October 17 - Births

Births

• 1253 – Ivo of Kermartin, French priest and saint (d. 1303)
• 1577 – Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (d. 1621)
• 1577 – Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
• 1582 – Johann Gerhard, German theologian (d. 1637)
• 1623 – Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)
• 1688 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (d. 1726)
• 1711 – Jupiter Hammon, American poet (d. 1806)
• 1719 – Jacques Cazotte, French author (d. 1792)
• 1720 – Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian composer (d. 1795)
• 1729 – Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer (d. 1817)
• 1760 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (d. 1825)
• 1811 – Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor (d. 1876)
• 1813 – Georg Büchner, German playwright (d. 1837)
• 1814 – Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (d. 1888)
• 1817 – Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian educator and politician (d. 1898)
• 1853 – Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1920)
• 1864 – Elinor Glyn, English author and scriptwriter (d. 1943)
• 1865 – James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician (d. 1950)
• 1883 – Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (d. 1966)
• 1886 – Spring Byington, American actress (d. 1971)
• 1890 – Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
• 1892 – Theodor Eicke, German SS general (d. 1943)
• 1892 – Herbert Howells, English composer (d. 1983)
• 1898 – Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (d. 1998)
• 1898 – Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (d. 1971)
• 1900 – Jean Arthur, American actress (d. 1991)
• 1902 – Irene Ryan, American actress (d. 1973)
• 1903 – Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (d. 1940)
• 1906 – Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969)
• 1909 – Cozy Cole, American drummer (d. 1981)
• 1912 – Pope John Paul I (d. 1978)
• 1912 – Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founder of the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (d. 2001)
• 1912 – Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982)
• 1914 – Jerry Siegel, American writer and illustrator (d. 1996)
• 1915 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author (d. 1991)
• 1917 – Marsha Hunt, American actress
• 1918 – Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (d. 1987)
• 1918 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman
• 1919 – Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist
• 1920 – Montgomery Clift, American actor (d. 1966)
• 1920 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish author (d. 2010)
• 1921 – George Mackay Brown, Scottish Poet (d. 1996)
• 1921 – Priscilla Buckley, American author (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Maria Gorokhovskaya, Soviet gymnast (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian composer (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
• 1923 – Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Don Coryell, American football coach (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Julie Adams, American actress
• 1926 – Beverly Garland, American actress (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Jimmy Breslin, American journalist and author
• 1931 – Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author (d. 2012)
• 1933 – William Anders, American general and astronaut
• 1933 – Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun and singer (d. 1985)
• 1934 – Johnny Haynes, English footballer (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Rico Rodriguez, American trombonist
• 1935 – Sydney Chapman, English politician and architect
• 1936 – Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter
• 1936 – Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist
• 1937 – Paxton Whitehead, English actor
• 1938 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle stuntman (d. 2007)
• 1938 – Les Murray, Australian poet
• 1940 – Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor
• 1940 – Jim Smith, English footballer and manager
• 1940 – Peter Stringfellow, English nightclub owner
• 1941 – Earl Thomas Conley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Steve Jones, American basketball player
• 1942 – Gary Puckett, American singer-songwriter (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap)
• 1946 – Ronni Chasen, American publicist (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Michael Hossack, American drummer (The Doobie Brothers) (d. 2012)
• 1946 – Cameron Mackintosh, English theater producer
• 1946 – Adam Michnik, Polish historian
• 1946 – Drusilla Modjeska, English author
• 1946 – Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter
• 1947 – Simi Garewal, Indian actress
• 1947 – Gene Green, American politician
• 1947 – Michael McKean, American actor
• 1948 – Robert Jordan, American author (d. 2007)
• 1948 – Margot Kidder, Canadian actress
• 1948 – George Wendt, American actor
• 1950 – Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal
• 1950 – Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1951 – Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater
• 1951 – Roger Pontare, Swedish singer
• 1951 – Shari Ulrich, Canadian singer-songwriter (Hometown Band, The Pied Pumkin, and UHF)
• 1953 – Joseph Bowie, American trombonist (Defunkt)
• 1954 – Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer
• 1955 – George Alogoskoufis, Greek economist and politician
• 1956 – Mae Jemison, American physician and astronaut
• 1956 – Pat McCrory, American politician
• 1957 – Lawrence Bender, American film producer
• 1957 – Steve McMichael, American football player
• 1957 – Vincent Van Patten, American actor
• 1958 – Alan Jackson, American singer-songwriter
• 1959 – Ron Drummond, American author and scholar
• 1959 – Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian and actor
• 1959 – Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
• 1959 – Richard Roeper, American columnist and critic
• 1960 – Guy Henry, English actor
• 1960 – Rob Marshall, American director
• 1962 – Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
• 1963 – Sergio Goycochea, Argentine footballer
• 1963 – Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1964 – Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer
• 1965 – Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1966 – Danny Ferry, American basketball player
• 1966 – Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter, and author
• 1966 – Tommy Kendall, American race car driver
• 1967 – Seung-Jun Kim, South Korean voice actor
• 1967 – René Dif, Danish singer and actor (Aqua)
• 1968 – Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor (Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers)
• 1969 – Ernie Els, South African golfer
• 1969 – Wyclef Jean, Haitian rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor (Fugees)
• 1969 – Wood Harris, American actor
• 1969 – Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian
• 1970 – Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
• 1970 – John Mabry, American baseball player
• 1970 – Shauna O'Brien, American model and actress
• 1970 – Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, composer, and producer (Poison)
• 1971 – Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer, dancer, and voice actor ('N Sync)
• 1971 – Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player (Seigmen and Zeromancer)
• 1972 – Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor (D12, Outsidaz, and Bad Meets Evil)
• 1972 – Tarkan, German-Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1972 – Sharon Leal, American actress
• 1972 – Joe McEwing, American baseball player
• 1973 – Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer
• 1974 – Ariel Levy, American author
• 1974 – Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
• 1974 – Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player (HIM)
• 1974 – John Rocker, American baseball player
• 1975 – Janne Aikala, Finnish murder victim (d. 1986)
• 1975 – Francis Bouillon, American ice hockey player
• 1976 – Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
• 1977 – Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer
• 1977 – Alimi Ballard, American actor
• 1977 – Bryan Bertino, American director and screenwriter
• 1977 – André Villas-Boas, Portuguese football manager
• 1978 – Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player
• 1978 – Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress
• 1979 – Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist (Stream of Passion and Elfonía)
• 1979 – Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist
• 1979 – Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
• 1979 – Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player
• 1980 – Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer
• 1980 – Alessandro Piccolo, Italian race car driver
• 1982 – Nick Riewoldt, Australian footballer
• 1983 – Daniel Booko, American actor
• 1983 – Felicity Jones, British actress
• 1983 – Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer
• 1983 – Mitch Talbot, American baseball player
• 1984 – Jelle Klaasen, Dutch darts player
• 1984 – Chris Lowell, American actor
• 1984 – Randall Munroe, American cartoonist
• 1985 – Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1985 – Collins John, Dutch footballer
• 1985 – Baran Kosari, Iranian actress
• 1987 – Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress
• 1987 – Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer
• 1988 – Christina Crawford, American wrestler and dancer
• 1988 – Yuko Oshima, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48 and Not Yet)
• 1990 – Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Sam Concepcion, Filipino singer, dancer, and actor