History Births on February 17

Louisa Lawson, Australian poet and publisher (d. 1920)

#Louisa_Lawson

Charles III, duke of Bourbon (d. 1527)

#Charles_III,_Duke_of_Bourbon

Karin Büttner-Janz, German gymnast and physician

#Karin_Büttner-Janz

David Douillet, French martial artist and politician

#David_Douillet

Rory Kinnear, English actor and playwright

#Rory_Kinnear

Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)

#Alan_Bates

Brenda Fricker, Irish actress

#Brenda_Fricker

Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (d. 1574)

#Charles,_Cardinal_of_Lorraine

Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)

#Gene_Pitney

Bonnie Wright, English actress, director, and screenwriter

#Bonnie_Wright

Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter (d. 1929)

#Jozef_Murgaš

Jake Marketo, Australian rugby league player

#Jake_Marketo

Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), Australian comedian, actor, and author

#Barry_Humphries

Jim Brown, American football player and actor

#Jim_Brown

Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist (d. 1965)

#Wally_Pipp

Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1713)

#Arcangelo_Corelli

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor, director, and producer

#Joseph_Gordon-Levitt

Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French director and screenwriter

#Alejandro_Jodorowsky

Adriano, Brazilian footballer

#Adriano_(footballer,_born_1982)

Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author (d. 1954)

#Jibanananda_Das

Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper

#Anders_Jacobsen_(ski_jumper)

Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukrainian boxer

#Vasyl_Lomachenko

Buddy Ryan, American football coach (d. 2016)

#Buddy_Ryan

Maria Eagle, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

#Maria_Eagle

Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (d. 2001)

#Ivo_Caprino

Michael Bay, American director and producer

#Michael_Bay

Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969)

#Otto_Stern

Richard Henry Park, American sculptor (d. 1902)

#Richard_Henry_Park

Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1975)

#Joseph_Bech

Rene Russo, American actress

#Rene_Russo

Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Ed_Sheeran

Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgian jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1904)

#Édouard_Thilges

Fred Frith, English guitarist and songwriter

#Fred_Frith

Dominic Purcell, English-born Irish-Australian actor and producer

#Dominic_Purcell

Roger Craig, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Roger_Craig_(baseball)

Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (d. 2014)

#Mary_Ann_Mobley

Richard Karn, American actor and game show host

#Richard_Karn

Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist (d. 1962)

#Ronald_Fisher

Lars Göran Petrov, Swedish singer and drummer

#Lars_Göran_Petrov

Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer

#Klemi_Saban

Mori ?gai, Japanese general, author, and poet (d. 1922)

#Mori_?gai

Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2007)

#Bo_Yibo

Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer

#Marc_Márquez

Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian and voice actor

#Larry_the_Cable_Guy

Tom Symonds, Australian rugby league player

#Tom_Symonds

Marcin Gortat, Polish basketball player

#Marcin_Gortat

Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2012)

#Zina_Bethune

Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1941)

#Banjo_Paterson

Julia McKenzie, English actress, singer, and director

#Julia_McKenzie

Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (d. 1965)

#Abraham_Fraenkel

Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and drummer

#Taylor_Hawkins

Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby player

#Raphaël_Ibañez

Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (d. 1989)

#Huey_P._Newton

Mo Yan, Chinese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Mo_Yan

Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 1993)

#Nicholas_Ridley,_Baron_Ridley_of_Liddesdale

Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1959)

#Wayne_Morris_(American_actor)

Annie Castor, American disability and communication disorder advocate

#Annie_Glenn

Al Harrington, American basketball player

#Al_Harrington

John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (d. 1988)

#John_M._Allegro

Nicola Leali, Italian footballer

#Nicola_Leali

Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer

#Rebecca_Adlington

Kevin Rudolf, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Kevin_Rudolf

Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (d. 2014)

#Pontus_Segerström

Lou Ann Barton, American blues singer-songwriter

#Lou_Ann_Barton

Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (d. 1995)

#Alison_Hargreaves

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1870)

#Gustavo_Adolfo_Bécquer

Mary Brian, American actress (d. 2002)

#Mary_Brian

Michael Lepond, American bass player

#Michael_Lepond

Angela Eagle, English politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

#Angela_Eagle

Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (d. 2007)

#Craig_L._Thomas

Jimmy Jacobs, American wrestler

#Jimmy_Jacobs

Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1977)

#Rózsa_Péter

Michael Jordan, American basketball player and actor

#Michael_Jordan

Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward (d. 1913)

#Aaron_Montgomery_Ward

Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (d. 1937)

#Ruth_Baldwin_(died_1937)

Christina Pickles, English-American actress

#Christina_Pickles

Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, duchess of Albany (d. 1922)

#Princess_Helena_of_Waldeck_and_Pyrmont

John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (d. 1826)

#John_Pinkerton

Chaim Potok, American rabbi and author (d. 2002)

#Chaim_Potok

Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)

#Pierre_Le_Pesant,_sieur_de_Boisguilbert

Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player and pilot (d. 1940)

#Alexander_Obolensky

Miki Berkovich, Israeli basketball player

#Miki_Berkovich

Wu'erkaixi, Chinese journalist and activist

#Wu'erkaixi

Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1969)

#Tommy_Edwards

Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (d. 2013)

#Benjamin_Fain

AB de Villiers, South African cricketer

#AB_de_Villiers

Katie Hill, Australian 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player.

#Katie_Hill_(basketball)

Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German businessman (d. 1902)

#Friedrich_Alfred_Krupp

Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater

#Philippe_Candeloro

José José, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

#José_José

Hal Holbrook, American actor and director

#Hal_Holbrook

Brian Bruney, American baseball player

#Brian_Bruney

Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (d. 2002)

#Raf_Vallone

Raffaello Maffei, Italian theologian (d. 1522)

#Raffaello_Maffei

Rickey Medlocke, American guitarist

#Rickey_Medlocke

Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (d. 1866)

#Philipp_Franz_von_Siebold

Drew Miller, American ice hockey player

#Drew_Miller

Paris Hilton, American model, media personality, actress, singer, DJ, author and businesswoman

#Paris_Hilton

Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (d. 1762)

#Tobias_Mayer

René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (d. 1826)

#René_Laennec

Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player and bandleader (d. 2014)

#Buddy_DeFranco

Václav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player

#Václav_Prospal

Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer (d. 1803)

#Nicolas_Baudin

Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (d. 1947)

#Leevi_Madetoja

Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)

#Rick_Majerus

Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist, historian, and sociologist

#Andrey_Korotayev

Red Barber, American sportscaster (d. 1992)

#Red_Barber

Lindy Ruff, Canadian hockey player and coach

#Lindy_Ruff

Aryeh Deri, Moroccan-Israeli rabbi and politician, Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs

#Aryeh_Deri

André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (d. 1932)

#André_Maginot

Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (d. 1984)

#Don_Tallon

Rowdy Gaines, American swimmer and sportscaster

#Rowdy_Gaines

Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and actor

#Luc_Robitaille

Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian-American author and academic

#Shahrnush_Parsipur

Denise Richards, American model and actress

#Denise_Richards

Giuseppe Signori, Italian footballer

#Giuseppe_Signori

Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian speed skater

#Marianne_St-Gelais

Karl Jenkins, Welsh saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer (Soft Machine)

#Karl_Jenkins

Jerry O'Connell, American actor, director, and producer

#Jerry_O'Connell

Daniel Merriweather, Australian singer-songwriter

#Daniel_Merriweather

Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator (d. 1951)

#Sadegh_Hedayat

Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor and director

#Lou_Diamond_Phillips

Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model and businesswoman

#Valeria_Mazza

Andrew Stephenson, English politician

#Andrew_Stephenson

Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer-songwriter, accordion player, and pianist

#Loreena_McKennitt

Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer (d. 1861)

#Lola_Montez

Francis, French Grand Chamberlain (d. 1563)

#Francis,_Duke_of_Guise

Chord Overstreet, American actor and singer

#Chord_Overstreet

Margaret Truman, American singer and author (d. 2008)

#Margaret_Truman

Ruth Rendell, English author (d. 2015)

#Ruth_Rendell

Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (d. 1956)

#Thomas_J._Watson

Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer

#Vicente_Fernández

Ji?ina Jirásková, Czech actress and singer (d. 2013)

#Ji?ina_Jirásková

Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author (d. 1904)

#Isabelle_Eberhardt

Wu Zetian, Chinese empress consort (d. 705)

#Wu_Zetian

Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1881)

#Henri_Vieuxtemps

Ruth Clifford, American actress (d. 1998)

#Ruth_Clifford

Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer

#Billie_Joe_Armstrong

Kaoru, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Vasily Kudinov, Russian handball player (d. 2017)

Quorthon, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)

Danny Lee, Australian rugby league player

Jen-Hsun Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Nvidia

Vladimír Padr?n?k, Czech bass player (d. 1991)

Rashid Minhas, Pakistani soldier and pilot (d. 1971)

Dennis Green, American football player and coach (d. 2016)

Patricia Routledge, English actress and singer

Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress and singer (d. 2013)

Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)

Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (d. 2013)

Curt Swan, American soldier and illustrator (d. 1996)

Joe Hunt, American tennis player (d. 1945)

Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer (d. 2001)

J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (d. 2009)

Jacqueline Ferrand, French mathematician (d. 2014)

William Bronk, American poet and academic (d. 1999)

Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990)

Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)

Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (d. 1984)

Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)

Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1980)

Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service (d. 1965)

Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (d. 1831)

Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist (d. 1799)

Al-Juwayni, Persian scholar and imam (d. 1085)