Famous People Born on February 17

♒ Aquarius

• Ronald Fisher (1890) — British polymath (1890–1962)
• Hans Morgenthau (1904) — American political scientist (1904–1980)
• Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836) — Spanish poet and writer (1836–1870)
• Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490) — French general and nobleman (1490–1527)
• Fred Frith (1949) — English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser (born 1949)
• Jim Brown (1936) — American football player and actor (1936–2023)
• Meaghan Martin (1992) — American actress and singer (born 1992)
• Jerry O'Connell (1974) — British-American actor and TV show host (born 1974)
• Michael Bay (1965) — American filmmaker (born 1965)
• Mary Carson Breckinridge (1881) — Founder of the American FNS (1881–1965)
• Rashid Minhas (1951) — Pakistani Pilot
• Conrad Ricamora (1979) — American actor (born 1979)
• Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854) — German steel manufacturer (1854–1902)
• Isabelle Eberhardt (1877) — Swiss explorer and writer
• Paris Hilton (1981) — American media personality (born 1981)
• Don Tallon (1916) — Australian cricketer (1916–1984)
• Michael Jordan (1963) — American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
• Mori Ōgai (1862) — Japanese writer (1862–1922)
• Lindy Ruff (1960) — Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879) — American author and social activist (1879–1958)
• Buddy Ryan (1931) — American football player, coach, and executive (1931–2016)
• Dominic Purcell (1970) — Australian actor (born 1970)
• René Laennec (1781) — French physician (1781–1826)
• Dir En Grey (1974) — Japanese heavy metal band
• Billie Joe Armstrong (1972) — American rock musician (born 1972)
• Brenda Fricker (1945) — Irish actress (born 1945)
• Marcin Gortat (1984) — Polish basketball player (born 1984)
• Craig L. Thomas (1933) — American politician (1933–2007)
• Hal Holbrook (1925) — American actor (1925–2021)
• Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega (1903) — Spanish bullfighter (1903–1984)