Births on 17 May
1900s
Julie Anne San Jose
1994
Filipino singer (born 1994)
Johanna Konta
1991
British tennis player (born 1991)
Adil Omar
1991
Pakistani musician
Abigail Raye
1991
Canadian field hockey player
Will Clyburn
1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Fabian Giefer
1990
German footballer
Charlie Gubb
1990
New Zealand rugby league footballer
Katrina Hart
1990
British paralympic sprinter (born 1990)
Guido Pella
1990
Argentine tennis player (born 1990)
Mose Masoe
1989
Former Samoa international rugby league footballer
Rain Raadik
1989
Estonian basketball player
Tessa Virtue
1989
Canadian ice dancer
Nikki Reed
1988
American actress
Edvald Boasson Hagen
1987
Norwegian road racing cyclist
Aleandro Rosi
1987
Italian footballer (born 1987)
Marius Činikas
1986
Lithuanian footballer
Timo Simonlatser
1986
Estonian cross-country skier (born 1986)
Jodie Taylor
1986
English footballer (born 1986)
Teófilo Gutiérrez
1985
Colombian footballer (born 1985)
Derek Hough
1985
American dancer, choreographer, actor, singer (born 1985)
Christine Nesbitt
1985
Canadian speed skater
Todd Redmond
1985
American baseball player (born 1985)
Matt Ryan (American football)
1985
American football player and executive (born 1985)
Christian Bolaños
1984
Costa Rican footballer (born 1984)
Christine Ohuruogu
1984
British sprinter (born 1984)
Christine Robinson
1984
Canadian water polo player (born 1984)
Passenger (singer)
1984
English musician (born 1984)
Channing Frye
1983
American basketball player (born 1983)
Chris Henry (wide receiver)
1983
American football player (1983–2009)
Nicky Hofs
1983
Dutch footballer
Kevin Kingston
1983
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1983)
Danniel Librelon
1983
Brazilian politician (born 1983)
Jeremy Sowers
1983
American baseball player and executive (born 1983)
Matt Cassel
1982
American football player (born 1982)
Dan Hardy
1982
English mixed martial arts fighter and combat sport commentator
Reiko Nakamura
1982
Japanese swimmer (born 1982)
Tony Parker
1982
French basketball player (born 1982)
Chloe Smith
1982
British politician (born 1982)
Beñat Albizuri
1981
Spanish cyclist
Leon Osman
1981
English footballer (born 1981)
Lim Jeong-hee
1981
South Korean singer (born 1981)
Chris Skidmore
1981
British politician and historian (born 1981)
Giannis Taralidis
1981
Greek footballer
Davor Džalto
1980
Orthodox thinker and writer
Fredrik Kessiakoff
1980
Swedish cyclist
Alistair Overeem
1980
Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer (born 1980)
Epica (band)
1980
Dutch symphonic metal band
David Jarolím
1979
Czech footballer and manager (born 1979)
Wayne Thomas (footballer, born 1979)
1979
English footballer
John Foster (baseball)
1978
American baseball player and coach (born 1978)
Paddy Kenny
1978
Ireland international footballer
Carlos Peña
1978
Dominican baseball player (born 1978)
Magdalena Zděnovcová
1978
Czech tennis player
Kandi Burruss
1976
American TV personality, singer-songwriter (born 1976)
Shayne Dunley
1976
Australian rugby league footballer
José Guillén
1976
Dominican baseball player (born 1976)
Daniel Komen
1976
Kenyan runner
Wang Leehom
1976
American singer, songwriter, actor
Mayte Martínez
1976
Spanish athletics competitor (born 1976)
Kirsten Vlieghuis
1976
Dutch swimmer
Marcelinho Paraíba
1975
Brazilian footballer
Alex Wright
1975
German professional wrestler (born 1975)
Andrea Corr
1974
Irish musician (born 1974)
Wiki González
1974
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1974)
Eddie Lewis (American soccer)
1974
American soccer player
Josh Homme
1973
American musician (born 1973)
Barry Hayles
1972
Footballer (born 1972)
Mark Connors
1971
Australian rugby union footballer
Shaun Hart
1971
Australian rules footballer, born 1971
Stella Jongmans
1971
Dutch middle-distance runner (born 1971)
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
1971
Queen of the Netherlands since 2013
Gina Raimondo
1971
American politician and businesswoman (born 1971)
Hubert Davis
1970
American basketball player and coach (born 1970)
Jordan Knight
1970
American pop singer (born 1970)
Matt Lindland
1970
American mixed martial artist, litigator, Olympic wrestler and political candidate
Jodie Rogers
1970
Australian diver
René Vilbre
1970
Estonian film director
Keith Hill (footballer)
1969
English footballer and manager
Dave Abbruzzese
1968
American musician
Mohamed Nasheed
1967
President of the Maldives from 2008 to 2012
Patrick Ortlieb
1967
Austrian skier (born 1967)
Qusay Hussein
1966
Iraqi politician (1966–2003)
Mark Kratzmann
1966
Australian tennis player
Danny Manning
1966
American basketball player and coach (born 1966)
Gilles Quénéhervé
1966
French sprinter
Trent Reznor
1965
American singer-songwriter musician (born 1965)
Jeremy Vine
1965
English presenter and journalist (born 1965)
Luann de Lesseps
1965
American reality television personality
Stratos Apostolakis
1964
Greek footballer (born 1964)
Mauro Martini
1964
Italian racing driver
Menno Oosting
1964
Dutch tennis player (1964–1999)
Jon Koncak
1963
American basketball player
Page McConnell
1963
Musical artist
Lise Lyng Falkenberg
1962
Danish writer
Andrew Farrar
1962
Australian rugby league footballer and coach
Craig Ferguson
1962
Scottish comedian and television host (born 1962)
Jane Moore
1962
English journalist and television personality (born 1962)
Rosalind Picard
1962
American computer scientist
Enya
1961
Irish singer (born 1961)
Jamil Azzaoui
1961
Musical artist
Justin King (businessman)
1961
English businessman
Lou DiBella
1960
American boxing promoter and minor league baseball team owner
Simon Fuller
1960
British businessman & producer (born 1960)
Marcelo Loffreda
1959
Argentine rugby union player (born 1959)
Paul Di'Anno
1958
English heavy metal singer (1958–2024)
Pascual Pérez (baseball)
1957
Dominican baseball player (1957–2012)
Sugar Ray Leonard
1956
American boxer (born 1956)
Annise Parker
1956
American politician
Bob Saget
1956
American comedian and actor (1956–2022)
Dave Sim
1956
Canadian cartoonist, creator of Cerebus
Bill Paxton
1955
American actor (1955–2017)
David Townsend (musician)
1955
American singer
Michael Roberts (jockey)
1954
South African jockey
Howard Hampton
1952
Canadian politician (born 1952)
Simon Hughes
1951
Former Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Howard Ashman
1950
American playwright, lyricist, and director (1950–1991)
Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley
1950
British Labour Party politician and life peer (born 1950)
Janez Drnovšek
1950
Former President and Prime Minister of Slovenia
Alan Johnson
1950
British politician (born 1950)
Valeriya Novodvorskaya
1950
Soviet dissident (1950–2014)
Bill Bruford
1949
English drummer (b. 1949)
Keith (singer)
1949
American singer (born 1949)
Dick Gaughan
1948
Scottish musician (born 1948)
Stephen Platten
1947
British Anglican prelate
Udo Lindenberg
1946
German musician and composer (born 1946)
B. S. Chandrasekhar
1945
Indian Cricketer
Tony Roche
1945
Australian tennis player (born 1945)
Jesse Winchester
1944
American-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (1944–2014)
Sirajuddin of Perlis
1943
King of Malaysia from 2001 to 2006
Johnny Warren
1943
Australian soccer player, coach, administrator, writer and broadcaster
Taj Mahal (musician)
1942
American blues musician (born 1942)
David Cope
1941
American composer and scientist (1941–2025)
Ben Nelson
1941
American attorney and politician (born 1941)
Alan Kay
1940
American computer scientist (born 1940)
Reynato Puno
1940
Filipino judge (born 1940)
Hugh Dykes
1939
British politician (born 1939)
Gary Paulsen
1939
American writer (1939–2021)
Jason Bernard
1938
American actor (1938–1996)
Marcia Freedman
1938
American-Israeli peace, women's rights and gay rights activist (1938–2021)
Pervis Jackson
1938
Musical artist
Hazel R. O'Leary
1937
American government official and university administrator (born 1937)
Dennis Hopper
1936
American actor and filmmaker (1936–2010)
Dennis Potter
1935
British dramatist and screenwriter (1935–1994)
Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel
1934
German politician (1934–2022)
Earl Morrall
1934
American football player (1934–2014)
Ronald Wayne
1934
American businessperson and co-founder of Apple (born 1934)
Yelena Gorchakova
1933
Soviet javelin thrower
Rodric Braithwaite
1932
British diplomat and author
Peter Burge (cricketer)
1932
Australian cricketer
Ozzie Virgil Sr.
1932
Dominican baseball player and coach (1932–2024)
Marshall Applewhite
1931
American religious leader (1931–1997)
Dewey Redman
1931
American saxophonist and composer (1931–2006)
Branko Zebec
1929
Croatian footballer and manager
David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie
1926
Scottish banker and peer (1926–2023)
Dietmar Schönherr
1926
Austrian actor (1926–2014)
Franz Sondheimer
1926
German-British chemist (1926–1981)
Roy Bentley
1924
English footballer and manager (1924–2018)
Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs
1924
British peer (1924–2020)
Michael Beetham
1923
Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1923–2015)
Jean Rédélé
1922
French racing driver (1922–2007)
Dennis Brain
1921
Virtuoso horn player
Bob Merrill
1921
American songwriter (1921–1998)
Harry Männil
1920
Estonian businessman (1920–2010)
Antonio Aguilar
1919
Mexican singer and actor (1919–2007)
Gustav Naan
1919
Estonian philosopher and physicist
Joan Benham
1918
English actress (1918–1981)
Birgit Nilsson
1918
Swedish dramatic soprano (1918–2005)
Robert N. Thompson
1914
Canadian politician (1914–1997)
Hans Ruesch
1913
Swiss racing driver, novelist, and activist (1913–2007)
Archibald Cox
1912
American prosecutor (1912–2004)
Mary Kenner
1912
American inventor (1912–2006)
Lisa Fonssagrives
1911
Swedish model (1911–1992)
Maureen O'Sullivan
1911
Irish actress (1911–1998)
Julius Sumner Miller
1909
American physicist
Zinka Milanov
1906
Croatian operatic dramatic soprano
Marie-Anne Desmarest
1904
French writer (1904–1973)
Cool Papa Bell
1903
American baseball player (1903–1991)
Werner Egk
1901
German composer
1800s
Carmen de Icaza, 8th Baroness of Claret
1899
Spanish journalist
A. J. Casson
1898
Canadian painter in the Group of Seven (1898–1992)
Odd Hassel
1897
Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate
Saul Adler
1895
Israeli microbiologist
Reinhold Saulmann
1895
Estonian sprinter
Frederick McKinley Jones
1893
American inventor and entrepreneur (1893–1961)
Napoleon Zervas
1891
Hellenic Army officer (1891-1957)
Dorothy Gibson
1889
American actress (1889–1946)
Alfonso Reyes
1889
Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat (1889–1959)
Tich Freeman
1888
English cricketer (1888–1965)
Alfonso XIII
1886
King of Spain from 1886 to 1931
Karl Burman
1882
Estonian architect and painter
George Sheldon (diver)
1874
American diver (1874–1907)
Henri Barbusse
1873
French author (1873–1935)
Dorothy Richardson
1873
British author and journalist (1873–1957)
Newton Moore
1870
Australian army officer and politician (1870–1936)
Horace Elgin Dodge
1868
American businessman (1868–1920)
Panagis Tsaldaris
1868
Prime Minister of Greece (1932-35)
Erik Satie
1866
French composer and pianist (1866–1925)
Louis Richardet
1864
Swiss sports shooter (1864–1923)
Ante Trumbić
1864
Croatian politician
Léon Gérin
1863
Martin Kukučín
1860
Slovak prose writer, dramatist and publicist
Charlotte Barnum
1860
Mathematician and social activist
Jacint Verdaguer
1845
Catalan writer & poet (1845–1902)
Virginie Loveling
1836
Flemish author
Thomas McIlwraith
1835
Australian politician (1835–1900)
Sebastian Kneipp
1821
19th-century German clergyman and health researcher
Ezra Otis Kendall
1818
American professor, astronomer and mathematician
Before 1800
Anna Brownell Jameson
1794
Irish-born English writer (1794–1860)
Caroline of Brunswick
1768
Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820 to 1821
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
1768
British peer, Lord lieutenant and politician
Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet
1758
British Member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Grand Master of the Freemasons
Edward Jenner
1749
English physician (1749–1823)
Seth Warner
1743
18th-century Continental Army officer
Francesco Pasquale Ricci
1732
Italian composer and violinist
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
1718
British diplomat and politician
Andreas Felix von Oefele
1706
German historian and librarian
Gio Nicola Buhagiar
1698
Bartholomew Roberts
1682
Welsh pirate (1682–1722)
Edward Colman (martyr)
1636
English Catholic courtier and martyr
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
1628
Archduke of Further Austria
Stefano della Bella
1610
Italian draughtsman and printmaker
Anna Vasa of Sweden
1568
Swedish princess
Martin Delrio
1551
Jesuit theologian (1551–1608)
Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
1500
Marquis of Mantua
Albert, Duke of Prussia
1490
Duke of Prussia from 1525 to 1568
Engelbert II of Nassau
1451
Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda
Edmund, Earl of Rutland
1443
English nobleman
Jien
1155
Japanese poet