History Births on March 17

Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
#Rico_Blanco

Chris Davis, American baseball player
#Chris_Davis_(baseball)

Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1961)
#Paul_Ramadier

Danny Ainge, American baseball and basketball player
#Danny_Ainge

William Gibson, American-Canadian author and screenwriter
#William_Gibson

Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid caliph (d. 809)
#Harun_al-Rashid

Zola Taylor, American singer (d. 2007)
#Zola_Taylor

Sam Bowie, American basketball player
#Sam_Bowie

Princess Patricia of Connaught (d. 1974)
#Princess_Patricia_of_Connaught

Thomas Boston, Scottish philosopher and theologian (d. 1732)
#Thomas_Boston

Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer (d. 1881)
#Jim_Bridger

Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge, Swedish field marshal (d. 1662)
#Robert_Douglas,_Count_of_Skenninge

Torquil Campbell, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
#Torquil_Campbell

Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1939)
#Pierce_Butler_(justice)

Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
#Walter_Rudolf_Hess

Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (d. 1806)
#Lachlan_McIntosh

Arye Gross, American actor
#Arye_Gross

Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1952)
#Patrick_Hastings

Rasmus Elm, Swedish footballer
#Rasmus_Elm

Ashley Taylor, Australian rugby league player
#Ashley_Taylor_(rugby_league)
Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
#Paul_Kantner

Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1991)
#Jean_Van_Houtte

Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1988)
#Takeo_Miki

Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (d. 2008)
#Sammy_Baugh

Patricia Breslin, American actress (d. 2011)
#Patricia_Breslin
Servet Çetin, Turkish footballer
#Servet_Çetin

Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer
#Puneeth_Rajkumar

Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founded own eponymous brand (d. 2010)
#Alexander_McQueen

Bobby Ryan, American ice hockey player
#Bobby_Ryan

Grimes, Canadian artist, musician and music video director
#Grimes_(musician)

Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American astronaut (d. 2003)
#Kalpana_Chawla

Fraser Forster, English footballer
#Fraser_Forster

Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player
#Andrew_Ference

Steven Pienaar, South African footballer
#Steven_Pienaar

James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1991)
#James_Irwin
Patrick McDonnell, American author and illustrator
#Patrick_McDonnell

Myrlie Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist
#Myrlie_Evers-Williams

Keith O'Brien, Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal (d. 2018)
#Keith_O'Brien

Jim Gary, American sculptor (d. 2006)
#Jim_Gary

Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (d. 2014)
#Siegfried_Lenz

Federico Fazio, Argentinian footballer
#Federico_Fazio

Roger Harper, Guyanese cricketer and coach
#Roger_Harper

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer (d. 1729)
#Élisabeth_Jacquet_de_La_Guerre

Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1930)
#Joseph_Baptista

Tamar Braxton, American singer-songwriter and actress
#Tamar_Braxton

Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer (d. 1901)
#Josef_Rheinberger

Caroline Corr, Irish singer and drummer
#Caroline_Corr

Craig Ramsay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
#Craig_Ramsay
Vance Wilson, American baseball player and manager
#Vance_Wilson
Giovanni Francesco Commendone, Catholic cardinal (d. 1584)
#Giovanni_Francesco_Commendone

John Sebastian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#John_Sebastian

Ryan White, Canadian ice hockey player
#Ryan_White_(ice_hockey)

Billy Corgan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and producer
#Billy_Corgan

Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (d. 1900)
#Gottlieb_Daimler

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French painter and engraver (d. 1755)
#Jean-Baptiste_Oudry

Rory McGrath, British comedian, television personality, and writer
#Rory_McGrath

Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
#Rudolf_Nureyev

Ken Mattingly, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut
#Ken_Mattingly

Edin Džeko, Bosnian footballer
#Edin_Džeko

Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author (d. 1861)
#Patrick_Brontë

Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (d. 1971)
#Bobby_Jones_(golfer)

Katie Ledecky, American swimmer
#Katie_Ledecky
Krisnan Inu, New Zealand rugby league player
#Krisnan_Inu

Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter and musician
#Hozier_(musician)
Miles Kane, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Miles_Kane

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistani tennis player
#Aisam-ul-Haq_Qureshi

Mia Hamm, American soccer player
#Mia_Hamm

Cynthia McKinney, American activist and politician
#Cynthia_McKinney

Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer (d. 1912)
#Lawrence_Oates

Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)
#Stephen_Gately
Danny Califf, American soccer player
#Danny_Califf
Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian footballer and manager
#Giovanni_Trapattoni

Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host (d. 1965)
#Nat_King_Cole

Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator (d. 1991)
#Chaim_Gross

Scott Gorham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Scott_Gorham

Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1962)
#Ross_McLarty

Raul Meireles, Portuguese footballer
#Raul_Meireles

Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina
#Galina_Samsova

Tu?ba Karademir, Turkish-Canadian figure skater
#Tu?ba_Karademir

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (d. 1975)
#Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman

Charles F. Brush, American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp (d. 1929)
#Charles_F._Brush

Edith New, British militant suffragette (d. 1951)
#Edith_New

Adam Wade, American singer, drummer, and actor
#Adam_Wade_(singer)

Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator (d. 1849)
#Ebenezer_Elliott

Kurt Russell, American actor and producer
#Kurt_Russell

Test, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2009)
#Test_(wrestler)

Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
#Saina_Nehwal

Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator (d. 1847)
#Thomas_Chalmers

Emperor Shij? of Japan (d. 1242)
#Emperor_Shij?

Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese soldier and politician
#Wang_Jin-pyng
Rob Lowe, American actor and producer
#Rob_Lowe

Jeff Banks, Welsh fashion designer
#Jeff_Banks

Clare Grogan, Scottish singer and actress
#Clare_Grogan

Natalie Zea, American actress
#Natalie_Zea

Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator (d. 1931)
#Harry_Clarke

James IV of Scotland (d. 1513)
#James_IV_of_Scotland

Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (d. 2015)
#Gabriele_Ferzetti

Silke Spiegelburg, German pole vaulter
#Silke_Spiegelburg

Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
#Melissa_Auf_der_Maur

Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)
#Mikhail_Vrubel

Justin Hawkins, English singer-songwriter
#Justin_Hawkins

Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1864)
#Roger_B._Taney

Janet Gardner, American singer and guitarist
#Janet_Gardner

Lesley-Anne Down, English actress
#Lesley-Anne_Down

Patrick Duffy, American actor, director, and producer
#Patrick_Duffy

Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (d. 1897)
#Jean_Ingelow

Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications (d. 2009)
#Meir_Amit

Stormy Daniels, born Stephanie Gregory, American adult film actress
#Stormy_Daniels

Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1923)
#Sayed_Darwish

Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987)
#Bayard_Rustin

Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer
#Álvaro_Recoba
Penelope Lively, English author
#Penelope_Lively

Yury Chernavsky, Russian-American songwriter and producer
#Yury_Chernavsky

Jorge Ramos, Mexican-American journalist and author
#Jorge_Ramos_(news_anchor)

Vicki Lewis, American actress and singer
#Vicki_Lewis

Kyle Korver, American basketball player
#Kyle_Korver

Paul Green, American playwright and academic (d. 1981)
#Paul_Green_(playwright)

Scott Downs, American baseball player
#Scott_Downs

Pat Rice, Irish footballer and coach
#Pat_Rice

Michael Hayden, American general, 20th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
#Michael_Hayden_(general)

Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (d. 1913)
#Ralph_Rose
Bill Mueller, American baseball player and coach
#Bill_Mueller

Pattie Boyd, English model, author, and photographer
#Pattie_Boyd

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimy? (d. 1598)
#Toyotomi_Hideyoshi

Cito Gaston, American baseball player and manager
#Cito_Gaston

Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist (d. 1930)
#Silvio_Gesell

Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist (d. 1934)
#Cornelia_Clapp

Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher (d. 1920)
#Otto_Gross

Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (d. 1934)
#Alcide_Nunez

Rob Sitch, Australian actor, director, and producer
#Rob_Sitch

Mark Dolan, English comedian and television host
#Mark_Dolan

Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet (d. 1926)
#Patrice_Contamine_de_Latour

Lee Dixon, English footballer and journalist
#Lee_Dixon

Andrew Rosindell, English journalist and politician
#Andrew_Rosindell

Bill Graham, Canadian academic and politician, 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
#Bill_Graham_(Canadian_politician)

Lloyd Rees, Australian painter (d. 1988)
#Lloyd_Rees

Manohar Aich, Indian bodybuilder and Mr. Universe (d. 2016)
#Manohar_Aich

Aaron Baddeley, American-Australian golfer
#Aaron_Baddeley

Gary Sinise, American actor, director, and bass player
#Gary_Sinise

Dean Britt, Australian rugby league player
#Dean_Britt

Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
#Shinji_Kagawa

Ank Bijleveld, Dutch politician
#Ank_Bijleveld
Chuck Muncie, American football player (d. 2013)
#Chuck_Muncie

Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator (d. 1901)
#Kate_Greenaway

John Boyega, English actor
#John_Boyega

Robin Knox-Johnston, English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
#Robin_Knox-Johnston

Edgar Grospiron, French skier
#Edgar_Grospiron

Ryan Parent, Canadian ice hockey player
#Ryan_Parent