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April 17 birthdays

287 notable historical figures were born on April 17, and 175 died on this day. Everyone born on April 17 is a Aries.

18% of April 17 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (51) than any other country.

Born on April 17

• Victoria Beckham (born 1974. English fashion designer and singer (born 1974))
• Sean Bean (born 1959. British actor (born 1959))
• Jennifer Garner (born 1972. American actress (born 1972))
• J. P. Morgan (1837 to 1913. American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913))
• Alexander II of Russia (1818 to 1881. Emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881)
• Chandra Shekhar (1927 to 2007. Prime Minister of India from 1990 to 1991)
• Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916 to 2000. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1916–2000))
• Kimberly Elise (born 1967. American actress (born 1967))
• Swein Forkbeard (963 to 1014. King of Denmark, Norway and England (963–1014))
• Taksin (1734 to 1782. King of Siam from 1767 to 1782)
• Frederick of Hesse-Cassel (1676 to 1751. King of Sweden from 1720 to 1751)
• John Gray (philosopher) (born 1948. English political philosopher (born 1948))
• Ferdinand Piëch (1937 to 2019. Austrian industrialist (1937–2019), head of Volkswagen)
• James Last (1929 to 2015. German composer and big band leader (1929–2015))
• Michael Sembello (born 1954. American musician)
• Majid Majidi (born 1959. Iranian film director)
• Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919 to 1983. President of Cuba from 1959 to 1976)
• Ruth Ben-Ghiat (born 1960. American historian)
• Paul von Rennenkampf (1854 to 1918. Imperial Russian general (1854–1918))
• Maximilian I (1573 to 1651. Duke/Elector of Bavaria from 1597 to 1651)
• Cap Anson (1852 to 1922. American baseball player (1852–1922))
• Pedro de Valdivia (1497 to 1553. Spanish conquistador (1497–1553))
• Myuran Sukumaran (1981 to 2015. Australian drug trafficker (1981-2015))
• Leonard Woolley (1880 to 1960. British archaeologist (1880–1960))
• Joe Foss (1915 to 2003. United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient and American politician)
• Kiril Petkov (born 1980. Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2021 to 2022)
• Benjamin Tucker (1854 to 1939. American individualist anarchist (1854–1939))
• Alain Poher (1909 to 1996. French politician (1909–1996))
• Michael IX (1277 to 1320. Byzantine emperor from 1294 to 1320)
• Herms Niel (1888 to 1954. German composer (1888–1954))
• Alexander Cartwright (1820 to 1892. Baseball club founding member (1820–1892))
• Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1912 to 1999. Indian novelist (1912-1999))
• Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598 to 1671. Italian astronomer and priest (1598–1671))
• Dheeran Chinnamalai (1757 to 1805. Indian freedom fighter)
• Mariama Bâ (1929 to 1981. Senegalese novelist (1929–1981))
• John Ford (dramatist) (1586 to 1639. English poet and playwright (1586 – c. 1639))
• Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (1890 to 1973. Cretan Turkish author, essayist, ethnographer and travel writer (1890–1973))
• Buster Williams (born 1942. American jazz bassist)
• René Moawad (1925 to 1989. President of Lebanon in 1989)
• Andrea Gritti (1455 to 1538. Doge of Venice from 1523 to 1538)
• Karen Blixen (1885 to 1962. Danish writer (1885–1962))
• Eliza Acton (1799 to 1859. English food writer and poet)
• José Enrique Varela (1891 to 1951. Spanish military officer)
• Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville (1823 to 1870. Spanish infante (1823–1870))
• Moishe Postone (1942 to 2018. Canadian social theorist and historian (1942–2018))
• Prince Mirko of Montenegro (1879 to 1918. Grand Duke of Grahovo)
• William Holden (1918 to 1981. American actor (1918–1981))
• Christiane Völling (born 1959. German intersex activist)
• Karen Demirchyan (1932 to 1999. Soviet Armenian politician (1932–1999))
• Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (born 1938. German-American Catholic theologian (born 1938))
• Georges J. F. Köhler (1946 to 1995. German biologist (1946–1995))
• Romain Grosjean (born 1986. French and Swiss racing driver (born 1986))
• Jo Ann Robinson (1912 to 1992. American civil rights activist)
• Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794 to 1868. German botanist (1794–1868))
• Ramiz Mehdiyev (born 1938. Azerbaijani academic & politician (born 1938))
• Jillian Tamaki (born 1980. Canadian American illustrator and comic artist)
• B. Alan Wallace (born 1950. American author and Tibetan Buddhism expert)
• Aniceto Lacson (1857 to 1931. President of the Negros Republic from 1898 to 1901)
• Miss Read (1913 to 2012. English novelist)
• Hendrik Christian Andersen (1872 to 1940. Norwegian-American sculptor and painter)

Died on April 17

• Benjamin Franklin (1706 to 1790. American Founding Father and polymath (1706–1790))
• Gabriel García Márquez (1927 to 2014. Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014))
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888 to 1975. President of India from 1962 to 1967)
• Chaim Herzog (1918 to 1997. President of Israel from 1983 to 1993)
• Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651 to 1695. Mexican Catholic nun, philosopher, composer and poet (1648–1695))
• John Paul Getty Jr. (1932 to 2003. British-American businessman and philanthropist (1932–2003))
• Joseph I (1678 to 1711. Holy Roman Emperor from 1705 to 1711)
• Mark W. Clark (1896 to 1984. American general (1896–1984))
• Bogd Khan (1869 to 1924. 1911–1924 ruler of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia)
• Aimé Césaire (1913 to 2008. Martinican writer, poet and politician (1913–2008))
• Alan García (1949 to 2019. President of Peru (1985–1990 and 2006–2011))
• Barbara Bush (1925 to 2018. First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993)
• Francis of Spain (1822 to 1902. King consort of Spain from 1846 to 1868)
• Alexander Mackenzie (politician) (1822 to 1892. Prime Minister of Canada from 1873 to 1878)
• Proclus (412 to 485. 5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher)
• Louise Nevelson (1899 to 1988. American sculptor (1899–1988))
• Bernard (797 to 818. King of Italy (797–818))
• Francis George (1937 to 2015. American Catholic bishop and cardinal (1937–2015))
• Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry (1798 to 1870. Italian and French princess (1798–1870))
• Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913 to 1994. American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate)
• Andrew Jackson Jr. (1809 to 1865. Adopted son of U.S. President Andrew Jackson (1808–1865))
• Piet Hein (scientist) (1905 to 1996. Danish polymath (1905–1996))
• Bessie Head (1937 to 1986. Botswana writer (1937–1986))
• Marino Faliero (1274 to 1355. Doge of Venice from 1354 to 1355)
• Meñli I Giray (1445 to 1515. Khan of Crimea in 1466, 1469–1475, and 1478–1515)
• Queen Sinjeong (1808 to 1890. Queen regent of Joseon (1809–1890))
• Aminu Kano (1920 to 1983. Nigerian politician (1920–1983))
• Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773 to 1852. French general and statesman)
• Jaak Panksepp (1943 to 2017. American neuroscientist (1943–2017))
• George I the Bearded (1471 to 1539. Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539)

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