Famous People Born on June 17

♊ Gemini

• François de Montmorency, 2nd Duke of Montmorency (1530) — French soldier and diplomat (1530–1579)
• Harry Browne (1933) — American writer and politician (1933–2006)
• Shane Watson (1981) — Australian cricketer (born 1981)
• Alexander Shulgin (1925) — American chemist and recreational drug explorer (1925–2014)
• Linda Chavez (1947) — American politician (born 1947)
• Leander Paes (1973) — Indian professional tennis player (born 1973)
• Michael Showalter (1970) — American comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer
• Thomas Haden Church (1960) — American actor (born 1960)
• Nikita Kucherov (1993) — Russian ice hockey player (born 1993)
• Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865) — Omaha Indigenous physician and reformer (1865–1915)
• Burt Rutan (1943) — American aerospace engineer (born 1943)
• Juan María Bordaberry (1928) — President of Uruguay from 1972 to 1976
• Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691) — Italian painter and architect (1691–1765)
• Joe McKelvey (1898) — Irish Republican Army officer (1898–1922)
• Harry Patch (1898) — English soldier and supercentenarian (1898–2009)
• Arnold S. Relman (1923) — American internist, professor and journal editor (1923–2014)
• Jason Hanson (1970) — American football player (born 1970)
• Bartosz Brożek (1977) — Polish philosopher and jurist (born 1977)
• Chris Spedding (1944) — Musical artist (born 1944)
• Tommy Franks (1945) — American general (born 1945)
• Ruth Graves Wakefield (1903) — American chef and inventor (1903–1977)
• Geoff Toovey (1969) — Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
• Jacqueline Jones (1948) — American historian
• Helen Glover (1986) — British rower
• Bobby Bell (1940) — American football player (born 1940)
• George Howard (British Army officer) (1718) — British Army officer and politician (1718–1796)
• Michael Mathieu (1984) — Bahamian sprinter (born 1984)
• James Weldon Johnson (1871) — American writer and activist (1871–1938)
• Arthur Darvill (1982) — English actor, composer, and musician (born 1982)
• Art Bell (1945) — American broadcaster and author (1945–2018)