People born on February 17 167
Wu Zetian
b. 624 – d. 705
Wu Zetian, Chinese consort to Emperor Gaozong of Tang, afterwards ruled as a regent and then as the empress of the Zhou dynasty (d. 705)
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
b. 1201 – d. 1274
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (b. 1201)
Raffaello Maffei
b. 1451 – d. 1522
Raffaello Maffei, Italian theologian (d. 1522)
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
b. 1490 – d. 1527
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (b.1490)
Francis, Duke of Guise
b. 1519 – d. 1563
Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine
b. 1524 – d. 1574
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (d. 1574)
Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert
b. 1646 – d. 1714
Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (b. 1646)
Arcangelo Corelli
b. 1653 – d. 1713
Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1713)
Tobias Mayer
b. 1723 – d. 1762
Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (b. 1723)
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
b. 1740 – d. 1799
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist (d. 1799)
Friedrich Maximilian Klinger
b. 1752 – d. 1831
Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)
Nicolas Baudin
b. 1754 – d. 1803
Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (b. 1754)
René Laennec
b. 1781 – d. 1826
René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
Philipp Franz von Siebold
b. 1796 – d. 1866
Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (d. 1866)
Édouard Thilges
b. 1817 – d. 1904
Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgian jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1904)
Henri Vieuxtemps
b. 1820 – d. 1881
Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
Lola Montez
b. 1821 – d. 1861
Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer (d. 1861)
Richard Henry Park
b. 1832 – d. 1902
Richard Henry Park, American sculptor (d. 1902)
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
b. 1836 – d. 1870
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1870)
Aaron Montgomery Ward
b. 1844 – d. 1913
Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward (d. 1913)
Louisa Lawson
b. 1848 – d. 1920
Louisa Lawson, Australian poet and publisher (d. 1920)
Friedrich Alfred Krupp
b. 1854 – d. 1902
Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German businessman (d. 1902)
Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
b. 1861 – d. 1922
Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (d. 1922)
Mori Ōgai
b. 1862 – d. 1922
Mori Ōgai, Japanese general, author, and poet (d. 1922)
Jozef Murgaš
b. 1864 – d. 1929
Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
Banjo Paterson
b. 1864 – d. 1941
Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1941)
Thomas J. Watson
b. 1874 – d. 1956
Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (b. 1874)
Isabelle Eberhardt
b. 1877 – d. 1904
Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author (d. 1904)
André Maginot
b. 1877 – d. 1932
André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (d. 1932)
Mary Carson Breckinridge
b. 1881 – d. 1965
Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse-midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service (d. 1965)
Joseph Bech
b. 1887 – d. 1975
Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1975)
Leevi Madetoja
b. 1887 – d. 1947
Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
Otto Stern
b. 1888 – d. 1969
Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
Ronald Fisher
b. 1890 – d. 1962
Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)
Abraham Fraenkel
b. 1891 – d. 1965
Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (d. 1965)
Wally Pipp
b. 1893 – d. 1965
Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist (d. 1965)
Jibanananda Das
b. 1899 – d. 1954
Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author (d. 1954)
Ruth Clifford
b. 1900 – d. 1998
Ruth Clifford, American actress (d. 1998)
Sadegh Hedayat
b. 1903 – d. 1951
Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator (d. 1951)
Hans Morgenthau
b. 1904 – d. 1980
Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1904)
Rózsa Péter
b. 1905 – d. 1977
Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1977)
Mary Brian
b. 1906 – d. 2002
Mary Brian, American actress (d. 2002)
Red Barber
b. 1908 – d. 1992
Red Barber, American sportscaster (d. 1992)
Bo Yibo
b. 1908 – d. 2007
Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2007)
Marc Lawrence
b. 1910 – d. 2005
Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
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Oskar Seidlin
b. 1911 – d. 1984
Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (d. 1984)
Andre Norton
b. 1912 – d. 2005
Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)
Arthur Kennedy (actor)
b. 1914 – d. 1990
Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990)
Wayne Morris (American actor)
b. 1914 – d. 1959
Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
Alexander Obolensky
b. 1916 – d. 1940
Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player and pilot (d. 1940)
Don Tallon
b. 1916 – d. 1984
Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (b. 1916)
Raf Vallone
b. 1916 – d. 2002
Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (d. 2002)
William Bronk
b. 1918 – d. 1999
William Bronk, American poet and academic (b. 1918)
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Jacqueline Ferrand
b. 1918 – d. 2014
Jacqueline Ferrand, French mathematician (d. 2014)
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J. M. S. Careless
b. 1919 – d. 2009
J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1919)
Kathleen Freeman
b. 1919 – d. 2001
Kathleen Freeman, American actress (b. 1919)
Joe Hunt
b. 1919 – d. 1945
Joe Hunt, American tennis player (d. 1945)
Ivo Caprino
b. 1920 – d. 2001
Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
Curt Swan
b. 1920 – d. 1996
Curt Swan, American illustrator (b. 1920)
Duane Gish
b. 1921 – d. 2013
Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (d. 2013)
Tommy Edwards
b. 1922 – d. 1969
Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1969)
John M. Allegro
b. 1923 – d. 1988
John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (b. 1923)
Buddy DeFranco
b. 1923 – d. 2014
Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player and bandleader (d. 2014)
Margaret Truman
b. 1924 – d. 2008
Margaret Truman, American singer and author (d. 2008)
Ron Goodwin
b. 1925 – d. 2003
Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
Hal Holbrook
b. 1925
Hal Holbrook, American actor and director
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Marta Romero
b. 1928 – d. 2013
Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress and singer (d. 2013)
Alejandro Jodorowsky
b. 1929
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French director and screenwriter
Chaim Potok
b. 1929 – d. 2002
Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929)
Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale
b. 1929 – d. 1993
Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 1993)
Patricia Routledge
b. 1929
Patricia Routledge, English actress and singer
Roger Craig (baseball)
b. 1930
Roger Craig, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Benjamin Fain
b. 1930 – d. 2013
Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1930)
Ruth Rendell
b. 1930 – d. 2015
Ruth Rendell, English author (b. 1930)
Jiřina Jirásková
b. 1931 – d. 2013
Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress and singer (d. 2013)
Buddy Ryan
b. 1931 – d. 2016
Buddy Ryan, American football coach (b. 1931)
Larry Jennings
b. 1933 – d. 1997
Larry Jennings, American magician and author (d. 1997)
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Bobby Lewis
b. 1933
Bobby Lewis, American R&B singer
Craig L. Thomas
b. 1933 – d. 2007
Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (b. 1933)
Alan Bates
b. 1934 – d. 2003
Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)
Barry Humphries
b. 1934
Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), Australian comedian, actor, and author
Christina Pickles
b. 1935
Christina Pickles, English-American actress
Jim Brown
b. 1936
Jim Brown, American football player and actor
Barry Jarman
b. 1936
Barry Jarman, Australian cricketer
Mary Ann Mobley
b. 1937 – d. 2014
Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (d. 2014)
Vicente Fernández
b. 1940
Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
Gene Pitney
b. 1940 – d. 2006
Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
Julia McKenzie
b. 1941
Julia McKenzie, English actress, singer, and director
Huey P. Newton
b. 1942 – d. 1989
Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (b. 1942)
Karl Jenkins
b. 1944
Karl Jenkins, Welsh saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer (Soft Machine)
Zina Bethune
b. 1945 – d. 2012
Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2012)
Brenda Fricker
b. 1945
Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
Shahrnush Parsipur
b. 1946
Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian-American author and academic
José José
b. 1948
José José, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Rick Majerus
b. 1948 – d. 2012
Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
Fred Frith
b. 1949
Fred Frith, English guitarist and songwriter
Dennis Green
b. 1949 – d. 2016
Dennis Green, American football player and coach (b. 1949)
Rickey Medlocke
b. 1950
Rickey Medlocke, American guitarist
Rashid Minhas
b. 1951 – d. 1971
Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)
Karin Büttner-Janz
b. 1952
Karin Büttner-Janz, German gymnast and physician
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Vladimír Padrůněk
b. 1952 – d. 1991
Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech bass player (b. 1952)
Lou Ann Barton
b. 1954
Lou Ann Barton, American blues singer-songwriter
Miki Berkovich
b. 1954
Miki Berkovich, Israeli basketball player
Rene Russo
b. 1954
Rene Russo, American actress
Mo Yan
b. 1955
Mo Yan, Chinese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Richard Karn
b. 1956
Richard Karn, American actor and game show host
Loreena McKennitt
b. 1957
Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer-songwriter, accordion player, and pianist
Alan Wiggins
b. 1958 – d. 1991
Alan Wiggins, American baseball player (d. 1991)
Aryeh Deri
b. 1959
Aryeh Deri, Moroccan-Israeli rabbi and politician, Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs
Rowdy Gaines
b. 1959
Rowdy Gaines, American swimmer and sportscaster
Lindy Ruff
b. 1960
Lindy Ruff, Canadian hockey player and coach
Angela Eagle
b. 1961
Angela Eagle, English politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Maria Eagle
b. 1961
Maria Eagle, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Andrey Korotayev
b. 1961
Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist, historian, and sociologist
Lou Diamond Phillips
b. 1962
Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor and director
Larry the Cable Guy
b. 1963
Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian and voice actor
Alison Hargreaves
b. 1963 – d. 1995
Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (b. 1963)
Jen-Hsun Huang
b. 1963
Jen-Hsun Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Nvidia
Michael Jordan
b. 1963
Michael Jordan, American basketball player and actor
Michael Bay
b. 1965
Michael Bay, American director and producer
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Danny Lee (rugby league)
b. 1965
Danny Lee, Australian rugby league player
Michael Lepond
b. 1966
Michael Lepond, American bass player
Quorthon
b. 1966 – d. 2004
Quorthon, Swedish musician (b. 1966)
Luc Robitaille
b. 1966
Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and actor
Wu'erkaixi
b. 1968
Wu'erkaixi, Chinese journalist and activist
Bryan Cox
b. 1968
Bryan Cox, American football player and coach
David Douillet
b. 1969
David Douillet, French martial artist and politician
Vasily Kudinov
b. 1969 – d. 2017
Vasily Kudinov, Russian handball player (d. 2017)
Dominic Purcell
b. 1970
Dominic Purcell, English-born Irish-Australian actor and producer
Denise Richards
b. 1971
Denise Richards, American model and actress
Billie Joe Armstrong
b. 1972
Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
Philippe Candeloro
b. 1972
Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
Taylor Hawkins
b. 1972
Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and drummer
Valeria Mazza
b. 1972
Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model and businesswoman
Lars Göran Petrov
b. 1972
Lars Göran Petrov, Swedish singer and drummer
Raphaël Ibañez
b. 1973
Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby player
Kaoru (musician)
b. 1974
Kaoru, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Jerry O'Connell
b. 1974
Jerry O'Connell, American actor, director, and producer
Václav Prospal
b. 1975
Václav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player
Tonie Carroll
b. 1976
Tonie Carroll, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player and coach
Al Harrington
b. 1980
Al Harrington, American basketball player
Klemi Saban
b. 1980
Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
b. 1981
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor, director, and producer
Paris Hilton
b. 1981
Paris Hilton, American model, media personality, actress, singer, DJ, author and businesswoman
Pontus Segerström
b. 1981 – d. 2014
Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (d. 2014)
Andrew Stephenson
b. 1981
Andrew Stephenson, English politician
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Adriano (footballer, born 1982)
b. 1982
Adriano, Brazilian footballer
Brian Bruney
b. 1982
Brian Bruney, American baseball player
Daniel Merriweather
b. 1982
Daniel Merriweather, Australian singer-songwriter
Kevin Rudolf
b. 1983
Kevin Rudolf, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
AB de Villiers
b. 1984
AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
Jimmy Jacobs
b. 1984
Jimmy Jacobs, American wrestler
Katie Hill
b. 1984
Katie Hill, Australian 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player.
Drew Miller
b. 1984
Drew Miller, American ice hockey player
Marcin Gortat
b. 1984
Marcin Gortat, Polish basketball player
Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper)
b. 1985
Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper
Vasyl Lomachenko
b. 1988
Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukrainian boxer
Rebecca Adlington
b. 1989
Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer
Jake Marketo
b. 1989
Jake Marketo, Australian rugby league player
Chord Overstreet
b. 1989
Chord Overstreet, American actor and singer
Tom Symonds
b. 1989
Tom Symonds, Australian rugby league player
Marianne St-Gelais
b. 1990
Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian speed skater
Ed Sheeran
b. 1991
Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Bonnie Wright
b. 1991
Bonnie Wright, English actress, director, and screenwriter
Nicola Leali
b. 1993
Nicola Leali, Italian footballer
Marc Márquez
b. 1993
Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
Angie Miller (American singer)
b. 1994
Angie Miller, American singer-songwriter and pianist