Celebrities Who Were Born on 17th July
July 17, 1487 - Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)
July 17, 1674 - Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter (d. 1748)
July 17, 1698 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (d. 1759)
July 17, 1744 - Elbridge Gerry, 5th Vice President of the United States (d. 1814)
July 17, 1745 - Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)
July 17, 1763 - John Jacob Astor, American businessman (d. 1848)
July 17, 1797 - Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)
July 17, 1831 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)
July 17, 1839 - Ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)
July 17, 1888 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
July 17, 1898 - George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (d. 1985)
July 17, 1889 - Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (Perry Mason) (d. 1970)
July 17, 1898 - Osmond Borradaile, WWI veteran and Canadian cinematographer (d. 1999)
July 17, 1899 - James Cagney, American actor (d. 1986)
July 17, 1900 - Marcel Dalio, French actor (d. 1983)
July 17, 1901 - Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and team owner (NART; d. 1994)
July 17, 1901 - Bruno Jasienski, Polish poet (d. 1938)
July 17, 1902 - Christina Stead, Australian novelist (d. 1983)
July 17, 1911 - Ted Anderson, English footballer (d. 1979)
July 17, 1913 - Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (d. 1997)
July 17, 1912 - Art Linkletter, Canadian television host
July 17, 1917 - Phyllis Diller, American comedian
July 17, 1917 - Red Sovine, American country music singer (d. 1980)
July 17, 1917 - Lou Boudreau, Major League baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
July 17, 1918 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (d. 2003)
July 17, 1920 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish chairman of the International Olympic Committee
July 17, 1920 - Kenneth Wolstenholme, English sports commentator (d. 2002)
July 17, 1920 - Gordon Gould, inventor of the laser (d. 2005)
July 17, 1921 - František Zvarík, Slovakian actor
July 17, 1923 - John Cooper, English race car designer (d. 2000)
July 17, 1926 - Édouard Carpentier, French-born professional wrestler
July 17, 1928 - Vince Guaraldi, American musician and composer (d. 1976)
July 17, 1929 - Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician
July 17, 1932 - Hal Riney, American advertising executive (d. 2008)
July 17, 1935 - Diahann Carroll, American actor
July 17, 1935 - Peter Schickele, American author and radio host
July 17, 1935 - Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor
July 17, 1939 - Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran
July 17, 1939 - Andrée Champagne, French Canadian actress and politician
July 17, 1939 - Spencer Davis, British singer and guitarist (Spencer Davis Group)
July 17, 1940 - Tim Brooke-Taylor, English comedian
July 17, 1941 - Daryle Lamonica, American football player
July 17, 1942 - Don Kessinger, baseball player
July 17, 1942 - Peter Sissons, British newsreader
July 17, 1944 - Carlos Alberto, Brazilian football player
July 17, 1944 - Catherine Schell, Hungarian born British actress
July 17, 1945 - Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
July 17, 1946 - Alun Armstrong, English actor
July 17, 1947 - Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
July 17, 1947 - Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
July 17, 1948 - Ron Asheton, American musician and composer (Iggy Pop & The Stooges)
July 17, 1948 - Luc Bondy, Swiss theatre and opera director
July 17, 1949 - Terence “Geezer” Butler, British musician and lyricist (Black Sabbath)
July 17, 1949 - Charlie Steiner, American sports broadcaster
July 17, 1951 - Lucie Arnaz, American actress
July 17, 1950 - Derek de Lint, Dutch actor
July 17, 1950 - P.J. Soles, German-born American actress
July 17, 1952 - David Hasselhoff, American actor and musician
July 17, 1952 - Phoebe Snow, singer and songwriter
July 17, 1952 - Nicolette Larson, American singer (d. 1997)
July 17, 1954 - Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
July 17, 1954 - J. Michael Straczynski, American author
July 17, 1955 - Paul Stamets, American mycologist and environmentalist
July 17, 1956 - Bryan Trottier, Canadian ice hockey player
July 17, 1957 - Fern Britton, British television presenter
July 17, 1958 - Wong Kar-wai, Chinese film director
July 17, 1960 - Mark Burnett, English-born television producer
July 17, 1960 - Nancy Giles, American actress
July 17, 1960 - Robin Shou, Hong Kong actor
July 17, 1960 - Jan Wouters, Dutch football player and manager
July 17, 1961 - Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor
July 17, 1963 - Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper
July 17, 1963 - Letsie III, King of Lesotho
July 17, 1963 - John Ventimiglia, American actor
July 17, 1965 - Craig Morgan, American singer
July 17, 1965 - Alex Winter, English film director
July 17, 1965 - Santiago Segura, Spanish film director and actor
July 17, 1966 - Sten Tolgfors, Swedish politician
July 17, 1968 - Bitty Schram, American actress
July 17, 1970 - Mandy Smith, English model and singer
July 17, 1971 - Jarrett Cordes, American hip-hip artist (P.M. Dawn)
July 17, 1971 - Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
July 17, 1972 - Jason Rullo, American drummer (Symphony X, Redemption)
July 17, 1972 - Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer
July 17, 1973 - Michael Wilson, American Libratarion
July 17, 1973 - Eric Moulds, American football player
July 17, 1973 - Tony Dovolani, Albanian ballroom dancer
July 17, 1973 - Liam Kyle Sullivan, American comedian and actor
July 17, 1974 - Laura Macdonald, Scottish jazz musician
July 17, 1975 - Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
July 17, 1975 - Cécile de France, Belgian actress
July 17, 1975 - Paul Hinojos, American guitarist (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
July 17, 1975 - Konnie Huq, English television presenter
July 17, 1975 - Terence Tao, Australian Chinese mathematician
July 17, 1975 - Gino D’Acampo, Italian celebrity chef
July 17, 1976 - Dagmara Dominczyk, Polish actress
July 17, 1976 - Eric Winter, American actor
July 17, 1976 - Matthew Holmes, Australian actor
July 17, 1977 - M.I.A., British rapper
July 17, 1977 - Lehmber Hussainpuri, Famous Indian Singer
July 17, 1977 - Marc Savard, Canadian hockey player
July 17, 1978 - Mike Hettinga, American professional wrestler
July 17, 1978 - Katharine Towne, American actress
July 17, 1979 - Mike Vogel, American actor
July 17, 1980 - Ryan Miller, NHL hockey player
July 17, 1980 - Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer
July 17, 1981 - Elpida Romantzi, Greek archer
July 17, 1982 - Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten)
July 17, 1983 - Ryan Guettler, professional Australian BMX rider
July 17, 1983 - Brooke Kinsella, British actress
July 17, 1983 - Adam Lind, American baseball player
July 17, 1984 - Sotiris Leontiou, Greek footballer
July 17, 1985 - Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer
July 17, 1985 - Tom Fletcher, British singer (McFly)
July 17, 1986 - Dana, Korean singer and actress (TSZX)
July 17, 1989 - Josie Lopez, American actress
July 17, 1989 - Marko Todorovic, Swiss swimmer
July 17, 1992 - Taavi Rand, Estonian ice skater
July 17, 1998 - Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal
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