Births on 17 October
2000s
Matthew Knies
2002
American ice hockey player (born 2002)
Thomas Strudwick
2001
British motorcycle racer
1900s
Robert Williams III
1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Jake DeBrusk
1996
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
Jamal Adams
1995
American football player (born 1995)
Ha-seong Kim
1995
South Korean baseball player (born 1995)
Kenneth Omeruo
1993
Nigerian footballer
Vincent Poirier
1993
French basketball player (born 1993)
Jacob Artist
1992
American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1992)
Sam Concepcion
1992
Filipino actor and singer
Anthony Gill (basketball)
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Keerthy Suresh
1992
Indian actress (born 1992)
Brenda Asnicar
1991
Argentine actress (born 1991)
Paolo Campinoti
1990
Italian footballer
Maica García Godoy
1990
Spanish water polo player (born 1990)
Ronald González (Chilean footballer)
1990
Chilean footballer (born 1990)
Saki Kumagai
1990
Japanese footballer (born 1990)
Patrick Lambie
1990
South Africa international rugby union player
Débora García
1989
Spanish footballer (born 1989)
Oleksandr Isakov
1989
Ukrainian swimmer
Sophie Luck
1989
Australian actress
Charles Oliveira
1989
Brazilian mixed martial artist (born 1989)
David Timor
1989
Spanish footballer
Sergiy Gladyr
1988
Ukrainian basketball player (born 1988)
Tori Matsuzaka
1988
Japanese actor and model (born 1988)
Marina Salas
1988
Spanish actress
Bea Alonzo
1987
Filipino actress (born 1987)
Jarosław Fojut
1987
Polish footballer
Elliot Grandin
1987
French footballer (born 1987)
Hideto Takahashi
1987
Japanese footballer
Alexandre Bonnet
1986
French footballer (born 1986)
Toni Bou
1986
Spanish motorcycle trials rider
Aija Klakocka
1986
Latvian basketball player
Constant Djakpa
1986
Ivorian footballer (born 1986)
Yannick Ponsero
1986
French figure skater
Nicolás Richotti
1986
Argentine basketball player (born 1986)
Carlos González (baseball)
1985
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1985)
Max Irons
1985
British actor (born 1985)
Collins John
1985
Dutch footballer (born 1985)
Tomokazu Nagira
1985
Japanese footballer
Sami Lepistö
1984
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1984)
Chris Lowell
1984
American actor
Giovanni Marchese (footballer)
1984
Italian footballer
Randall Munroe
1984
American cartoonist and author (born 1984)
Luke Rockhold
1984
American mixed martial artist (born 1984)
Anja Eline Skybakmoen
1984
Norwegian jazz musician and band leader
Gottfrid Svartholm
1984
Swedish computer specialist
Jared Tallent
1984
Australian race walker (born 1984)
Michelle Ang
1983
New Zealand actress, director and producer (born 1983)
Milica Brozović
1983
Slovak-Russian pair skater
Felicity Jones
1983
British actress (born 1983)
Toshihiro Matsushita
1983
Japanese footballer
Riki Miura
1983
Japanese actor
Junichi Miyashita
1983
Japanese swimmer (born 1983)
Ivan Saenko
1983
Russian footballer
Mitch Talbot
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Vitali Teleš
1983
Estonian footballer
Rubén Ramírez (footballer, born 1982)
1982
Argentine footballer
Nick Riewoldt
1982
Australian rules footballer (born 1982)
Marion Rolland
1982
French alpine skier
Horacio Cervantes
1981
Mexican footballer (born 1981)
Kurumi Enomoto
1981
Japanese singer-songwriter
Holly Holm
1981
American boxer, kickboxer, and mixed martial arts fighter (born 1981)
Tsubasa Imai
1981
Musical artist
Ben Rothwell
1981
American mixed martial artist
Yekaterina Gamova
1980
Russian volleyball player
Mohammad Hafeez
1980
Pakistani cricketer (born 1980)
Isaac Mina
1980
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1980)
Angel Parker
1980
American actress
Alessandro Piccolo (racing driver)
1980
Italian racing driver (born 1980)
Justin Shenkarow
1980
American actor
Marcela Bovio
1979
Mexican singer
Alexandros Nikolaidis
1979
Greek taekwondo practitioner (1979–2022)
Kimi Räikkönen
1979
Finnish racing driver (born 1979)
Kostas Tsartsaris
1979
Greek basketball player and coach
Jerry Flannery
1978
Irish rugby union coach
Pablo Iglesias Turrión
1978
Spanish politician (born 1978)
Erin Karpluk
1978
Canadian actress
Chuka Umunna
1978
British politician (born 1978)
Dudu Aouate
1977
Israeli footballer (born 1977)
Alimi Ballard
1977
American actor
Bryan Bertino
1977
American filmmaker (born 1977)
Walter Calderón
1977
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1977)
Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza
1977
Mexican politician (born 1977)
Ryan McGinley
1977
American photographer (born 1977)
André Villas-Boas
1977
Portuguese football executive and manager (born 1977)
Sebastián Abreu
1976
Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1976)
Seth Etherton
1976
American baseball player (born 1976)
Carlos Loret de Mola
1976
Politic journalist (born 1976)
Kevin Maher
1976
Footballer (born 1976)
Jericó Abramo Masso
1975
Mexican politician
Francis Bouillon
1975
American ice hockey player (born 1975)
Vina Morales
1975
Filipino actress and singer (born 1975)
Ariel Levy (writer)
1974
American writer (born 1974)
Matthew Macfadyen
1974
English actor (born 1974)
Obdulio Ávila Mayo
1974
Mexican politician
Bárbara Paz
1974
Brazilian actress (born 1974)
Burton (musician)
1974
Finnish keyboardist
John Rocker
1974
American baseball player (born 1974)
Darío Sala
1974
Argentine footballer and administrator
Gabriel Silberstein
1974
Chilean tennis player (born 1974)
Dhondup Wangchen
1974
Tibetan filmmaker (born 1974)
Rubén Garcés
1973
Panamanian-Spanish basketball player
Andrea Tarozzi
1973
Italian footballer (born 1973)
Bhagwant Mann
1973
17th Chief Minister of Punjab since 2022
Eminem
1972
American rapper (born 1972)
Sharon Leal
1972
American actress and singer
Musashi (kickboxer)
1972
Japanese kickboxer
Tarkan (singer)
1972
Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1972)
Chris Kirkpatrick
1971
American musician (born 1971)
Kim Ljung
1971
Musical artist
Martin Heinrich
1971
American politician and businessman (born 1971)
Derrick Plourde
1971
American drummer (1971–2005)
Blues Saraceno
1971
American musician
Anil Kumble
1970
Indian cricketer (born 1970)
John Mabry
1970
American baseball player & coach (born 1970)
J. C. MacKenzie
1970
Canadian actor (b. 1970)
Ernie Els
1969
South African professional golfer (born 1969)
Jesús Ángel García
1969
Spanish race walker (born 1969)
Wood Harris
1969
American actor (born 1969)
Wyclef Jean
1969
Haitian rapper (born 1969)
Rick Mercer
1969
Canadian comedian (born 1969)
Alejandra Ávalos
1968
Mexican musician and actress (born 1968)
Graeme Le Saux
1968
Jersey footballer (born 1968)
Ziggy Marley
1968
Jamaican reggae musician (born 1968)
David Robertson (footballer, born 1968)
1968
Scottish footballer and coach
René Dif
1967
Danish musician and actor
Pedro González (footballer, born 1967)
1967
Chilean footballer and manager
Simon Segars
1967
British businessman (born 1967)
Nathalie Tauziat
1967
French tennis player
Shaun Edwards
1966
English rugby league footballer and rugby union coach (born 1966)
Danny Ferry
1966
American basketball player and executive (born 1966)
Mark Gatiss
1966
British actor and writer (born 1966)
Tommy Kendall
1966
American racing driver (born 1966)
Aravinda de Silva
1965
Sri Lankan cricketer
Rhys Muldoon
1965
Australian actor, writer and director (born 1965)
Margarita Liborio Arrazola
1964
Mexican politician
Gregg Wallace
1964
English broadcaster and writer (born 1964)
Sergio Goycochea
1963
Argentine footballer (born 1963)
Toby Young
1963
British journalist (born 1963)
Glenn Braggs
1962
American baseball player (born 1962)
Jay Humphries
1962
American basketball player and coach
Mike Judge
1962
American actor, animator, and filmmaker (born 1962)
David Means
1961
American short story writer and novelist
Guy Henry (actor)
1960
English actor
Rob Marshall
1960
American film and theatre director and producer (born 1960)
Bernie Nolan
1960
Irish actress and singer (1960–2013)
Philippe Sands
1960
British/French lawyer, legal academic and author (born 1960)
Mustafa Aberchán
1959
Spanish politician from Melilla
Ron Drummond
1959
American novelist
Francisco Flores Pérez
1959
President of El Salvador from 1999 to 2004
Russell Gilbert
1959
Australian comedian
Eugenio Hernández Flores
1959
Mexican politician
Norm Macdonald
1959
Canadian comedian (1959–2021)
Mark Peel (historian)
1959
Australian historian
Richard Roeper
1959
American writer and film critic (born 1959)
Howard Alden
1958
American jazz guitarist (born 1958)
Alan Jackson
1958
American singer and songwriter (born 1958)
Sandra Mozarowsky
1958
Spanish actress (1958–1977)
Craig Murray
1958
Scottish diplomat, author, human rights activist and journalist
Eleftheria Arvanitaki
1957
Greek folk singer
Nelson Barrera
1957
Mexican baseball player
Lawrence Bender
1957
American film producer
Antonio Galdo
1957
Steve McMichael
1957
American football player and professional wrestler (1957–2025)
Pino Palladino
1957
Welsh bassist and record producer (born 1957)
Vincent Van Patten
1957
American actor, tennis player (born 1957)
Fran Cosmo
1956
American singer
Mae Jemison
1956
American astronaut, doctor and engineer (born 1956)
Pat McCrory
1956
Governor of North Carolina from 2013 to 2017
Ken Morrow
1956
American ice hockey player (born 1956)
Stephen Palumbi
1956
Marine biologist
Georgios Alogoskoufis
1955
Greek academic and politician
Mike Bratz
1955
American basketball player (born 1955)
Carlos Buhler
1954
American mountaineer (born 1954)
Joseph Bowie
1953
American jazz musician
Domenico Penzo
1953
Italian footballer (born 1953)
Dirk Beheydt
1951
Belgian footballer
Annie Borckink
1951
Dutch speed skater
Roger Pontare
1951
Swedish musician (born 1951)
Shari Ulrich
1951
Musical artist
Philippe Barbarin
1950
French Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1950)
Sandra Reemer
1950
Indo-Dutch singer and TV presenter
Howard Rollins
1950
American actor (1950–1996)
Owen Arthur
1949
Prime Minister of Barbados from 1994 to 2008
Bill Hudson (singer)
1949
American musician and actor (born 1949)
Osvaldo Castro
1948
Chilean footballer (born 1947)
Robert Jordan
1948
American fantasy writer (1948–2007)
Margot Kidder
1948
Canadian and American actress and activist (1948–2018)
George Wendt
1948
American actor (1948–2025)
Omar Azziman
1947
Moroccan advisor (born 1947)
Gene Green
1947
American politician (born 1947)
Michael McKean
1947
American actor (born 1947)
Robert Post (law professor)
1947
American legal scholar (born 1947)
Ronni Chasen
1946
American publicist (1946–2010)
Michael Hossack
1946
American drummer (1946–2012)
Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez
1946
Mexican actor
Akira Kushida
1946
Musical artist
Cameron Mackintosh
1946
British theatre and musical producer (born 1946)
Adam Michnik
1946
Polish historian and intellectual
Julio Miranda
1946
Argentine politician (1946–2021)
Drusilla Modjeska
1946
Australian writer and editor
Daniela Payssé
1946
Uruguayan politician (1946–2018)
José Perramón
1946
Spanish handball player (born 1946)
Jaime Ravinet
1946
Chilean politician, lawyer, academic and businessman
Bob Seagren
1946
American pole vaulter (born 1946)
Rüdiger Wittig
1946
German botanist (born 1946)
Ángel Cristo
1944
Spanish circus performer (1944–2010)
Ignacio Rupérez
1943
Steve "Snapper" Jones
1942
American basketball player (1942–2017)
Gary Puckett
1942
American singer (born 1942)
Earl Thomas Conley
1941
American country music singer-songwriter (1941–2019)
Paul Ellison (bassist)
1941
Seals & Crofts
1941
American soft rock duo
Stephen Kovacevich
1940
American classical pianist and conductor (born 1940)
Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940)
1940
English footballer and manager (1940–2019)
Peter Stringfellow
1940
British nightclub owner (1940–2018)
Oliver Rackham
1939
English academic (1939–2015)
António Calvário
1938
Portuguese singer (born 1938)
Evel Knievel
1938
American stunt performer (1938–2007)
Les Murray (poet)
1938
Australian poet and critic (1938–2019)
José María Álvarez del Manzano
1937
Spanish politician
Aida Navarro
1937
Venezuelan mezzo-soprano (born 1937)
Renato Prada Oropeza
1937
Paxton Whitehead
1937
English actor (1937–2023)
Sathima Bea Benjamin
1936
South African vocalist and composer (1936–2013)
Hiroo Kanamori
1936
Japanese seismologist
Santiago Navarro
1936
Spanish basketball player (1936–1993)
Bert Nievera
1936
Filipino-American singer and businessman
Sydney Chapman (politician)
1935
British politician (1935–2014)
Michael Eavis
1935
English farmer, Glastonbury Festival co-creator (born 1935)
Carlos Pairetti
1935
Argentine racing driver (1935–2022)
Alan Garner
1934
English novelist (born 1934)
Johnny Haynes
1934
English footballer
Rico Rodriguez (musician)
1934
Jamaican musician (1934–2015)
William Anders
1933
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)
The Singing Nun
1933
Belgian nun and singer (1933–1985)
Paul Anderson (weightlifter)
1932
American weightlifter (1932–1994)
José Alencar
1931
Vice President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011
Ernst Hinterberger
1931
Austrian writer
Anatoly Pristavkin
1931
Russian writer and public figure
İsmail Akbay
1930
Turkish space scientist (1930–2003)
Robert Atkins (physician)
1930
American physician (1930–2003)
Mário Wilson
1929
Portuguese footballer (1929–2016)
Santiago Stevenson
1928
Alejandro Végh Villegas
1928
Uruguayan politician (1928–2017)
Julie Adams
1926
American actress (1926–2019)
Beverly Garland
1926
American actress (1926–2008)
Roberto Lippi
1926
Italian racing driver (1926–2011)
Harry Carpenter
1925
British sports commentator (1925–2010)
Don Coryell
1924
American football coach (1924–2010)
Anton Geiser
1924
Guard in a Nazi concentration camp
Giacomo Mari
1924
Italian footballer and manager
Rolando Panerai
1924
Italian baritone (1924–2019)
Barney Kessel
1923
American jazz guitarist (1923–2004)
Charles McClendon
1923
American football player and coach (1923–2001)
Luiz Bonfá
1922
Brazilian guitarist and composer (1922–2001)
Pierre Juneau
1922
Canadian film and broadcast executive
Priscilla Buckley
1921
American journalist and author (1921–2012)
Maria Gorokhovskaya
1921
Soviet gymnast (1921–2001)
George Mackay Brown
1921
Scottish poet 1921–1996
Tom Poston
1921
American actor (1921–2007)
Montgomery Clift
1920
American actor (1920–1966)
Miguel Delibes
1920
Spanish writer, journalist and novelist
Zully Moreno
1920
Argentine actress
Isaak Khalatnikov
1919
Russian physicist (1919–2021)
Violet Milstead
1919
Canadian aviator
Zhao Ziyang
1919
Chinese politician (1919–2005)
Rita Hayworth
1918
American actress, dancer, pin-up girl (1918–1987)
Luis Alberto Solari
1918
Ralph Wilson
1918
American football executive (1918–2014)
Alfred Benlloch Llorach
1917
Spanish inventor (1917–2013)
Martin Donnelly (sportsman)
1917
New Zealand sportsman (1917–1999)
Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)
1917
American actress (1917–2022)
Aimo Koivunen
1917
Finnish soldier (1917–1989)
Norman Leyden
1917
American conductor
Sumner Locke Elliott
1917
Novelist and playwright
Adele Stimmel Chase
1917
American artist (1917–2000)
José López Rega
1916
Argentine politician (1916–1989)
Arthur Miller
1915
American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
Jerry Siegel
1914
American comic book writer (1914–1996)
Robert Lowery (actor)
1913
American actor (1913–1971)
Marian Marsh
1913
American actress (1913–2006)
Faik Türün
1913
Turkish general
Pope John Paul I
1912
Head of the Catholic Church in 1978
Theodore Marier
1912
American classical composer
Jack Owens (singer-songwriter)
1912
Musical artist
Marina Núñez del Prado
1910
Bolivian sculptor
Ester Wier
1910
American writer
Cozy Cole
1909
American jazz drummer (1909–1981)
Leopoldo Panero
1909
Spanish poet
Joaquín Satrústegui
1909
Kenji Miyamoto (politician)
1908
Japanese communist politician (1908–2007)
Hjördis Petterson
1908
Swedish actress
Wally Prigg
1908
Australia international rugby league footballer
Red Rolfe
1908
American baseball player and manager (1908-1969)
John Marley
1907
American actor (1907–1984)
Paul Derringer
1906
American baseball player (1906–1987)
Andrey Tikhonov (mathematician)
1906
Soviet mathematician (1906–1993)
Leopoldo Benites
1905
Ecuadorian diplomat
Andrei Grechko
1903
Soviet military commander (1903–1976)
Nathanael West
1903
American novelist (1903–1940)
Irene Ryan
1902
American actress (1902–1973)
Emma Gamboa Alvarado
1901
Costa Rican educator
C. C. van Asch van Wijck
1900
Dutch sculptor (1900–1932)
Jean Arthur
1900
American actress (1900–1991)
Yvor Winters
1900
American poet (1900–1968)
1800s
Shinichi Suzuki
1898
Japanese violinist and pioneer in musical pedagogy (1898–1998)
Eileen Sedgwick
1898
American actress (1898–1991)
Simon Vestdijk
1898
Dutch author (1898–1971)
Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia
1896
Russian prince (1896–1978)
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
1895
32nd President of Guatemala (1958-63)
Doris Humphrey
1895
American dancer and choreographer
Prince René of Bourbon-Parma
1894
Son of Robert I, Duke of Parma
Pablo de Rokha
1894
Chilean poet (1894–1968)
Raffaele Bendandi
1893
Italian clockmaker
Theodor Eicke
1892
German SS officer (1892–1943)
Herbert Howells
1892
English composer, organist and teacher (1892–1983)
Roy Kilner
1890
English cricketer
Mikhail Naimy
1889
Lebanese writer and philosopher
Spring Byington
1886
American actress (1886–1971)
A. S. Neill
1883
Scottish progressive school founder (1883–1973)
Thaddeus Shideler
1883
American hurdler
Haritina Korotkevich
1882
Russian soldier (1882–1904)
Maria Dulęba
1881
Polish actress (1881–1959)
Jesús Reyes Ferreira
1880
Mexican artist (1880–1977)
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
1878
Spanish noble
Hippolyte Aucouturier
1876
French cyclist (1876–1944)
Segundo de Chomón
1871
Spanish film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and animator
Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale
1869
Indian Classical Vocalist (1869–1922)
Josep Puig i Cadafalch
1867
Catalan architect (1867–1957)
James Rudolph Garfield
1865
American lawyer and politician (1865–1950)
Elinor Glyn
1864
British novelist and scriptwriter (1864–1943)
Henry Campbell Black
1860
American legal lexicographer (1860–1927)
Childe Hassam
1859
American painter (1859–1935)
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
1853
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900
John J. Gardner
1845
American politician
Gustave Schlumberger
1844
French historian and numismatist (1844–1929)
André Gill
1840
French caricaturist (1840–1885)
Louis-Léon Cugnot
1835
French sculptor (1835–1894)
Paul Haenlein
1835
José E. Díaz
1833
Paraguayan general (1833–1867)
Aureliano Maestre de San Juan
1828
Spanish anatomist (1828–1890)
Alexander Gardner (photographer)
1821
Scottish-American photographer (1821–1882)
Syed Ahmad Khan
1817
Indian reformer and social activist (1817–1898)
Yakiv Holovatsky
1814
Galician historian and literary scholar
Georg Büchner
1813
German dramatist (1813–1837)
Albertus van Raalte
1811
Dutch American clergyman
Adolphe-Félix Cals
1810
French painter (1810–1880)
Ferenc Deák (politician)
1803
Hungarian politician (1803–1876)
Before 1800
Juan Lavalle
1797
Argentine military officer and politician (1797–1841)
John Bowring
1792
English politician (1792–1872)
Christen Smith
1785
Norwegian botanist (1785–1816)
Fructuoso Rivera
1784
1st President of Uruguay (1830-34)
Johann Friedrich Meckel
1781
German anatomist (1781–1833)
Richard Mentor Johnson
1780
Vice President of the United States from 1837 to 1841
Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais
1779
French royal; son of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1779-1808)
José Andrés Pacheco de Melo
1779
Argentine politician
Sophie von Dönhoff
1768
German lady-in-waiting
Henri de Saint-Simon
1760
French early socialist theorist (1760–1825)
Andrey Voronikhin
1759
Russian architect and painter (1759–1814)
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger
1735
German sculptor (1735–1803)
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny
1729
French composer
John Wilkes
1725
English radical, journalist, and politician (1725–1797)
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini
1720
Italian composer
Jacques Cazotte
1719
French writer (1719–1792)
Jupiter Hammon
1711
American writer (1711–c. 1806)
Domenico Zipoli
1688
Italian composer (1688–1726)
Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias
1629
Prince of Asturias (1629–1646)
Francis Turretin
1623
Genevan-Italian Reformed scholastic theologian (1623–1687)
Nathan Field
1587
English actor and dramatist (1587–1620)
Johann Gerhard
1582
Lutheran theologian (1582–1637)
Cristofano Allori
1577
Italian painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school (1577–1621)
Dmitry Pozharsky
1577
Russian prince (1577–1642)
Irene di Spilimbergo
1538
Italian painter (1538–1559)
Alonso de Orozco Mena
1500
Spanish Roman Catholic priest
Baccio Bandinelli
1493
Italian artist (1493–1560)
Ivo of Kermartin
1253
Breton Catholic saint (1253–1303)
Lý Nam Đế
503
Emperor of Vạn Xuân from 544 to 548