On this day · Aquarius

February 17 birthdays

330 notable historical figures were born on February 17, and 206 died on this day. Everyone born on February 17 is a Aquarius.

18% of February 17 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (74) than any other country.

Born on February 17

• Paris Hilton (born 1981. American media personality (born 1981))
• Ed Sheeran (born 1991. English singer-songwriter (born 1991))
• Michael Jordan (born 1963. American basketball player and businessman (born 1963))
• Jim Brown (1936 to 2023. American football player and actor (1936–2023))
• Wu Zetian (624 to 705. Empress of China from 690 to 705)
• Sivakartikeyan (born 1985. Indian actor and musician (born 1985))
• Ronald Fisher (1890 to 1962. British polymath (1890–1962))
• Valentin Ceaușescu (born 1946. Romanian physicist (born 1948))
• Whang-od (born 1917. Filipino tattoo artist (born 1917))
• Margaret Truman (1924 to 2008. American writer and daughter of President Harry S. Truman (1924–2008))
• Karl Jenkins (born 1944. Welsh musician and composer (born 1944))
• Lee Ju-ho (born 1961. South Korean politician (born 1961))
• Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (1951 to 2007. Iraqi Mukhabarat leader (1951–2007))
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 to 1713. Italian violinist and composer (1653–1713))
• Ruth Rendell (1930 to 2015. English writer (1930–2015))
• Banjo Paterson (1864 to 1941. Australian journalist, author, and poet (1864–1941))
• Kristen Doute (born 1983. American television personality)
• Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490 to 1527. French general and nobleman (1490–1527))
• Mori Ōgai (1862 to 1922. Japanese writer (1862–1922))
• Sadegh Hedayat (1903 to 1951. Iranian writer (1903–1951))
• Andre Norton (1912 to 2005. American science fiction and fantasy writer (1912–2005))
• Shoichiro Toyoda (1925 to 2023. Japanese businessman (1925–2023))
• Ronald Knox (1888 to 1957. English Catholic priest and author (1888–1957))
• Thomas Heatherwick (born 1970. English designer and architect (born 1970))
• Fred Frith (born 1949. English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser (born 1949))
• Otto Stern (1888 to 1969. German-American experimental physicist (1888–1969))
• Francis, Duke of Guise (1519 to 1563. French soldier and politician (1519–1563))
• Suzan DelBene (born 1962. American politician (born 1962))
• Jibanananda Das (1899 to 1954. Bengali poet (1899–1954))
• Isabelle Eberhardt (1877 to 1904. Swiss explorer and writer)
• Pedro Paterno (1857 to 1911. Prime Minister of the Philippines in 1899)
• Guillermo González Camarena (1917 to 1965. Mexican electrical engineer and inventor)
• Karl Ernst von Baer (1792 to 1876. Baltic German scientist (1792–1876))
• Infanta Antónia of Portugal (1845 to 1913. Portuguese infanta (1845–1913))
• Juan Almeida Bosque (1927 to 2009. Cuban revolutionary and politician (1927–2009))
• Princess Louise of Denmark (1875–1906) (1875 to 1906. Danish princess)
• Hal Holbrook (1925 to 2021. American actor (1925–2021))
• Billie Joe Armstrong (born 1972. American rock musician and songwriter (born 1972))
• Julia de Burgos (1914 to 1953. Puerto Rican poet (1914–1953))
• Robert Neyland (1892 to 1962. American football player, coach, and US Army officer (1892–1962))
• Al-Juwayni (1028 to 1085. Muslim scholar and theologian (1028–1085))
• Dositej Obradović (1742 to 1811. Serbian writer and pedagogue (1739–1811))
• Henri Vieuxtemps (1820 to 1881. Belgian composer and violinist)
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born 1981. American actor (born 1981))
• Denise Richards (born 1971. American actress and model (born 1971))
• Noga Alon (born 1956. Israeli mathematician)
• Nicolas Baudin (1754 to 1803. French explorer (1754–1803))
• al-Mustansir I (1192 to 1242. 36th and Penultimate Abbasid Caliph (r. 1226–1242))
• Jo Kendall (1938 to 2022. British actress (1940–2022))
• Julia Cagé (born 1984. French economist (born 1984))
• Jovan Dučić (1871 to 1943. Herzegovinian Serb poet-diplomat (1872–1943))
• Stanley Norman Cohen (born 1935. American geneticist (born 1935))
• Fyodor Sologub (1863 to 1927. Russian symbolist writer (1863–1927))
• Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740 to 1799. Genevan scientist and mountaineer (1740–1799))
• Andrey Korotayev (born 1961. Russian anthropologist (born 1961))
• Shahrnush Parsipur (1946 to 2026. Iranian writer and translator (born 1946))
• Ernst Troeltsch (1865 to 1923. German theologian, writer, philosopher and politician (1865–1923))
• Poykayil Yohannan (1878 to 1943. Renaissance leader (1879–1939))
• Joseph Bech (1887 to 1975. Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1926-1937, 1953-1958))
• Marc Márquez (born 1993. Spanish motorcycle racer (born 1993))

Died on February 17

• Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895 to 1986. Spiritual speaker and writer (1895–1986))
• Giordano Bruno (1548 to 1600. Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600))
• Albert I of Belgium (1875 to 1934. King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934)
• Sejong the Great (1397 to 1450. King of Joseon from 1418 to 1450)
• Ernst Jünger (1895 to 1998. German soldier and author (1895–1998))
• Heinrich Heine (1797 to 1856. German writer and literary critic (1797–1856))
• Wilfrid Laurier (1841 to 1919. Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911)
• Jovian (emperor) (331 to 364. Roman emperor from 363 to 364)
• Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847 to 1909. Russian grand duke (1847–1909))
• Alfred Newman (1901 to 1970. American composer (1900-1970))
• Queen Seondeok of Silla (606 to 647. Monarch of Silla from 632 to 647)
• Mesrop Mashtots (362 to 440. Armenian theologian and linguist (362–440))
• Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785 to 1831. Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
• Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1887 to 1970. Israeli writer and Nobel laureate)
• Marie-Louise von Franz (1915 to 1998. Swiss Jungian analyst and scholar (1915–1998))
• Maurice Bucaille (1920 to 1998. French scientist, physician and author (1920–1998))
• Paquita la del Barrio (1947 to 2025. Mexican singer (1947–2025))
• Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869 to 1948. Imam of Yemen (1869–1948))
• Johan Galtung (1930 to 2024. Norwegian sociologist and peace scholar (1930–2024))
• Jesse Jackson (1941 to 2026. American minister, activist and politician (1941–2026))
• Ferdinando I de' Medici (1549 to 1609. Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609)
• James Macpherson (1736 to 1796. Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician (1736–1796))
• Süleyman Çelebi (1377 to 1411. Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Bayezid I)
• Theodore Tiron (300 to 306. Anatolian saint)
• Frances Willard (1839 to 1898. American temperance activist and suffragist (1839–1898))
• Gregorio Allegri (1582 to 1652. Italian composer (1582–1652))
• Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield (1664 to 1718. Illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England)
• Gerónimo (1829 to 1909. Leader of the Bedonkohe Apache (1829–1909))
• Adolphe Quetelet (1796 to 1874. Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (1796–1874))
• Ivan Alexander (Tsar of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371)

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