Births on 17 September
2000s
Elina Avanesyan
2002
Russian-born Armenian tennis player (born 2002)
1900s
Jaimee Fourlis
1999
Australian tennis player (born 1999)
Daniel Huttlestone
1999
English actor
Kim Dong-hyun (singer, born 1998)
1998
South Korean singer and actor (born 1998)
Auston Matthews
1997
American ice hockey player (born 1997)
Duje Ćaleta-Car
1996
Croatian footballer (born 1996)
Esteban Ocon
1996
French racing driver (born 1996)
Slayyyter
1996
American singer and songwriter (born 1996)
Choi Young-jae
1996
South Korean singer (born 1996)
Michael Bunting
1995
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1995)
Patrick Mahomes
1995
American football player (born 1995)
YooA
1995
South Korean singer and actress (born 1995)
Na In-woo
1994
South Korean actor (born 1994)
Denyse Tontz
1994
American actress, singer, and songwriter (born 1994)
Sofiane Boufal
1993
Footballer (born 1993)
Sophie Howard (footballer)
1993
Scottish footballer
Alfonzo McKinnie
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Danny Ramirez
1992
American actor (born 1992)
José Ramírez (third baseman)
1992
Dominican baseball player (born 1992)
Ryo Ishikawa
1991
Japanese golfer (born 1991)
Mena Massoud
1991
Egyptian-born Canadian actor (born 1991)
Egor Yakovlev
1991
Russian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Pixie Geldof
1990
English model and singer
Sean Scannell
1990
Footballer (born 1990)
Marcus Semien
1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Danielle Brooks
1989
American actress (born 1989)
Kate Deines
1989
American soccer midfielder-defender
Paul Huntington
1987
English footballer (born 1987)
Ravichandran Ashwin
1986
Indian cricketer (born 1986)
Paolo De Ceglie
1986
Italian footballer (born 1986)
Sophie (musician)
1986
English music producer and DJ (1986–2021)
Tomáš Berdych
1985
Czech tennis player (born 1985)
Brendan Clarke
1985
Irish footballer (born 1985)
José Gonçalves (footballer)
1985
Portuguese footballer
Alexander Ovechkin
1985
Russian ice hockey player (born 1985)
Mason Raymond
1985
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)
Mary Mohler
1984
American swimmer
John Kucera
1984
Canadian alpine skier
Patrick van Luijk
1984
Dutch sprinter (born 1984)
Ice Seguerra
1983
Filipino actor, singer, director, and Chairman of the National Youth Commission
Garth Murray
1982
Canadian ice hockey player
Bakari Koné
1981
Ivorian footballer (born 1981)
Steffen Algreen
1979
Danish footballer
Chuck Comeau
1979
Canadian musician and drummer (born 1979)
Billy Miller (actor)
1979
American actor (1979–2023)
Chris Minns
1979
Premier of New South Wales since 2023
Nick Cordero
1978
Canadian actor and singer (1978–2020)
Shawn Horcoff
1978
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1978)
Arne Slot
1978
Dutch football manager (born 1978)
Sam Esmail
1977
American screenwriter, director, and producer
Simone Perrotta
1977
Italian-British footballer (born 1977)
Wilko de Vogt
1975
Dutch footballer
Jimmie Johnson
1975
American racing driver (born 1975)
Pumpkinhead (rapper)
1975
American rapper (1975–2015)
Nona Gaye
1974
Singer and fashion model
Tormod Granheim
1974
Norwegian ski mountaineer
Craig Spence (golfer)
1974
Australian professional golfer
Rasheed Wallace
1974
American basketball player (born 1974)
Diego Albanese
1973
Argentine rugby union player (born 1973)
Demis Nikolaidis
1973
Greek former footballer (born 1973)
Nate Berkus
1971
American interior designer (born 1971)
Mike Catt
1971
British Lions & England international rugby union player
Andy Edwards (footballer, born 1971)
1971
English footballer
Bobby Lee
1971
American comedian, actor, and podcaster
Mauro Milanese
1971
Italian former footballer and manager (born 1971)
Adam Devlin
1969
English rock guitarist
Ken Doherty
1969
Irish snooker player (born 1969)
Keith Flint
1969
English dancer and singer (1969–2019)
Matthew Settle
1969
American actor
Paul Varelans
1969
American martial artist (1969–2021)
Anastacia
1968
American singer (born 1968)
Cheryl Strayed
1968
American writer (born 1968)
Tito Vilanova
1968
Spanish football player and manager (1968–2014)
Valeri Zelepukin
1968
Russian ice hockey player
Michael Carbajal
1967
American boxer
Malik Yoba
1967
American actor (born 1967)
Doug E. Fresh
1966
Barbadian-American rapper (born 1966)
Kyle Chandler
1965
American actor (born 1965)
Yuji Naka
1965
Japanese video game designer (born 1965)
Guy Picciotto
1965
Musical artist (born 1965)
Bryan Singer
1965
American filmmaker (born 1965)
Masahiro Chono
1963
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1963)
James Urbaniak
1963
American actor (born 1963)
Paul Feig
1962
American filmmaker (b. 1962)
Baz Luhrmann
1962
Australian filmmaker (born 1962)
Dustin Nguyen
1962
Vietnamese American actor
Hesham Qandil
1962
Prime Minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
Wayne Riley
1962
Australian professional golfer
BeBe Winans
1962
American gospel and R&B singer (born 1962)
Jim Cornette
1961
American professional wrestling personality (born 1961)
Giorgos Koumoutsakos
1961
Greek politician
Ty Tabor
1961
American musician
John Bottomley
1960
Canadian singer and songwriter (1960–2011)
Kevin Clash
1960
American puppeteer (born 1960)
John Franco
1960
American baseball player (born 1960)
Damon Hill
1960
British racing driver (born 1960)
Alan Krueger
1960
American economist (1960–2019)
Janez Janša
1958
Slovenian politician (born 1958)
Tom Waddell (baseball)
1958
Scottish baseball player (1958–2019)
David Bintley
1957
English former ballet dancer
Steve Bryles
1957
American politician and businessman (1957–2012)
Nurten Yılmaz
1957
Austrian politician (born 1957)
Almazbek Atambayev
1956
President of Kyrgyzstan from 2011 to 2017
Thad Bosley
1956
American baseball player (born 1956)
Mandawuy Yunupingu
1956
Australian musician (1956–2013)
Scott Simpson (golfer)
1955
American professional golfer (born 1955)
Charles Martinet
1955
American actor (born 1955)
Mike Parson
1955
American politician (born 1955)
Joël-François Durand
1954
French composer
Bill Irwin (wrestler)
1954
American professional wrestler (born 1954)
Luís Amado
1953
Portuguese politician
Junior Bridgeman
1953
American basketball player and businessman (1953–2025)
Tamasin Day-Lewis
1953
British chef (born 1953)
Altaf Hussain (Pakistani politician)
1953
British Pakistani politician; founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (born 1953)
Rita Rudner
1953
American comedian (born 1953)
Harold Solomon
1952
American tennis player
Russell Brown (British politician)
1951
British politician (born 1951)
Cassandra Peterson
1951
American actress (born 1951)
Kermit Washington
1951
American basketball player
Narendra Modi
1950
Prime Minister of India since 2014
Fee Waybill
1950
Musical artist
Ron Stevens
1949
Canadian politician
Kemal Monteno
1948
Bosnian singer-songwriter (1948–2015)
John Ritter
1948
American actor (1948–2003)
Tessa Jowell
1947
British Labour politician (1947–2018)
Enrique Krauze
1947
Historian; author of ''Mexico: Biography of Power''
Gail Carson Levine
1947
American writer (born 1947)
Jeff MacNelly
1947
American cartoonist (1947–2000)
Billy Bonds
1946
English footballer (1946–2025)
Heimar Lenk
1946
Estonian journalist and politician
David Emerson
1945
Canadian businessman and politician
Phil Jackson
1945
American basketball player, coach and executive (born 1945)
Bhakti Charu Swami
1945
Indian ISKCON spiritual leader (1945–2020)
Les Emmerson
1944
Canadian musical artist (1944–2021)
Reinhold Messner
1944
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
Jean Taylor
1944
American mathematician
Robert Graysmith
1942
American writer (born 1942)
Des Lynam
1942
Television and radio presenter (born 1942)
Lupe Ontiveros
1942
American actress (1942–2012)
Bob Matsui
1941
American politician (1941–2005)
Jan Eliasson
1940
Swedish diplomat (born 1940)
Peter Lever
1940
English cricketer (1940–2025)
Gilberto Parlotti
1940
Italian motorcycle racer
Carl Dennis
1939
American poet and educator
Shelby Flint
1939
American singer/songwriter (b. 1939)
David Souter
1939
American lawyer and jurist (1939–2025)
Paul Benedict
1938
American actor (1938–2008)
Perry Robinson
1938
American musician
Bobby Wine
1938
American baseball player and manager (born 1938)
Nigel Boocock
1937
British motorcycle speedway rider
Orlando Cepeda
1937
Puerto Rican baseball player (1937–2024)
Sitakant Mahapatra
1937
Indian poet and literary critic (born 1937)
Gerald Guralnik
1936
American physicist (1936–2014)
Michael Hennagin
1936
American classical composer
Ken Kesey
1935
American writer and countercultural figure (1935–2001)
Maureen Connolly
1934
American tennis player (1934–1969)
Bulldog Brower
1933
American professional wrestler
Chuck Grassley
1933
American politician (born 1933)
Claude Provost
1933
Canadian ice hockey player (1933-1984)
Robert B. Parker
1932
American crime writer (1932–2010)
Indarjit Singh
1932
British journalist and broadcaster (born 1932)
Samuel Ogbemudia
1932
Nigerian politician
Anne Bancroft
1931
American actress (1931–2005)
Jean-Claude Carrière
1931
French writer (1931–2021)
David Huddleston
1930
American film and television actor (1930–2016)
Lalgudi Jayaraman
1930
Indian violinist (1930–2013)
Theo Loevendie
1930
Dutch composer and clarinet player (born 1930)
Edgar Mitchell
1930
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2016)
Jim Rohn
1930
American motivational speaker (1930–2026)
Thomas P. Stafford
1930
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2024)
Sil Austin
1929
American jazz saxophonist (1929–2001)
David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley
1929
British air marshal (born 1929)
Stirling Moss
1929
British racing driver (1929–2020)
Park Honan
1928
Roddy McDowall
1928
British-American actor (1928–1998)
George Blanda
1927
American football player (1927–2010)
Kevin Schubert
1927
Australia international rugby league player (1927-2007)
Bill Black
1926
American bassist (1926–1965)
Curtis Harrington
1926
American film director (1926–2007)
Hovie Lister
1926
American gospel musician, Baptist Minister, and politician (1926–2001)
Jean-Marie Lustiger
1926
French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Jack McDuff
1926
American jazz organist and bandleader (1926–2001)
Dorothy Loudon
1925
American actress, singer, performer (1925–2003)
John List (murderer)
1925
American mass murderer (1925–2008)
Ralph Sharon
1923
Musical artist
Hank Williams
1923
American singer, songwriter, and musician (1923–1953)
Agostinho Neto
1922
President of Angola from 1975 to 1979
Dinah Sheridan
1920
British actress (1920–2012)
Hans Otto Jung
1920
German viticulturist, musician, and music patron
Lea Gottlieb
1918
Israeli fashion designer and businesswoman
Chaim Herzog
1918
President of Israel from 1983 to 1993
Ib Melchior
1917
Danish-American filmmaker (1917–2015)
Isang Yun
1917
Korean and German composer (1917–1995)
Mary Stewart (novelist)
1916
British novelist (1916–2014)
M. F. Husain
1915
Indian artist (1915–2011)
Thomas J. Bata
1914
Czech-born Canadian businessman
William Grut
1914
Swedish modern pentathlete
Shin Kanemaru
1914
Japanese politician
Irena Kwiatkowska
1912
Polish actress (1912–2011)
Maksim Tank
1912
Belarusian poet
Elizabeth Enright
1909
American writer (1907–1968)
John Creasey
1908
English writer (1908–1973)
Rafayel Israyelian
1908
Armenian architect (1908–1973)
Warren E. Burger
1907
Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986
J. R. Jayewardene
1906
President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989
Edgar Wayburn
1906
American environmentalist
Tshekedi Khama
1905
Regent King (Kgosi) of Bechuanaland, Ruler of the Bangwato people of central Botswana
Karel Miljon
1903
Dutch boxer
Frank O'Connor
1903
Irish writer
Minanogawa Tōzō
1903
Japanese sumo wrestler
Bea Miles
1902
Australian bohemian rebel
Francis Chichester
1901
British sailor
Hughie Critz
1900
American baseball player (1900–1980)
Lena Frances Edwards
1900
American doctor
J. Willard Marriott
1900
American hotel founder
Martha Ostenso
1900
American screenwriter
Hedwig Ross
1900
Communist, teacher, editor (1900–1971)
1800s
Earl Webb
1897
American baseball player (1897–1965)
Anton Irv
1886
Estonian military personnel
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
1884
American composer (1884–1920)
William Carlos Williams
1883
American poet (1883–1963)
Alfred Carpenter
1881
Royal Navy admiral & VC recipient (1881-1955)
Rube Foster
1879
American baseball player (1879–1930)
Periyar
1879
Indian social activist and politician (1879–1973)
Vincenzo Tommasini
1878
Italian composer (1878–1950)
Walter Murdoch
1874
Australian academic and essayist (1874-1970)
Eivind Astrup
1871
Norwegian explorer and writer (1871–1895)
Christian Lous Lange
1869
Norwegian diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize recipient (1869–1938)
James Alexander Calder
1868
Canadian politician
Vera Yevstafievna Popova
1867
Russian chemist (1867–1896)
William Murray McPherson
1865
Australian politician (1865–1932)
Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
1864
Ukrainian author (1864–1913)
James Tancred
1864
Mihkel Martna
1860
Estonian politician and journalist
Frank Dawson Adams
1859
Canadian geologist (1859–1942)
Billy the Kid
1859
American outlaw and gunfighter (1859–1881)
I. L. Patterson
1859
18th Governor of Oregon
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
1857
Russian scientist (1857–1935)
David Dunbar Buick
1854
Inventor and the founder of Buick Motor Company
Frederick Corbett
1853
Guerra Junqueiro
1850
Portuguese civil servant
Bernhard Riemann
1826
German mathematician (1826–1866)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
1825
US Supreme Court justice from 1888 to 1893
Arthur Saint-Léon
1821
French choreographer (1821–1870)
Émile Augier
1820
French dramatist (1820–1889)
Earl Van Dorn
1820
Confederate States Army general
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
1819
Founder of Pretoria, South Africa (1819-1901)
Hermann Trautschold
1817
German-Russian geologist and paleontologist (1817–1902)
Before 1800
Heinrich Kuhl
1797
German naturalist and zoologist (1797–1821)
Teresa Casati
1787
Italian noblewoman and revolutionary (1787–1830)
Aleksandr Aleksandrov
1783
Russian military officer and writer (1783–1866)
Jonathan Alder
1773
American settler (1773–1849
Johann August Apel
1771
German writer and jurist (1771–1816)
Marquis de Condorcet
1743
French philosopher and mathematician (1743–1794)
John Rutledge
1739
Chief Justice of the United States in 1795
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
1730
Prussian military officer (1730–1794)
Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy
1688
Queen of Spain from 1701 to 1714
Hans Herr
1639
Swiss-American Mennonite bishop (1639–1725)
Ranuccio II Farnese
1630
Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1646 to 1694
Francesco Sacrati
1605
Italian composer
John Prideaux
1578
English academic and Bishop of Worcester
Edward Fortunatus
1565
German nobleman
Pope Paul V
1550
Head of the Catholic Church from 1605 to 1621
Celio Calcagnini
1479
Italian humanist and scientist
James of Portugal
1433
Bishop of Arras and of Paphos
Charles the Simple
879
King of West Francia from 898 to 922