Famous Births on 17 Feb

Famous Births on 17 Feb1490 - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (d. 1527)1519 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)1524 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1574)1581 - Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)1646 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian comr (d. 1713)1718 - Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)1723 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. 1762)1752 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (d. 1831)1754 - Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)1781 - René Laënnec, French physician (d. 1826)1792 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. 1876)1796 - Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)1816 - Haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864)1820 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)1820 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian comr (d. 1881)1821 - Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861)1836 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)1844 - Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. 1913)1848 - Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)1854 - Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1902)1861 - Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)1862 - Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)1863 - Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)1864 - Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929)1864 - Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (d. 1941)1874 - Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (d. 1956)1877 - André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)1877 - Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)1885 - Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)1887 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish comr (d. 1947)1888 - Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969)1893 - Wally Pipp, American baseball player ([[d. 1965)1904 - Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (d. 1980)1908 - Red Barber, American baseball announcer (d. 1992)1908 - Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (d. 2005)1910 - Marc Lawrence, American actor (d. 2005)1910 - Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (d. 1979)1911 - Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born American literary scholar (d. 1984)1912 - Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)1914 - Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990)1914 - Wayne Morris, American actor (d. 1959)1916 - Raf Vallone, Italian actor (d. 2002)1916 - Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England.(d. 1940)1917 - Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (d. 2002)1917 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. 1965)1919 - Kathleen Freeman, American actress (d. 2001)1920 - Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director1922 - Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (d. 2007)1922 - Tommy Edwards, American singer (d. 1969)1922 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959)1924 - Margaret Truman, American novelist (d. 2008)1925 - Ron Goodwin, English comr and conductor (d. 2003)1925 - Hal Holbrook, American actor1928 - Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress & singer1929 - Patricia Routledge, English actress1929 - Chaim Potok, American author (d. 2002)1929 - Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player1930 - Roger Craig, American baseball player and manager1930 - Ruth Rendell, English writer1932 - Buck Trent, American banjo player1933 - Bobby Lewis, American singer1933 - Craig L. Thomas, American politician (d. 2007)1934 - Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)1934 - Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian1935 - Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress1936 - Jim Brown, American football player1939 - John Leyton, British singer1939 - Mary Ann Mobley, American actress and beauty queen1940 - Gene Pitney, American singer (d. 2006)1941 - Julia McKenzie, English actress and theatre director1942 - Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. 1989)1944 - Karl Jenkins, Welsh comr1945 - Brenda Fricker, Irish actress1945 - Zina Bethune, American actress1946 - Dodie Stevens, American singer1948 - José José, Mexican singer and actor1948 - Rick Majerus, American basketball coach1949 - Fred Frith, English musician and comr1952 - Karin Janz, East German gymnast1953 - Norman Pace, British actor and comic1954 - Rene Russo, American actress1955 - Mo Yan, Chinese novelist1956 - Richard Karn, American actor1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician1959 - Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician1959 - Neil Lomax, American football player1962 - Samuel Bayer, American music video director1962 - Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (d. 1995)1962 - Tyrone "Ty" Jones, American screenwriter1962 - David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (d. 1999)1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor1963 - Jen-Hsun Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian1963 - Michael Jordan, American basketball player1964 - Buster Olney, American sports columnist1965 - Michael Bay, American film director1966 - Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer1966 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004)1966 - Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player1966 - Michael Lepond, American musician1967 - Chanté Moore, American singer1968 - Bryan Cox, National Football League player1969 - Tuesday Knight, American actress1970 - Tim Mahoney, American musician (311)1970 - Tommy Moe, American Olympic skier1970 - Dominic Purcell, English-born actor1971 - Martyn Bennett, Canadian comr (d. 2005)1971 - Jeremy Edwards, British actor1971 - Denise Richards, American actress1972 - Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (formerly Judy and Mary)1972 - Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters)1972 - Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician (Green Day)1973 - SaRenna Lee, American ographic actress1974 - Kaoru, Japanese musician1974 - Jerry O'Connell, American actor1974 - Bryan White, American singer1975 - Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player1975 - Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player1975 - Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress1975 - Wish Bone, American rapper1976 - Kelly Carlson, American actress1976 - Scott Williamson, American baseball player1978 - Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim1979 - Dee, Puerto Rican ographic actress1979 - Josh Willingham, American baseball player1980 - Jason Ritter, American actor1980 - Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer1980 - Al Harrington, American basketball player1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress1982 - Lupe Fiasco, American rapper1982 - Adriano, Brazilian footballer1982 - Brian Bruney, American baseball player1983 - Gérald Cid, French footballer1983 - Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer1984 - AB de Villiers, South African cricketer1984 - Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu1984 - Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler1985 - Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model1986 - Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer1986 - Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model1988 - Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim1991 - Bonnie Wright, British actress1992 - Meaghan Jette Martin, American child actress and singer1996 - Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress