Births on 17 June
2000s
Rizki Juniansyah
2003
Indonesian weightlifter (born 2003)
Odessa A'zion
2000
American-German actress (born 2000)
1900s
Henri Jokiharju
1999
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1999)
Elena Rybakina
1999
Kazakhstani tennis player (born 1999)
KJ Apa
1997
New Zealand actor (born 1997)
Raluca Șerban
1997
Romanian-Cypriot female tennis player (born 1997)
Clément Lenglet
1995
French footballer (born 1995)
Aoi Morikawa
1995
Japanese actress
Michel-Friedrich Schiefler
1995
German politician (born 1995)
Amari Cooper
1994
American football player (born 1994)
Nikita Kucherov
1993
Russian ice hockey player (born 1993)
Daniel Tupou
1991
Australia & Tonga international rugby league footballer
Jordan Henderson
1990
English footballer (born 1990)
Josh Mansour
1990
Lebanon and Australia international rugby league footballer
Georgios Tofas
1989
Cypriot footballer
Simone Battle
1989
American singer (1989–2014)
Andrew Ogilvy
1988
Australian professional basketball player (born 1988)
Shaun MacDonald (footballer, born 1988)
1988
Welsh footballer
Stephanie Rice
1988
Australian swimmer (born 1988)
Kendrick Lamar
1987
American rapper and songwriter (born 1987)
Nozomi Tsuji
1987
Japanese singer and actress (born 1987)
Apoula Edel
1986
Armenian footballer
Helen Glover
1986
British rower
Özge Akın
1985
Turkish sprinter (born 1985)
Marcos Baghdatis
1985
Cypriot tennis player
Rafael Sóbis
1985
Brazilian footballer (born 1985)
Michael Mathieu
1984
Bahamian sprinter (born 1984)
Si Tianfeng
1984
Chinese racewalker (born 1984)
Lee Ryan
1983
English singer (born 1983)
Vlasis Kazakis
1983
Greek footballer
Alex (footballer, born June 1982)
1982
Brazilian association football player
Marek Svatoš
1982
Slovak ice hockey player
Stanislava Hrozenská
1982
Slovak tennis player
Stefan Hodgetts
1982
British racing driver (born 1982)
Arthur Darvill
1982
English actor, composer, and musician (born 1982)
Jodie Whittaker
1982
English actress (born 1982)
Kyle Boller
1981
American football player (born 1981)
Shane Watson
1981
Australian cricketer (born 1981)
Elisa Rigaudo
1980
Italian race walker (born 1980)
Jeph Jacques
1980
Comic author and illustrator
Venus Williams
1980
American tennis player (born 1980)
Nick Rimando
1979
American soccer player (born 1979)
Tyson Apostol
1979
American reality television personality (born 1979)
Young Maylay
1979
American rapper (born 1979)
Isabelle Delobel
1978
French ice dancer (born 1978)
Travis Roche
1978
Canadian ice hockey player
Bartosz Brożek
1977
Polish philosopher and jurist (born 1977)
Tjaša Jezernik
1977
Slovenian tennis player
Mark Tauscher
1977
American football player (born 1977)
Scott Adkins
1976
English actor and martial artist (born 1976)
Sven Nys
1976
Belgian cyclist (born 1976)
Joshua Leonard
1975
American actor (born 1975)
Juan Carlos Valerón
1975
Spanish footballer (born 1975)
Phiyada Jutharattanakul
1975
Thai actress, model and host (born 1975)
Evangelia Psarra
1974
Greek archer (born 1974)
Leander Paes
1973
Indian professional tennis player (born 1973)
Paulina Rubio
1971
Mexican singer (born 1971)
Mildred Fox
1971
Irish former politician (born 1971)
Stéphane Fiset
1970
Canadian ice hockey player
Will Forte
1970
American actor and comedian (born 1970)
Jason Hanson
1970
American football player (born 1970)
Popeye Jones
1970
American basketball player and coach (born 1970)
Michael Showalter
1970
American comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer
Alan Dowson
1970
English football player and manager
Paul Tergat
1969
Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1969)
Geoff Toovey
1969
Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Ilya Tsymbalar
1969
Ukrainian-Russian footballer (1969–2013)
Steve Georgallis
1968
Greek-Australian rugby league coach and former player
Minoru Suzuki
1968
Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Dorothea Röschmann
1967
Opera singer
Eric Stefani
1967
American musician and animator (born 1967)
Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras
1966
Iraqi Arabic writer and journalist (born 1967)
Tory Burch
1966
American fashion designer and businesswoman (born 1966)
Ken Clark (running back)
1966
American football player (1966–2013)
Diane Modahl
1966
English middle-distance runner
Jason Patric
1966
American actor (born 1966)
Dermontti Dawson
1965
American football player (born 1965)
Dan Jansen
1965
American speed skater (born 1965)
Dara O'Kearney
1965
Irish ultramarathon runner and poker player (born 1965)
Rinaldo Capello
1964
Italian racing driver (born 1964)
Michael Gross (swimmer)
1964
German swimmer
Steve Rhodes
1964
Former English cricketer (born 1964)
Greg Kinnear
1963
American actor (born 1963)
Michael Monroe
1962
Finnish rock musician
Koichi Yamadera
1961
Japanese voice actor and narrator (born 1961)
Adrián Campos
1960
Spanish racing driver (1960–2021)
Thomas Haden Church
1960
American actor
Carol Anderson
1959
American academic (born 1959)
Lawrence Haddad
1959
British economist
Nikos Stavropoulos
1959
Greek basketball player
Pierre Berbizier
1958
France international rugby union player (born 1958)
Jello Biafra
1958
American singer and activist (born 1958)
Bobby Farrelly
1958
American filmmaker (born 1958)
Sam Hamad
1958
Canadian politician
Jon Leibowitz
1958
American lawyer
Daniel McVicar
1958
American actor, director and writer
Philip Chevron
1957
Irish musician (1957–2013)
Martin Dillon (musician)
1957
American musician and professor
Uģis Prauliņš
1957
Latvian composer
Iain Milne
1956
British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
Mati Laur
1955
Estonian historian
Bob Sauvé
1955
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1955)
Cem Hakko
1955
Turkish fashion designer and businessman
Mark Linn-Baker
1954
American actor (born 1954)
Vernon Coaker
1953
British politician and life peer (born 1953)
Juan Muñoz (sculptor)
1953
Spanish sculptor
Mike Milbury
1952
American ice hockey player
Estelle Morris
1952
British Labour politician, life peer
Starhawk
1951
American writer and activist (born 1951)
John Garrett (ice hockey)
1951
Canadian ice hockey player
Joe Piscopo
1951
American actor
Snakefinger
1949
English musician, singer and songwriter
John Craven (economist)
1949
British economist
Russell Smith (singer)
1949
American singer-songwriter (1949–2019)
Dave Concepción
1948
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1948)
Jacqueline Jones
1948
American historian
Aurelio López
1948
Mexican baseball player (1948–1992)
Karol Sikora
1948
British physician specialising in oncology
Christopher Allport
1947
American actor (1947–2008)
Timothy Wright
1947
American gospel singer and pastor (1947 - 2009)
Linda Chavez
1947
American politician (born 1947)
George S. Clinton
1947
Musical artist
Gregg Rolie
1947
American musician (b. 1947)
Paul Young (singer, born 1947)
1947
English singer (1947–2000)
Peter Rosei
1946
Austrian literary writer (born 1946)
Tommy Franks
1945
American general (born 1945)
Ken Livingstone
1945
English politician (born 1945)
Eddy Merckx
1945
Belgian cyclist (born 1945)
Art Bell
1945
American broadcaster and author (1945–2018)
Randy Johnson (quarterback)
1944
American football player (1944–2009)
Chris Spedding
1944
Musical artist (born 1944)
Newt Gingrich
1943
American politician (born 1943)
Barry Manilow
1943
American singer (born 1943)
Chantal Mouffe
1943
Belgian post-Marxist political theorist (born 1943)
Burt Rutan
1943
American aerospace engineer (born 1943)
Mohamed ElBaradei
1942
Egyptian law scholar
Doğu Perinçek
1942
Turkish politician (born 1942)
Roger Steffens
1942
American actor, author, lecturer, editor, reggae archivist, photographer, producer
Nicholas C. Handy
1941
British chemist (1941-2012)
George Akerlof
1940
American economist (born 1940)
Bobby Bell
1940
American football player (born 1940)
Chuck Rainey
1940
American bass guitarist (born 1940)
Peter Fitzgerald (footballer)
1937
Irish footballer (1937–2013)
Ted Nelson
1937
American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist (born 1937)
Clodovil Hernandes
1937
Brazilian politician
Vern Harper
1936
Canadian Cree activist
Ken Loach
1936
English retired filmmaker (born 1936)
Harry Browne
1933
American writer and politician (1933–2006)
Christian Ferras
1933
French violinist (1933–1982)
Maurice Stokes
1933
American basketball player (1933–1970)
Derek Ibbotson
1932
English runner (1932–2017)
John Murtha
1932
American politician (1932–2010)
John Baldessari
1931
American conceptual artist (1931–2020)
Cliff Gallup
1930
American guitarist (1930–1988)
Brian Statham
1930
English cricketer (1930–2000)
Bud Collins
1929
US journalist and sportscaster (1929–2016)
Tigran Petrosian
1929
Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster (1929–1984)
Juan MarÃa Bordaberry
1928
President of Uruguay from 1972 to 1976
Martin Böttcher
1927
German composer, arranger, and conductor (1927–2019)
Wally Wood
1927
American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator (1927–1981)
Alexander Shulgin
1925
American chemist and recreational drug explorer (1925–2014)
Elroy Hirsch
1923
American football player and executive (1923–2004)
Arnold S. Relman
1923
American internist, professor and journal editor (1923–2014)
Dale C. Thomson
1923
Canadian political scientist, author and historian
John Amis
1922
British writer
Jacob H. Gilbert
1920
American politician
Setsuko Hara
1920
Japanese actress (1920–2015)
François Jacob
1920
French biologist
Peter Le Cheminant
1920
British Royal Air Force officer (1920–2018)
William Kaye Estes
1919
American psychologist (1919–2011)
John Moffat (Royal Navy officer)
1919
Royal Navy officer
Beryl Reid
1919
British actress (1919–1996)
Ajahn Chah
1918
Buddhist monk of Thai Forest Tradition (1918–1992)
Dufferin Roblin
1917
Premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967
Terry Gilkyson
1916
American singer-songwriter (1916–1999)
David "Stringbean" Akeman
1915
American musician (1915–1973)
Marcel Cadieux
1915
Canadian civil servant and diplomat
John Hersey
1914
American journalist, novelist and academic (1914-1993)
Red Foley
1910
American country musician (1910–1968)
George Hees
1910
Canadian politician
Elmer L. Andersen
1909
American politician (1909–2004)
Ralph E. Winters
1909
Canadian film editor
Maurice Cloche
1907
French filmmaker (1907–1990)
Ralph Bellamy
1904
American actor (1904–1991)
J. Vernon McGee
1904
Christian minister (1904–1988)
Patrice Tardif (politician)
1904
Canadian politician (1904-1989)
Ruth Graves Wakefield
1903
American chef and inventor (1903–1977)
Sammy Fain
1902
American composer (1902–1989)
Alec Hurwood
1902
Australian cricketer
Martin Bormann
1900
German Nazi politician (1900–1945)
Evelyn Irons
1900
Scottish journalist and war correspondent
1800s
M. C. Escher
1898
Dutch graphic artist (1898–1972)
Carl H. Hermann
1898
German physicist (1898–1961)
Joe McKelvey
1898
Irish Republican Army officer (1898–1922)
Harry Patch
1898
English soldier and supercentenarian (1898–2009)
Menina Izildinha
1897
Unofficial popular child saint
Heinz Guderian
1888
German Wehrmacht Heer general (1888–1954)
Adolphus Frederick VI
1882
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1914 to 1918
Igor Stravinsky
1882
Russian composer (1882–1971)
Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer)
1881
Canadian boxer (1881–1955)
Carl Van Vechten
1880
American writer and photographer (1880–1964)
William Carr (rower)
1876
American rower (1876–1942)
Edward Anthony Spitzka
1876
American anatomist
James Weldon Johnson
1871
American writer and activist (1871–1938)
Flora Finch
1867
English actress (1867–1940)
John Robert Gregg
1867
Irish educator and writer (1867–1948)
Henry Lawson
1867
Australian writer and poet (1867–1922)
Susan La Flesche Picotte
1865
Omaha Indigenous physician and reformer (1865–1915)
Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg
1863
Duke of Mecklenburg
Pete Browning
1861
American baseball player (1861–1905)
Omar Bundy
1861
United States Army officer (1861–1940)
Eben Sumner Draper
1858
American politician and businessman (1858-1914)
Manuel González Flores
1833
President of Mexico from 1880 to 1884
William Crookes
1832
English chemist and physicist (1832–1919)
E. G. Squier
1821
American archaeologist, history writer, painter and newspaper editor (1821-1888)
Charles Gounod
1818
French composer (1818–1893)
Sophie of Württemberg
1818
Queen of the Netherlands from 1849 to 1877
Jón Sigurðsson
1811
Leader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movement (1811–1879)
Ferdinand Freiligrath
1810
German poet, translator and liberal agitator
Henrik Wergeland
1808
Norwegian writer (1808–1845)
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
1800
English engineer and astronomer (1800–1867)
Before 1800
Gregory Blaxland
1778
18/19th-century English-Australian farmer and explorer
George Howard (British Army officer)
1718
British soldier and politician (1718–1796)
César-François Cassini de Thury
1714
French cartographer and astronomer (1714–1784)
John Kay (flying shuttle)
1704
British inventor
Johann Georg Walch
1693
German Lutheran theologian (1693-1775)
Giovanni Paolo Panini
1691
Italian painter and architect (1691–1765)
Charles XII of Sweden
1682
King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718
Gauhar Ara Begum
1631
Mughal princess (1631–1706)
Birgitte Thott
1610
17th-century Danish scholar
John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
1604
Dutch soldier and administrator (1604–1679)
Joseph of Cupertino
1603
Italian Franciscan friar
Thomas Mun
1571
English economist (1571–1641)
François de Montmorency, 2nd Duke of Montmorency
1530
French soldier and diplomat (1530–1579)
Edward I
1239
King of England from 1272 to 1307
Drogo of Metz
801
Son of Frankish emperor Charlemagne