History Births on November 17

Butch Davis, American football player and coach

#Butch_Davis

Grace Abbott, American social worker (d. 1939)

#Grace_Abbott

Jim McGovern, Scottish politician

#Jim_McGovern_(British_politician)

Martin Barre, English guitarist and songwriter

#Martin_Barre

Yolanda King, American actress and activist (d. 2007)

#Yolanda_King

Yusuf Pathan, Indian cricketer

#Yusuf_Pathan

Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (d. 2005)

#Arman

Jim Inhofe, American soldier and politician, senior senator of Oklahoma

#Jim_Inhofe

Sarah Harding, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

#Sarah_Harding

Cyril Ramaphosa, South African businessman and politician, 7th Deputy President of South Africa

#Cyril_Ramaphosa

John Boehner, American businessman and politician, 61st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

#John_Boehner

Michael Wenden, Australian swimmer

#Michael_Wenden

Jerome James, American basketball player

#Jerome_James

Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 2001)

#Bert_Sutcliffe

Nick Markakis, American baseball player

#Nick_Markakis

Jack Vettriano, Scottish painter and philanthropist

#Jack_Vettriano

Sean Miller, American basketball player and coach

#Sean_Miller

Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian and author (d. 1776)

#Pierre_François_le_Courayer

Jim Babjak, American guitarist and songwriter (The Smithereens)

#Jim_Babjak

Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor

#Martin_Scorsese

Tab Benoit, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Tab_Benoit

Katie Feenstra-Mattera, American basketball player

#Katie_Feenstra-Mattera

Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer (d. 1987)

#Arthur_Chipperfield

Terry Rand, American basketball player (d. 2014)

#Terry_Rand

Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)

#Duchess_Charlotte_Georgine_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Howard Dean, American physician and politician, 79th Governor of Vermont

#Howard_Dean

RuPaul, American drag queen performer, actor, and singer

#RuPaul

Alexei Urmanov, Russian figure skater and coach

#Alexei_Urmanov

Everth Cabrera, Nicaraguan baseball player

#Everth_Cabrera

Peter Cook, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1995)

#Peter_Cook

David Ramsey, American actor

#David_Ramsey

Sophie Marceau, French actress, director, and screenwriter

#Sophie_Marceau

Vespasian, Roman emperor (d. 79)

#Vespasian

Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman (d. 1943)

#Frank_Calder

Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (d. 1915)

#Andrew_L._Harris

Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (d. 1932)

#Joseph_Babinski

Terry Branstad, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Governor of Iowa

#Terry_Branstad

Fenella Fielding, English actress (d. 2018)

#Fenella_Fielding

Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player

#Ties_Kruize

Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, Scottish general

#Charles_Guthrie,_Baron_Guthrie_of_Craigiebank

Scott Moore, American baseball player

#Scott_Moore_(baseball)

Ryan Griffin, American football player

#Ryan_Griffin_(quarterback)

Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter (d. 2005)

#Camillo_Felgen

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer

#Mary_Elizabeth_Mastrantonio

Amanda Evora, American figure skater

#Amanda_Evora

Jacques MacDonald, French general (d. 1840)

#Jacques_MacDonald

Maria Antonia Ferdinanda, Sardinian queen consort (d. 1785)

#Maria_Antonia_Ferdinanda_of_Spain

Robert Stethem, American soldier (d. 1985)

#Robert_Stethem

Nguy?n T?n D?ng, Vietnamese soldier and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Vietnam

#Nguy?n_T?n_D?ng

Stephen Root, American actor

#Stephen_Root

Elvin Hayes, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Elvin_Hayes

Pat Toomey, American businessman and politician

#Pat_Toomey

Tom Seaver, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Tom_Seaver

Susan Rice, American academic and politician, 24th United States National Security Advisor

#Susan_Rice

Dan Osinski, American baseball player (d. 2013)

#Dan_Osinski

Mitch Williams, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Mitch_Williams

Harry Lloyd, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Harry_Lloyd

Alfonso, Asturian prince (d. 1468)

#Alfonso,_Prince_of_Asturias_(1453-1468)

August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1868)

#August_Ferdinand_Möbius

Kerry Godliman, English actress and comedian

#Kerry_Godliman

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Gordon_Lightfoot

Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission (d. 1982)

#Walter_Hallstein

Lorne Michaels, Canadian-American screenwriter and producer, created Saturday Night Live

#Lorne_Michaels

Diane Neal, American actress and director

#Diane_Neal

Ry?tar? Okiayu, Japanese voice actor and singer

#Ry?tar?_Okiayu

Craig Noone, English footballer

#Craig_Noone

Trevor Crowe, American baseball player

#Trevor_Crowe

Jonathan Ross, English actor and talk show host

#Jonathan_Ross

Rod Clements, British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist (Lindisfarne)

#Rod_Clements

Angelika Machinek, German glider pilot (d. 2006)

#Angelika_Machinek

Charles Mackerras, American-Australian oboe player and conductor (d. 2010)

#Charles_Mackerras

Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning (d. 1841)

#Nicolas_Appert

Zoë Bell, New Zealand actress and stuntwoman

#Zoë_Bell

Viva Bianca, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter

#Viva_Bianca

Partha Dasgupta, Bangladeshi economist and academic

#Partha_Dasgupta

Greg Rutherford, English long jumper

#Greg_Rutherford

Lee Strasberg, Ukrainian-American actor and director (d. 1982)

#Lee_Strasberg

Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1934)

#Hubert_Lyautey

Paul Allender, English guitarist and songwriter

#Paul_Allender

Carolina Neurath, Swedish journalist

#Carolina_Neurath

Aristides Pereira, Cape Verdean politician, 1st President of Cape Verde (d. 2011)

#Aristides_Pereira

Amanda Brown, Australian violinist and composer

#Amanda_Brown_(musician)

Kate Ceberano, Australian singer-songwriter and actress

#Kate_Ceberano

Christopher Paolini, American author

#Christopher_Paolini

Roman Zozulya, Ukrainian football striker

#Roman_Zozulya

Zanobi Strozzi, Italian painter (d. 1468)

#Zanobi_Strozzi

Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer

#Danny_DeVito

Bronzino, Italian painter (d. 1572)

#Bronzino

Alvin Patrimonio, Filipino basketball player and manager

#Alvin_Patrimonio

Stanley Cohen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Stanley_Cohen_(biochemist)

Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (d. 1918)

#Korbinian_Brodmann

Danielle Kettlewell, Australian synchronised swimmer

#Danielle_Kettlewell

Werner Hoyer, German economist and politician

#Werner_Hoyer

Richard Fortus, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Richard_Fortus

East Bay Ray, American guitarist

#East_Bay_Ray

Eunice Barber, Sierra Leonean-French heptathlete and long jumper

#Eunice_Barber

Kinga Baranowska, Polish mountaineer

#Kinga_Baranowska

Petra Burka, Dutch-Canadian figure skater and coach

#Petra_Burka

Ioannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player

#Ioannis_Bourousis

Malcolm Bruce, English-Scottish journalist, academic, and politician

#Malcolm_Bruce

Bernd Schneider, German footballer

#Bernd_Schneider_(footballer)

Darren Beadman, Australian jockey

#Darren_Beadman

Gemma Spofforth, English swimmer

#Gemma_Spofforth

Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic (d. 1865)

#Charles_Lock_Eastlake

Peter Cox, English singer-songwriter (Go West)

#Peter_Cox_(musician)

Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-American model and actress

#Daisy_Fuentes

Rance Howard, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)

#Rance_Howard

Ronnie DeVoe, American singer, producer, and actor

#Ronnie_DeVoe

Christian Fouchet, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1974)

#Christian_Fouchet

Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (d. 1966)

#Sammy_Younge_Jr.

Astrid of Sweden (d. 1935)

#Astrid_of_Sweden

Rebecca Walker, American author

#Rebecca_Walker

Agnes of Jesus, French Catholic nun (d. 1634)

#Agnes_of_Jesus

Gemini Ganesan, Indian actor and director (d. 2002)

#Gemini_Ganesan

Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress

#Rachel_McAdams

Voltairine de Cleyre, American author and activist (d. 1912)

#Voltairine_de_Cleyre

Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect (d. 1988)

#Isamu_Noguchi

Orlando Peña, Cuban-American baseball player and scout

#Orlando_Peña

Jim Boeheim, American basketball player and coach

#Jim_Boeheim

Jeremy Black, English admiral (d. 2015)

#Jeremy_Black_(Royal_Navy_officer)

Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

#Eugene_Wigner

Leonard Roberts, American actor

#Leonard_Roberts

Ryan Braun, American baseball player

#Ryan_Braun

Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet and playwright (d. 1679)

#Joost_van_den_Vondel

Frank Fay, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1961)

#Frank_Fay_(American_actor)

Ben Allison, American bassist and composer

#Ben_Allison

Mike Garcia, American baseball player (d. 1986)

#Mike_Garcia_(baseball,_born_1923)

August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer and historian (d. 1876)

#August_Wilhelm_Ambros

Roland Matthes, German swimmer

#Roland_Matthes

Ryan Bradley, American figure skater

#Ryan_Bradley

Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (d. 1967)

#Mischa_Auer

Hollie Smith, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Hollie_Smith

Berto Romero, Spanish comedian and actor

#Berto_Romero

Park Han-byul, South Korean model and actress

#Park_Han-byul

Matthew Spring, English footballer

#Matthew_Spring

Eli Marrero, Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Eli_Marrero

Sima Guang, Chinese politician (d. 1086)

#Sima_Guang

Runa Laila, Bangladeshi singer

#Runa_Laila

Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (d. 1999)

#Norm_Zauchin

Leslie Bibb, American actress and producer

#Leslie_Bibb

Dorgon, Chinese prince and regent (d. 1650)

#Dorgon

Reggie Wayne, American football player

#Reggie_Wayne

Lauren Hutton, American model and actress

#Lauren_Hutton

Bob Mathias, American decathlete, actor, and politician (d. 2006)

#Bob_Mathias

Dean Paul Martin, American singer, actor, and pilot (d. 1987)

#Dean_Paul_Martin

Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985)

#Rock_Hudson

Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect and academic, designed the Seattle Central Library

#Rem_Koolhaas

Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist (d. 1815)

#Gotthilf_Heinrich_Ernst_Muhlenberg

Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian journalist and poet (d. 1895)

#Petko_Slaveykov

Toni Sailer, Austrian skier and actor (d. 2009)

#Toni_Sailer

Roland Joffé, English-French director, producer, and screenwriter

#Roland_Joffé

Jaanus Tamkivi, Estonian politician

#Jaanus_Tamkivi

Jean-Michel Saive, Belgian table tennis player

#Jean-Michel_Saive

Kimya Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Kimya_Dawson

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Canadian commander and explorer (d. 1749)

#Pierre_Gaultier_de_Varennes,_sieur_de_La_Vérendrye

Jay Bradley, American wrestler

#Jay_Bradley

Taylor Gold, American snowboarder

Alex Sheedy, Australian basketball player

Justine Michelle Cain, English actress

Nani, Portuguese footballer

Fabio Concas, Italian footballer

Sékou Camara, Malian footballer (d. 2013)

Luis Aguiar, Uruguayan footballer

Jodie Henry, Australian swimmer

Otacílio Mariano Neto, Brazilian footballer

Doug Walker, American actor, comedian, film critic, internet personality, and filmmaker

Isaac Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Glen Air, Australian rugby league player

Paul Shepherd, English footballer

Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer

Lord Infamous, American rapper (d. 2013)

Roland de Marigny, South African-Italian rugby player

Lee Carseldine, Australian cricketer

Andreas Hedlund, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

Lorraine Pascale, English model and chef

Joanne Goode, English badminton player

Tania Zaetta, Australian actress

Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)

Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)

Michael Hertwig, German footballer and manager

William R. Moses, American actor and producer

Terry Fenwick, English footballer and manager

Dennis Maruk, Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey player

Chopper Read, Australian criminal and author (d. 2013)

Babis Tennes, Greek footballer and manager

David Emanuel, Welsh fashion designer

Jeremy Hanley, English accountant and politician, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Lesley Abdela, English journalist and activist

Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Byrds) (d. 1991)

István Rosztóczy, Hungarian-Japanese microbiologist and physician (d. 1993)

Lesley Rees, English endocrinologist and academic

Bob Gaudio, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

Derek Clayton, English-Australian runner

Luke Kelly, Irish singer, folk musician and actor (d. 1984)

Auberon Waugh, English journalist and author (d. 2001)

Crispian Hollis, English Roman Catholic bishop

Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player

Anthony King, Canadian-English psephologist and academic (d. 2017)

Gor? Naya, Japanese actor and director (d. 2013)

Colin McDonald, Australian cricketer

Nicholas Taylor, Canadian geologist, businessman, and politician

Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer (d. 2015)

Jean Faut, American baseball player and bowler

Hubertus Brandenburg, Swedish bishop (d. 2009)

Jack Froggatt, English footballer (d. 1993)

Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter and illustrator

Kim Heungsou, Korean painter and educator (d. 2014)

Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician (d. 2005)

Shelby Foote, American historian and author (d. 2005)

Israel Regardie, English occultist and author (d. 1985)

Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (d. 2007)

Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (d. 1991)

Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American engineer (d. 1971)

Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher (d. 1934)

Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet (d. 1966)

Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director (d. 1949)

Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (d. 1976)

Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant (d. 1967)

Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1963)

Louis XVIII, king of France (d. 1824)

Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and saint (d. 1628)

John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer, English politician (d. 1543)