmara Domińczyk
1976
Polish actress (born 1976)
Marcos Senna
1976
Spanish football player (born 1976)
Anders Svensson
1976
Swedish footballer
Brian K. Vaughan
1976
American screenwriter, comic book creator
Eric Winter
1976
American actor (born 1976)
Andre Adams
1975
New Zealand former cricketer
Elena Anaya
1975
Spanish actress
Darude
1975
Finnish DJ and composer
Loretta Harrop
1975
Australian triathlete
Konnie Huq
1975
British television presenter and writer (born 1975)
Terence Tao
1975
Australian-American mathematician (born 1975)
Claudio López (footballer)
1974
Argentine footballer
Eric Moulds
1973
American football player (born 1973)
Donny Marshall
1972
American basketball player (born 1972)
Jaap Stam
1972
Dutch footballer and manager (born 1972)
Eric Williams (basketball, born 1972)
1972
American basketball player
Calbert Cheaney
1971
American basketball player
Cory Doctorow
1971
Canadian-British writer (born 1971)
Nico Mattan
1971
Belgian cyclist (born 1971)
Jason Clarke
1969
Australian actor (born 1969)
Scott Johnson (cartoonist)
1969
American cartoonist and podcaster
Jaan Kirsipuu
1969
Estonian cyclist
Sten Tolgfors
1966
Swedish politician
Heather Langenkamp
1964
American actress and filmmaker (born 1964)
Regina Belle
1963
American singer-songwriter
Letsie III
1963
King of Lesotho (1990–1995; since 1996)
Matti Nykänen
1963
Finnish ski jumper (1963–2019)
António Costa
1961
President of the European Council since 2024
Jeremy Hardy
1961
English comedian (1961–2019)
Kim Barnett
1960
English cricketer
Mark Burnett
1960
British television and film producer and author
Nancy Giles
1960
American actress and commentator
Robin Shou
1960
Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist and stuntman
Dawn Upshaw
1960
American soprano (born 1960)
Jan Wouters
1960
Dutch footballer and manager (born 1960)
Manzila Uddin, Baroness Uddin
1959
British non-affiliated life peer and community activist (born 1959)
Wong Kar-wai
1958
Hong Kong filmmaker (born 1958)
Suzanne Moore
1958
English journalist (born 1958)
Thérèse Rein
1958
Australian entrepreneur
Susan Silver
1958
American music manager (born 1958)
Bruce Crump
1957
Molly Hatchet drummer
Wendy Freedman
1957
Canadian-American astronomer
Julie Bishop
1956
Australian politician (born 1956)
Bryan Trottier
1956
Canadian and American ice hockey player and coach (born 1956)
Sylvie Léonard
1955
French-Canadian actress (born 1955)
Paul Stamets
1955
American mycologist (born 1955)
Angela Merkel
1954
Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021
Edward Natapei
1954
Former Prime Minister of Vanuatu
J. Michael Straczynski
1954
American writer and filmmaker (born 1954)
David Hasselhoff
1952
American actor, singer, and television personality (born 1952)
Nicolette Larson
1952
American singer (1952–1997)
Thé Lau
1952
Dutch musician and writer (1952–2015)
Robert R. McCammon
1952
American writer
Lucie Arnaz
1951
American actress (born 1951)
Mark Bowden
1951
American journalist and writer (born 1951)
Andrew Robathan
1951
British Conservative politician
Sadhan Chandra Majumder
1950
Bangladeshi politician
Tengku Sulaiman Shah
1950
Tengku Laksamana of Selangor
Phoebe Snow
1950
American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1950–2011)
Geezer Butler
1949
English bassist (born 1949)
Charley Steiner
1949
American sportscaster and journalist
Ron Asheton
1948
American rock musician (1948–2009)
Luc Bondy
1948
Swiss theatre and film director (1948–2015)
Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns
1947
British politician (born 1947)
Robert Begerau
1947
German footballer
Queen Camilla
1947
Queen of the United Kingdom since 2022
Wolfgang Flür
1947
German musician
Mick Tucker
1947
British drummer (1947–2002)
Chris Crutcher
1946
American novelist and family therapist
Ted Sampley
1946
Activist for U.S. prisoners of war/missing in action after Vietnam War
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
1945
Former crown prince of Yugoslavia (born 1945)
John Patten, Baron Patten
1945
British politician (born 1945)
Mark Burgess (cricketer)
1944
New Zealand cricketer
Catherine Schell
1944
Hungarian-born actress (born 1944)
Carlos Alberto Torres
1944
Brazilian footballer and manager (1944–2016)
LaVyrle Spencer
1943
American writer of historical romances
Gale Garnett
1942
Canadian singer (born 1942)
Connie Hawkins
1942
American basketball player (1942–2017)
Don Kessinger
1942
American baseball player and manager (born 1942)
Zoot Money
1942
English musician (1942–2024)
Daryle Lamonica
1941
American football player (1941–2022)
Bob Taylor (cricketer)
1941
English cricketer (born 1941)
Achim Warmbold
1941
German rally driver (born 1941)
Tim Brooke-Taylor
1940
English actor and comedian (1940–2020)
Verne Lundquist
1940
American sportscaster (born 1940)
Andrée Champagne
1939
Canadian politician (1939–2020)
Spencer Davis
1939
Welsh musician (1939–2020)
Hermann Huppen
1938
Belgian comic book creator (1938–2026)
Diahann Carroll
1935
American actress and singer (1935–2019)
Peter Schickele
1935
American composer, musical educator and parodist (1935–2024)
Donald Sutherland
1935
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
Lucio Tan
1934
Filipino businessman (born 1934)
Keiko Awaji
1933
Japanese actress (1933–2014)
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici
1933
Maltese politician (1933–2022)
Mimi Hines
1933
Canadian singer and comedian (1933–2024)
Tony Pithey
1933
Niccolò Castiglioni
1932
Italian composer
Johnny Kerr
1932
American basketball player, coach, and commentator (1932–2009)
Wojciech Kilar
1932
Polish composer (1932–2013)
Karla Kuskin
1932
American author, poet, illustrator, and literary reviewer (1932-2009)
Bobby Leonard
1932
American basketball player and coach (1932–2021)
Ian Moir
1932
Australia international rugby league footballer
Quino
1932
Argentine cartoonist (1932–2020)
Hal Riney
1932
American advertising executive
Arthur Frommer
1929
American travel writer (1929–2024)
Sergei Godunov
1929
Russian mathematician (1929–2023)
Vince Guaraldi
1928
American jazz pianist (1928–1976)
Édouard Carpentier
1926
French and Canadian professional wrestler (1926–2010)
Willis Carto
1926
American political activist (1926–2015)
Jimmy Scott
1925
American jazz singer (1925–2014)
Mohammad Hasan Sharq
1925
Prime Minister of Afghanistan
Garde Gardom
1924
Canadian politician (1924–2013)
Jeanne Block
1923
American psychologist (1923–1981)
John Cooper (car maker)
1923
British auto racer and company founder (1923–2000)
George Barnes (musician)
1921
American jazz guitarist (1921–1977)
Louis Lachenal
1921
20th-century French mountain climber
Mary Osborne
1921
American jazz musician (1921–1992)
Toni Stone
1921
Female Negro League baseball player (1921–1996)
FrantiÅ¡ek ZvarÃk
1921
Slovak actor and opera singer (1921–2008)
Gordon Gould
1920
American physicist (1920–2005)
Juan Antonio Samaranch
1920
President of the IOC from 1980 to 2001
Albert Stubbins
1919
English footballer (1919–2002)
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio
1918
President of Guatemala (1918–2003)
Lou Boudreau
1917
American baseball player and manager (1917–2001)
Phyllis Diller
1917
American comedian and actress (1917–2012)
Kenan Evren
1917
7th President of Turkey from 1982 to 1989
Christiane Rochefort
1917
French feminist writer
Eleanor Hadley
1916
American economist (1916–2007)
Bijon Bhattacharya
1915
Indian actor (1915–1978)
Arthur Rothstein
1915
American photojournalist (1915–1985)
Eleanor Steber
1914
American opera singer
Bertrand Goldberg
1913
American architect (1913–1997)
Erwin Bauer
1912
German racing driver (1912–1958)
Art Linkletter
1912
Canadian-born American TV personality (1912–2010)
Lionel Ferbos
1911
American jazz trumpeter (1911–2014)
Heinz Lehmann
1911
Canadian psychiatrist (1911–1999)
James Elliott Coyne
1910
2nd governor of the Bank of Canada
Frank Olson
1910
American bacteriologist (1910-1953)
William Gargan
1905
American actor (1905–1979)
Christina Stead
1902
Australian writer
Luigi Chinetti
1901
Italian born racecar driver
Bruno Jasieński
1901
Polish poet and activist (1901–1938)
Patrick Smith (politician)
1901
Irish politician (1901–1982)
1800s
James Cagney
1899
American actor and dancer (1899–1986)
Berenice Abbott
1898
American photographer (1898–1991)
Osmond Borradaile
1898
Canadian cinematographer
Rupert Atkinson (RAF officer)
1896
British World War I flying ace
Georges Lemaître
1894
Belgian scientist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)
Erle Stanley Gardner
1889
American writer and lawyer (1889–1970)
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1888
Israeli writer and Nobel laureate
James Somerville
1882
Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1882–1949)
Jack Laviolette
1879
Canadian ice hockey player (1879–1960)
Many Benner
1873
French painter
Lyonel Feininger
1871
German-American painter
Charles Davidson Dunbar
1870
British military musician
Henri Nathansen
1868
Danish writer and stage director (1868–1944)
Alexius Meinong
1853
Austrian philosopher (1853–1920)
Ephraim Shay
1839
American railroad engineer and entrepreneur (1839 – 1916)
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
1837
Premier of Quebec from 1882 to 1884
Xianfeng Emperor
1831
Emperor of China from 1850 to 1861
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
1831
Shah of Iran from 1848 to 1896
Leander Clark
1823
American politician (1823–1910)
Before 1800
Paul Delaroche
1797
French painter (1797–1856)
John Wilbur (Quaker minister)
1774
American Quaker minister (1774–1856)
John Jacob Astor
1763
German-born American businessman (1763–1848)
Elbridge Gerry
1744
Founding Father, U.S. vice president from 1813 to 1814
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten
1714
German philosopher
Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
1708
Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Pierre Louis Maupertuis
1698
French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters (1698–1759)
Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
1695
German nobleman (1695–1766)
Isaac Watts
1674
English hymnwriter and theologian (1674–1748)
Antoine de Créqui Canaples
1531
Maria Salviati
1499
Florentine noblewoman
Ismail I
1487
Shah of Safavid Iran from 1501 to 1524