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September 17 birthdays

313 notable historical figures were born on September 17, and 185 died on this day. Everyone born on September 17 is a Virgo.

17% of September 17 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (77) than any other country.

Born on September 17

• Narendra Modi (born 1950. Prime Minister of India since 2014)
• Anne Bancroft (1931 to 2005. American actress (1931–2005))
• Reinhold Messner (born 1944. Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944))
• Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (1879 to 1973. Indian social activist and politician (1879–1973))
• Chaim Herzog (1918 to 1997. President of Israel from 1983 to 1993)
• Trofim Lysenko (1898 to 1976. Soviet agronomist and pseudoscientist (1898–1976))
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730 to 1794. Prussian military officer (1730–1794))
• Jim Cornette (born 1961. American professional wrestling personality (born 1961))
• Charles the Simple (879 to 929. King of West Francia from 898 to 922)
• William Carlos Williams (1883 to 1963. American poet (1883–1963))
• Pope Paul V (1552 to 1621. Head of the Catholic Church from 1605 to 1621)
• Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani (1932 to 2016. Emir of Qatar from 1972 to 1995)
• Janez Janša (born 1958. Slovenian politician (born 1958))
• Marquis de Condorcet (1743 to 1794. French philosopher and mathematician (1743–1794))
• Thomas P. Stafford (1930 to 2024. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2024))
• Agostinho Neto (1922 to 1979. President of Angola from 1975 to 1979)
• J. R. Jayewardene (1906 to 1996. President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989)
• Almazbek Atambayev (born 1956. President of Kyrgyzstan from 2011 to 2017)
• Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy (1688 to 1714. Queen of Spain from 1701 to 1714)
• Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921 to 1997. Former 27th President of Colombia)
• Anastacia (born 1968. American singer (born 1968))
• Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala (born 1985. Crown prince of Tonga)
• Mitchell Moses (born 1994. Australia & Lebanon international rugby league footballer)
• Jimmie Johnson (born 1975. American racing driver (born 1975))
• Hank Williams (1923 to 1953. American singer, songwriter, and musician (1923–1953))
• Valeriano Weyler (1838 to 1930. Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator (1838–1930))
• Mikhail Skobelev (1843 to 1882. Russian general (1843–1882))
• William Gopallawa (1897 to 1981. President of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978)
• Shirley M. Tilghman (born 1946. Canadian molecular biologist and president emerita of Princeton University)
• Robert I, Count of Artois (1216 to 1250. Count of Artois)
• Gebran Tueni (1957 to 2005. Lebanese journalist, politician and businessman)
• Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1871 to 1937. Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine (1871–1937))
• John Joseph Merlin (1735 to 1803. Belgian Freemason, clock-maker, musical-instrument maker and inventor)
• Ursula Karven (born 1964. German actress, writer, model and yoga instructor)
• Jan Gehl (born 1936. Danish architect)
• Damon Hill (born 1960. British racing driver (born 1960))
• Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192 to 1219. Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1203 to 1219)
• Lalgudi Jayaraman (1930 to 2013. Indian violinist (1930–2013))
• Choe Deok-sin (1914 to 1989. South Korean defector (1914–1989))
• Jan Eliasson (born 1940. Swedish diplomat (born 1940))
• Stephen Hales (1677 to 1761. English clergyman and scientist (1677–1761))
• Gail Carson Levine (born 1947. American writer (born 1947))
• Samar Mubarakmand (born 1942. Pakistani nuclear physicist (born 1942))
• Esteban Ocon (born 1996. French racing driver (born 1996))
• Tomás Mejía (1820 to 1867. Mexican general (1820–1867))
• Paul Frommer (born 1944. American linguist)
• Alexander Ovechkin (born 1985. Russian ice hockey player (born 1985))
• Sitakant Mahapatra (born 1937. Indian poet and literary critic (born 1937))
• Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 to 1920. American composer (1884–1920))
• Marina Lima (born 1955. Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1955))
• David Kaplan (philosopher) (born 1933. American philosopher and logician)
• Vera Yevstafievna Popova (1867 to 1896. Russian chemist (1867–1896))
• Adam Wiltzie (born 1969. American sound engineer and composer)
• George Bacovia (1881 to 1957. Romanian symbolist poet (1981 - 1957))
• Tivadar Puskás (1844 to 1893. Hungarian inventor (1844-1893))
• Michael Sipser (born 1954. American theoretical computer scientist (born 1954))
• Hans Freudenthal (1905 to 1990. Jewish-German born Dutch mathematician)
• Samuel Ogbemudia (1932 to 2017. Nigerian politician)
• Dilip Chitre (1938 to 2009. Indian Marathi and English poet (1938–2009))
• William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart (1755 to 1843. British Army officer and diplomat (1755–1843))

Died on September 17

• Hildegard of Bingen (1098 to 1179. German nun and polymath (c. 1098 – 1179))
• Paula Yates (1959 to 2000. British television personality and writer (1959–2000))
• Karl Popper (1902 to 1994. Austrian–British philosopher of science (1902–1994))
• Philip VI (King Philip IV of Spain) (1605 to 1665. King of Spain (1621–1665) and Portugal (1621–1640))
• Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937 to 2021. President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019)
• John Searle (1932 to 2025. American philosopher (1932–2025))
• Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925 to 1980. President of Nicaragua (1967–72; 1974–79))
• Robert Bellarmine (1542 to 1621. Italian Jesuit cardinal and saint (1542–1621))
• Adnan Menderes (1899 to 1961. 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1950 to 1960)
• Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512 to 1609. Czech rabbi and Kabbalist (d. 1609))
• Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814 to 1879. French architect and author (1814–1879))
• Henry Fox Talbot (1800 to 1877. English photography pioneer (1800–1877))
• Spiro Agnew (1918 to 1996. Vice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973)
• Edmonia Lewis (1844 to 1907. American sculptor (1844–1907))
• Hasrat Jaipuri (1922 to 1999. Indian poet and lyricist (1922–1999))
• Eiji Toyoda (1913 to 2013. Japanese industrialist (1913–2013))
• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519 to 1574. Spanish explorer and governor (1519–1574))
• Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747 to 1823. Inventor of the wristwatch (1747–1823))
• John Joseph of Austria (1629 to 1679. Spanish general and political figure (1629–1679))
• Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg (1847 to 1921. Diplomat and composer of Imperial Germany)
• Heinrich Bullinger (1504 to 1575. Swiss Protestant theologian (1504–1575))
• Charles Spearman (1863 to 1945. English psychologist (1863–1945))
• Tokugawa Ieharu (1737 to 1786. Military ruler of Japan from 1760 to 1786)
• Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645 to 1721. Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1670 to 1721)
• Alfred de Vigny (1797 to 1863. French poet, playwright, and novelist (1797–1863))
• Walter Savage Landor (1775 to 1864. English writer, poet, and activist (1775–1864))
• Nikolai Kondratiev (1892 to 1938. Russian Soviet economist (1892–1938))
• Emperor Kōkō (830 to 887. Emperor of Japan from 884 to 887)
• Hans Enoksen (1956 to 2025. Prime Minister of Greenland from 2002 to 2009)
• Konstantin Makovsky (1839 to 1915. Russian painter (1839–1915))

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