People born on May 17

1975

Sasha Alexander, American actress (b: May 17, 1975)
   ► Biography of Sasha Alexander

Jonti Picking, cartoonist (b: May 17, 1975)
   ► Biography of Jonti Picking

Laura Voutilainen, Finnish singer (b: May 17, 1975)
   ► Biography of Laura Voutilainen

1974

Andrea Corr, Irish singer (The Corrs) (b: May 17, 1974)
   ► Biography of Andrea Corr

1971

Shaun Hart, Australian footballer (b: May 17, 1971)
   ► Biography of Shaun Hart

1965

Trent Reznor, American singer and songwriter (b: May 17, 1965)
   ► Biography of Trent Reznor

1962

Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer (b: May 17, 1962)
   ► Biography of Lise Lyng Falkenberg

1961

Enya, Irish singer and songwriter (b: May 17, 1961)
   ► Biography of Enya

1959

Paul Di'Anno, English singer (Iron Maiden) (b: May 17, 1959)
   ► Biography of Paul Di'Anno

Jim Nantz, American broadcaster (b: May 17, 1959)
   ► Biography of Jim Nantz

1956

Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist (b: May 17, 1956)
   ► Biography of Dave Sim

Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer (b: May 17, 1956)
   ► Biography of Sugar Ray Leonard

Bob Saget, American actor (b: May 17, 1956)
   ► Biography of Bob Saget

1955

Bill Paxton, American actor (b: May 17, 1955)
   ► Biography of Bill Paxton

1950

Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian politician (b: May 17, 1950)
   ► Biography of Janez Drnovšek

1948

William Bruford, English drummer and songwriter (b: May 17, 1948)
   ► Biography of Bill Bruford

1946

Udo Lindenberg, German musician (b: May 17, 1946)
   ► Biography of Udo Lindenberg

F. Paul Wilson, American novelist (b: May 17, 1946)
   ► Biography of F. Paul Wilson

1945

Tony Roche, Australian tennis player (b: May 17, 1945)
   ► Biography of Tony Roche

1942

Taj Mahal, American singer and guitarist (b: May 17, 1942)
   ► Biography of Taj Mahal (musician)

1937

Hazel R. O'Leary, United States Secretary of Energy (b: May 17, 1937)
   ► Biography of Hazel R. O'Leary

1936

Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (b: May 17, 1936)
   ► Biography of Dennis Hopper

1935

Dennis Potter, English writer (b: May 17, 1935)
   ► Biography of Dennis Potter

1921

Dennis Brain, English French horn player (b: May 17, 1921 ; d: September 1, 1957)
   ► Biography of Dennis Brain

1919

Merle Miller, American biographer (b: May 17, 1919 ; d: June 10, 1986)
   ► Biography of Merle Miller

1918

Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (b: May 17, 1918)
   ► Biography of Birgit Nilsson

1911

Lisa Fonssagrives, supermodel (b: May 17, 1911 ; d: February 4, 1992)
   ► Biography of Lisa Fonssagrives

Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (b: May 17, 1911 ; d: June 23, 1998)
   ► Biography of Maureen O'Sullivan

1906

Zinka Milanov, Croatian soprano (b: May 17, 1906)
   ► Biography of Zinka Milanov

1904

Jean Gabin, French actor (b: May 17, 1904)
   ► Biography of Jean Gabin

1903

Cool Papa Bell, baseball player (b: May 17, 1903 ; d: March 7, 1991)
   ► Biography of Cool Papa Bell

1901

Werner Egk, German composer (b: May 17, 1901)
   ► Biography of Werner Egk

1900

Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Muslim cleric (b: May 17, 1900)
   ► Biography of Ruhollah Khomeini

1898

Alfred Joseph Casson Canadian painter (b: May 17, 1898)
   ► Biography of Alfred Joseph Casson

1888

Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b: May 17, 1888 ; d: January 28, 1965)
   ► Biography of Tich Freeman

1886

Alfonso XIII of Spain (b: May 17, 1886 ; d: February 28, 1941)
   ► Biography of Alfonso XIII of Spain

1879

Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (b: May 17, 1879 ; d: May 26, 1926)
   ► Biography of Simon Petlyura

1873

Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (b: May 17, 1873 ; d: August 30, 1935)
   ► Biography of Henri Barbusse

Dorothy Richardson, English writer (b: May 17, 1873 ; d: June 17, 1957)
   ► Biography of Dorothy Richardson

1866

Erik Satie, French composer (b: May 17, 1866 ; d: July 1, 1925)
   ► Biography of Erik Satie

1844

Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (b: May 17, 1844)
   ► Biography of Julius Wellhausen

1836

Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (b: May 17, 1836 ; d: August 12, 1900)
   ► Biography of Wilhelm Steinitz

1821

Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (b: May 17, 1821)
   ► Biography of Sebastian Kneipp

1794

Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (b: May 17, 1794)
   ► Biography of Anna Brownell Jameson

1768

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (b: May 17, 1768 ; d: April 29, 1854)
   ► Biography of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales (b: May 17, 1768)
   ► Biography of Caroline of Brunswick

1758

John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b: May 17, 1758 ; d: August 10, 1839)
   ► Biography of John St Aubyn

1749

Edward Jenner, English medical researcher (b: May 17, 1749 ; d: January 26, 1823)
   ► Biography of Edward Jenner

1743

Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b: May 17, 1743 ; d: December 26, 1784)
   ► Biography of Seth Warner

1706

Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b: May 17, 1706 ; d: February 17, 1780)
   ► Biography of Andreas Felix von Oefele

1628

Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (b: May 17, 1628 ; d: December 30, 1662)
   ► Biography of Ferdinand Charles of Austria

1551

Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (b: May 17, 1551 ; d: October 19, 1608)
   ► Biography of Martin Delrio

1443

Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (b: May 17, 1443 ; d: December 31, 1460)
   ► Biography of Edmund, Earl of Rutland

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