History Births on December 17

Bob Ojeda, American baseball player and coach

#Bob_Ojeda

Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (d. 2012)

#Edward_Meneeley

Rian Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Rian_Johnson

Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar (d. 2006)

#Jaroslav_Pelikan

Greg James, English radio presenter and comedian

#Greg_James

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian general and politician, 7th Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

#Muhammadu_Buhari

Doyle Conner, American farmer and politician, 7th Florida Commissioner of Agriculture (d. 2012)

#Doyle_Conner

Erik Christensen, Canadian ice hockey player

#Erik_Christensen

Ernie Hudson, American actor

#Ernie_Hudson

Eli Pariser, American activist and author, co-founded Avaaz.org

#Eli_Pariser

Russell C. Newhouse, American pilot and engineer (d. 1998)

#Russell_C._Newhouse

Luis Maria Alfageme, Argentinian footballer

#Luis_Maria_Alfageme

Gerald Patterson, Australian tennis player (d. 1967)

#Gerald_Patterson

Pope Francis

#Pope_Francis

Liisa Ehrberg, Estonian cyclist

#Liisa_Ehrberg

Craig Kielburger, Canadian activist and author, co-founded Free the Children and Me to We

#Craig_Kielburger

Ernest of Bavaria, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1612)

#Ernest_of_Bavaria

James McGaugh, American neurobiologist and psychologist

#James_McGaugh

James Booker, American pianist (d. 1983)

#James_Booker

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1950)

#William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King

Émile Faguet, French author and critic (d. 1916)

#Émile_Faguet

Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist (d. 2013)

#Kåre_Valebrokk

Bo Guagua, Chinese businessman

#Bo_Guagua

Mansoor al-Jamri, Bahraini journalist and author

#Mansoor_al-Jamri

Lloyd Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player

#Lloyd_Perrett

Jordan Rankin, Australian rugby league player

#Jordan_Rankin

Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter (d. 1880)

#Vilhelm_Petersen_(painter)

David Rudisha, Kenyan runner

#David_Rudisha

Pat Hill, American football player and coach

#Pat_Hill

Kris Joseph, Canadian basketball player

#Kris_Joseph

Brad Davis, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

#Brad_Davis_(basketball)

Jüri Talvet, Estonian poet and critic

#Jüri_Talvet

Onur Özsu, Turkish singer-songwriter

#Onur_Özsu

Samuel Påhlsson, Swedish ice hockey player

#Samuel_Påhlsson

Alex Cintrón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and sportscaster

#Alex_Cintrón

Paul Smith, English footballer

#Paul_Smith_(footballer,_born_1979)

Paul Butterfield, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1987)

#Paul_Butterfield

Peter Snell, New Zealand runner

#Peter_Snell

Art Neville, American singer and keyboard player (d. 2019)

#Art_Neville

Anthony Wood, English historian and author (d. 1695)

#Anthony_Wood_(antiquary)

Chase Utley, American baseball player

#Chase_Utley

Joshua Ingram, Canadian drummer and percussionist

#Joshua_Ingram

Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (d. 1966)

#Erwin_Piscator

Eddie Kendricks, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1992)

#Eddie_Kendricks

Stéphane Lasme, Gabonese basketball player

#Stéphane_Lasme

Quinton de Kock, South African cricketer

#Quinton_de_Kock

Mick Quinn, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

#Mick_Quinn

James Hurst, American football player

#James_Hurst_(American_football)

Jerry Hsu, American skateboarder and photographer

#Jerry_Hsu

Frank Winterstein, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

#Frank_Winterstein

Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor

#Nat_Wolff

Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Craig_Berube

Riteish Deshmukh, Indian film actor, producer and architect

#Riteish_Deshmukh

Claudio Suárez, Mexican footballer

#Claudio_Suárez

Mikky Ekko, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Mikky_Ekko

William Safire, American journalist and author (d. 2009)

#William_Safire

Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1987)

#Erskine_Caldwell

Ray Wilson, English footballer and manager (d. 2018)

#Ray_Wilson_(English_footballer)

Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer

#Martin_Ødegaard

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (d. 1865)

#Thomas_Chandler_Haliburton

Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer and politician

#Manny_Pacquiao

Loren Murchison, American sprinter (d. 1979)

#Loren_Murchison

Grethe Grünberg, Estonian ice dancer

#Grethe_Grünberg

Takeo Spikes, American football player and sportscaster

#Takeo_Spikes

Sarah Paulson, American actress

#Sarah_Paulson

Matt Murley, American ice hockey player

#Matt_Murley

Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (d. 2014)

#Dave_Madden

Shannon Woodward, American actress

#Shannon_Woodward

Prince Joachim of Prussia (d. 1920)

#Prince_Joachim_of_Prussia

Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)

#Emperor_Go-Uda

Wes Studi, American actor and producer

#Wes_Studi

Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1939)

#Ford_Madox_Ford

Arnaud Clément, French tennis player

#Arnaud_Clément

Konstadinos Gatsioudis, Greek javelin thrower

#Konstadinos_Gatsioudis

Tracy Byrd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Tracy_Byrd

Paul Rodgers, English singer-songwriter and producer

#Paul_Rodgers

Peter Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Peter_Farrelly

Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (d. 2002)

#Simo_Häyhä

Aubrey Faulkner, South African-English cricketer and coach (d. 1930)

#Aubrey_Faulkner

Nir Davidovich, Israeli footballer and manager

#Nir_Davidovich

Mike Mills, American bass player, songwriter, and producer

#Mike_Mills

Karsten Neitzel, German footballer and manager

#Karsten_Neitzel

Roger L'Estrange, English pamphleteer and author (d. 1704)

#Roger_L'Estrange

Bernard Hill, English actor

#Bernard_Hill

Joe Wolf, American basketball player and coach

#Joe_Wolf

Dorothy Rowe, Australian psychologist and author

#Dorothy_Rowe

Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer

#Chuck_Liddell

Naiktha Bains, British-Australian tennis player

#Naiktha_Bains

Irving Petlin, American painter and academic (d. 2018)

#Irving_Petlin

Rocco Mediate, American golfer and journalist

#Rocco_Mediate

Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress

#Milla_Jovovich

Josh Barfield, American baseball player

#Josh_Barfield

Maria I of Portugal (d. 1816)

#Maria_I_of_Portugal

Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos (d. 1998)

#Mary_Cartwright

Lorenzo Cittadini, Italian rugby player

#Lorenzo_Cittadini

Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor and painter

#Armin_Mueller-Stahl

Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (d. 1801)

#Domenico_Cimarosa

Prince Rupert of the Rhine (d. 1682)

#Prince_Rupert_of_the_Rhine

Laurence F. Johnson, American educator and author

#Laurence_F._Johnson

Dave Dee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)

#Dave_Dee

Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1988)

#Sy_Oliver

Laurie Holden, American actress and model

#Laurie_Holden

Patrick Müller, Swiss footballer

#Patrick_Müller_(footballer)

Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver and sportscaster

#Paul_Tracy

Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician, 23rd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Kristiina_Ojuland

Mohammad Hidayatullah, 11th Chief Justice of India, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (d. 1992)

#Mohammad_Hidayatullah

Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer (d. 1878)

#Joseph_Henry

Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

#Eugene_Levy

Alan Khan, South African radio and TV presenter

#Alan_Khan

Chris Matthews, American journalist and author

#Chris_Matthews

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater

#Elizaveta_Tuktamysheva

Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (d. 1985)

#Ray_Jablonski

Giovanni Ribisi, American actor

#Giovanni_Ribisi

Iván Pedroso, Cuban long jumper and coach

#Iván_Pedroso

Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1749)

#Émilie_du_Châtelet

Maryna Arzamasova, Belorussian middle-distance runner

#Maryna_Arzamasova

Jasmine Armfield, English actress

#Jasmine_Armfield

Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater

#Shoma_Uno

Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist, developed the APL programming language (d. 2004)

#Kenneth_E._Iverson

John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (d. 1892)

#John_Greenleaf_Whittier

Jules de Goncourt, French author and critic (d. 1870)

#Jules_de_Goncourt

Chelsea Manning, American soldier and intelligence analyst

#Chelsea_Manning

Cal Ripken Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1999)

#Cal_Ripken_Sr.

Josef Lada, Czech painter and illustrator (d. 1957)

#Josef_Lada

Sébastien Ogier, French race car driver

#Sébastien_Ogier

Paula Radcliffe, English runner

#Paula_Radcliffe

Bill Pullman, American actor

#Bill_Pullman

Jack L. Chalker, American author and educator (d. 2005)

#Jack_L._Chalker

?ukasz Bro?, Polish footballer

#?ukasz_Bro?

Jacqueline Wilson, English author and academic

#Jacqueline_Wilson

Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)

#Valery_Belousov

Thomas Tickell, English poet (d. 1740)

#Thomas_Tickell

Maria Brink, American singer and songwriter

#Maria_Brink

Erico Verissimo, Brazilian author and translator (d. 1975)

#Erico_Verissimo

Paul César Helleu, French painter and illustrator (d. 1927)

#Paul_César_Helleu

Tommy Steele, English singer, guitarist, and actor

#Tommy_Steele

Andrew Davies, English footballer

#Andrew_Davies_(footballer)

Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician and academic (d. 1899)

#Sophus_Lie

Kazys Grinius, Lithuanian physician and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania (d. 1950)

#Kazys_Grinius

Calvin Waller, American general (d. 1996)

#Calvin_Waller

Eddie Fisher, American drummer

#Eddie_Fisher_(drummer)

Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator (d. 1999)

#Paul_Cadmus

Susanthika Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan sprinter

#Susanthika_Jayasinghe

Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983)

#Kenneth_Dike

Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician and immunologist, co-founded the Pasteur Institute (d. 1933)

#Pierre_Paul_Émile_Roux

Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist (d. 1829)

#Humphry_Davy

Ken Hitchcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Ken_Hitchcock

Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, Turkish economist and politician

#Kemal_K?l?çdaro?lu

Vincent Damphousse, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Vincent_Damphousse

Tim Wiese, German footballer

#Tim_Wiese

Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (d. 1950)

#Sam_Barry

Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver

#Ryan_Hunter-Reay

Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (d. 1908)

#Nozu_Michitsura

Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer and songwriter

#Neil_Sanderson

Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer

#Sotiris_Kaiafas

Richard Long, American actor and director (d. 1974)

#Richard_Long_(actor)

Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (d. 1893)

#Alexander_Wassilko_von_Serecki

John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)

#John_Hans_Krebs

Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979)

#Arthur_Fiedler

Katheryn Winnick, Canadian actress

#Katheryn_Winnick

Emma Bell, American actress

#Emma_Bell

Patricia Kú Flores, Peruvian tennis player

Atsedu Tsegay, Ethiopian runner

Craig Sutherland, Scottish footballer

Craig Reid, English footballer

Julian Bennett, English footballer

Haron Keitany, Kenyan runner

Ryan Moats, American football player

Alexandra Papageorgiou, Greek hammer thrower

Andrew Simpson, English sailor (d. 2013)

Éric Bédard, Canadian speed skater and coach

Nick Dinsmore, American wrestler and trainer

Charl Langeveldt, South African cricketer

Hasan Vural, German-Turkish footballer

Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player

Inna Lasovskaya, Russian triple jumper

Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player and coach

Galina Malchugina, Russian sprinter

Paul Dobson, English footballer

Bob Stinson, American songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)

Wendy Hoyte, English sprinter

Totka Petrova, Bulgarian runner

Dominic Lawson, English journalist and author

Serg?jus Jovaiša, Lithuanian basketball player

Tatyana Kazankina, Russian runner

Maurice Peoples, American sprinter and coach

Jim Bonfanti, American rock drummer

Simon Bates, English radio host

David Mallet, British director

Carlo M. Croce, Italian-American oncologist and academic

Ron Geesin, Scottish pianist and composer

Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2012)

María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)

John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (d. 1969)

Kerry Packer, Australian businessman, founded World Series Cricket (d. 2005)

Brian Hayes, Australian-English radio host

Brian Langford, English cricketer (d. 2013)

John Bond, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)

Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (d. 2011)

Bob Guccione, American photographer and publisher, founded Penthouse (d. 2010)

Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot (d. 2013)

Marilyn Beck, American journalist (d. 2014)

Stephen Lewis, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2015)

Alan Voorhees, American engineer and academic (d. 2005)

Lore Berger, German-Swiss author and translator (d. 1943)

Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (d. 2000)

Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (d. 2013)

Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (d. 2005)

Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 1967)

Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 2012)

Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author (d. 1999)

Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)

Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (d. 1994)

Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1978)

Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)

Wim Schermerhorn, Dutch cartographer, engineer, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)

Patrick Flynn, Irish-American runner and soldier (d. 1969)

Charles C. Banks, English captain and pilot (d. 1971)

Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (d. 1976)

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer (d. 1910)

Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator (d. 1775)

Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Pakistani-Indian poet (d. 1627)

Kuj? Yoritsugu, Japanese sh?gun (d. 1256)