History Births on June 17

Gregg Rolie, American rock singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Gregg_Rolie

Vernon Coaker, English educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

#Vernon_Coaker

Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (d. 1775)

#Johann_Georg_Walch

John Maurice, Dutch nobleman (d. 1679)

#John_Maurice,_Prince_of_Nassau-Siegen

Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (d. 2014)

#Alexander_Shulgin

Mati Laur, Estonian historian, author, and academic

#Mati_Laur

Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer

#Shaun_MacDonald

Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004)

#Elroy_Hirsch

U?is Prauli?š, Latvian composer

#U?is_Prauli?š

Charles Gounod, French composer and academic (d. 1893)

#Charles_Gounod

Martin Bormann, German politician (d. 1945)

#Martin_Bormann

Tory Burch, American fashion designer and philanthropist

#Tory_Burch

Michael Gross, German swimmer

#Michael_Gross_(swimmer)

Chantal Mouffe, Belgian theorist and author

#Chantal_Mouffe

Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter

#Ken_Loach

Charles XII, Swedish king (d. 1718)

#Charles_XII_of_Sweden

John Hersey, American journalist and author (d. 1993)

#John_Hersey

Clément Lenglet, French footballer

#Clément_Lenglet

Mark Tauscher, American football player and sportscaster

#Mark_Tauscher

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician (d. 1867)

#William_Parsons,_3rd_Earl_of_Rosse

Burt Rutan, American engineer and pilot

#Burt_Rutan

Bobby Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Bobby_Farrelly

Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982)

#Christian_Ferras

Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

#Will_Forte

Michael Mathieu, Bahamian sprinter

#Michael_Mathieu

Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877)

#Sophie_of_Württemberg

Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1971)

#Igor_Stravinsky

Jello Biafra, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Jello_Biafra

Newt Gingrich, American historian and politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

#Newt_Gingrich

M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (d. 1972)

#M._C._Escher

Edward I, English king (d. 1307)

#Edward_I_of_England

Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter (d. 2009)

#Harry_Patch

Apoula Edel, Armenian footballer

#Apoula_Edel

César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1784)

#César-François_Cassini_de_Thury

Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (d. 1964)

#Carl_Van_Vechten

Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player

#Stéphane_Fiset

Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914)

#Eben_Sumner_Draper

Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

#Daniel_Tupou

Drogo of Metz, Frankish bishop (d. 855)

#Drogo_of_Metz

William Carr, American rower (d. 1942)

#William_Carr_(rower)

Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)

#Alec_Hurwood

Peter Le Cheminant, English air marshal and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (d. 2018)

#Peter_Le_Cheminant

Bobby Bell, American football player

#Bobby_Bell

Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author (d. 1922)

#Edward_Anthony_Spitzka

Nick Rimando, American soccer player

#Nick_Rimando

Jordan Henderson, English footballer

#Jordan_Henderson

Chris Spedding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Chris_Spedding

Do?u Perinçek, Turkish lawyer and politician

#Do?u_Perinçek

Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay (d. 2011)

#Juan_María_Bordaberry

Paulina Rubio, Mexican pop singer

#Paulina_Rubio

Jason Patric, American actor

#Jason_Patric

Leander Paes, Indian tennis player

#Leander_Paes

Carol Anderson, American author and historian

#Carol_Anderson

Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint (d. 1911)

#Menina_Izildinha

Heinz Guderian, German general (d. 1954)

#Heinz_Guderian

Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player

#Andrew_Ogilvy

Greg Kinnear, American actor, television presenter, and producer

#Greg_Kinnear

Si Tianfeng, Chinese race walker

#Si_Tianfeng

Shane Watson, Australian cricketer

#Shane_Watson

Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator (d. 1992)

#Ajahn_Chah

Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (d. 1984)

#Tigran_Petrosian

François de Montmorency, French nobleman (d. 1579)

#François_de_Montmorency

Amari Cooper, American football player

#Amari_Cooper

Gregory Blaxland, English-Australian explorer (d. 1853)

#Gregory_Blaxland

Steve Rhodes, English cricketer and coach

#Steve_Rhodes

Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher

#Ted_Nelson

Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager

#Mike_Milbury

Jacqueline Jones, American historian and academic

#Jacqueline_Jones

Alan Dowson, English football manager and former professional player

#Alan_Dowson

Jacob H. Gilbert, American lawyer and politician (d. 1981)

#Jacob_H._Gilbert

John Amis, English journalist and critic (d. 2013)

#John_Amis

Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian fashion designer, television presenter and politician (d. 2009)

#Clodovil_Hernandes

Daniel McVicar, American actor

#Daniel_McVicar

Michael Monroe, Finnish singer-songwriter and saxophonist

#Michael_Monroe

E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (d. 1888)

#E._G._Squier

Lee Ryan, English singer/actor

#Lee_Ryan

John Kay, English engineer, invented the Flying shuttle (d. 1780)

#John_Kay_(flying_shuttle)

Ken Livingstone, English politician, 1st Mayor of London

#Ken_Livingstone

Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905)

#Pete_Browning

William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (d. 1919)

#William_Crookes

François Jacob, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

#François_Jacob

Diane Modahl, English runner

#Diane_Modahl

Elisa Rigaudo, Italian race walker

#Elisa_Rigaudo

George Hees, Canadian football player and politician (d. 1996)

#George_Hees

James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist (d. 1938)

#James_Weldon_Johnson

Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

#Philip_Chevron

Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (d. 2015)

#Setsuko_Hara

Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician (d. 1879)

#Jón_Sigurðsson

Minoru Suzuki, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

#Minoru_Suzuki

Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880-1884 (d. 1893)

#Manuel_González_Flores

Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2016)

#Marek_Svatoš

Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player

#Josh_Mansour

Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991)

#Ralph_Bellamy

Juan Carlos Valerón, Spanish footballer

#Juan_Carlos_Valerón

Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer

#Rafael_Sóbis

Charles Michael, duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1934)

#Charles_Michael,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg

Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator (d. 1876)

#Ferdinand_Freiligrath

Birgitte Thott, Danish scholar, writer and translator (b. 1662)

#Birgitte_Thott

Thomas Haden Church, American actor

#Thomas_Haden_Church

Flora Finch, English-American actress (d. 1940)

#Flora_Finch

Jason Hanson, American football player

#Jason_Hanson

Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist

#Sven_Nys

Joe Piscopo, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

#Joe_Piscopo

Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner

#Paul_Tergat

Joshua Leonard, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Joshua_Leonard

Tyson Apostol, American television personality

#Tyson_Apostol

Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1968)

#Red_Foley

Scott Adkins, English actor and martial artist

#Scott_Adkins

Arthur Darvill, English actor

#Arthur_Darvill

Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer

#Stephanie_Rice

John Murtha, American colonel and politician (d. 2010)

#John_Murtha

Omar Bundy, American general (d. 1940)

#Omar_Bundy

Kendrick Lamar, American rapper

#Kendrick_Lamar

Joseph of Cupertino, Italian mystic and saint (d. 1663)

#Joseph_of_Cupertino

Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist and sportscaster

#Eddy_Merckx

Simone Battle, American singer and actress (d. 2014)

#Simone_Battle

Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Barry_Manilow

George Howard, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca (d. 1796)

#George_Howard_(British_Army_officer)

Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate

#Mohamed_ElBaradei

Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2016)

#Bud_Collins

Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician (d. 1915)

#Susan_La_Flesche_Picotte

Kyle Boller, American football player

#Kyle_Boller

George Akerlof, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#George_Akerlof

Venus Williams, American tennis player

#Venus_Williams

Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918)

#Adolphus_Frederick_VI,_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player and politician (d. 1992)

#Aurelio_López

Linda Chavez, American journalist and author

#Linda_Chavez

Jon Leibowitz, American lawyer and politician

#Jon_Leibowitz

Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player

#Marcos_Baghdatis

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)

#Giovanni_Paolo_Panini

Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer

#Isabelle_Delobel

Rinaldo Capello, Italian race car driver

#Rinaldo_Capello

Michael Showalter, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Michael_Showalter

Helen Glover, English rower

#Helen_Glover_(rower)

John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator

#John_Baldessari

Peter Rosei, Austrian author, poet, and playwright

#Peter_Rosei

Dan Jansen, American speed skater and sportscaster

#Dan_Jansen

Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (d. 1845)

#Henrik_Wergeland

Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor (d. 2019)

#Martin_Böttcher

Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player and manager

#Dave_Concepción

Tommy Franks, American general

#Tommy_Franks

Starhawk, American author and activist

#Starhawk

Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (d. 1989)

#Patrice_Tardif_(politician)

Geoff Toovey, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Geoff_Toovey

Jeph Jacques, American author and illustrator

#Jeph_Jacques

Mark Linn-Baker, American actor and director

#Mark_Linn-Baker

Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)

#Elmer_L._Andersen

Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (d. 1922)

#Henry_Lawson

Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor (d. 2004)

#Ralph_E._Winters

John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian (d. 1948)

#John_Robert_Gregg

Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (d. 2005)

#Martin_Dillon_(musician)

Beryl Reid, English actress (d. 1996)

#Beryl_Reid

Ryan Allsop, English footballer

Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer

Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer and actress

Özge Ak?n, Turkish sprinter

Vlasis Kazakis, Greek footballer

Stefan Hodgetts, English racing driver

Stanislava Hrozenská, Slovak tennis player

Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer

Young Maylay, American rapper, producer, and voice actor

Travis Roche, Canadian ice hockey player

Tjaša Jezernik, Slovenian tennis player

Phiyada Akkraseranee, Thai actress and model

Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer

Mildred Fox, Irish politician

Popeye Jones, American basketball player and coach

Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (d. 2013)

Steve Georgallis, Australian rugby league player and coach

Eric Stefani, American keyboard player and composer

Dorothea Röschmann, German soprano and actress

Ken Clark, American football player (d. 2013)

Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi journalist and author

Dara O'Kearney, Irish runner and poker player

Dermontti Dawson, American football player and coach

K?ichi Yamadera, Japanese actor and singer

Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver

Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach

Lawrence Haddad, South African-English economist and academic

Sam Hamad, Syrian-Canadian academic and politician

Pierre Berbizier, French rugby player and coach

Iain Milne, Scottish rugby player

Cem Hakko, Turkish fashion designer and businessman

Bob Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Juan Munoz, Spanish sculptor and storyteller (d. 2001)

Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education

John Garrett, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director

Russell Smith, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist

John Craven, English economist and academic

Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)

Karol Sikora, English physician and academic

Paul Young, English singer-songwriter (d. 2000)

George S. Clinton, American composer and songwriter

Timothy Wright, American gospel singer, pastor (d. 2009)

Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)

Art Bell, American broadcaster and author, founder and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM (d. 2018)

Randy Johnson, American football player (d. 2009)

Roger Steffens, American actor and producer

Nicholas C. Handy, English chemist and academic (d. 2012)

Chuck Rainey, American bassist

Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)

Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist (d. 2018)

Harry Browne, American soldier and politician (d. 2006)

Derek Ibbotson, English runner (d. 2017)

Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)

Cliff Gallup, American rock & roll guitarist (d. 1988)

Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (d. 1981)

Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and academic (d. 1999)

Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (d. 2014)

John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot (d. 2016)

William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic (d. 2011)

Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2010)

Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)

Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (d. 1981)

David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player (d. 1973)

Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)

J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (d. 1988)

Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie (d. 1977)

Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)

Evelyn Irons, Scottish journalist and war correspondent (d. 2000)

Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (d. 1961)

Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter (d. 1955)

Gauharara Begum, Mughal princess (d. 1706)

Thomas Mun, English writer on economics (d. 1641)