Famous People Born on December 17
Famous people born on December 17 include Ludwig van Beethoven (1770), Pope Francis (1936) and Humphry Davy (1778).
BORN ON THIS DAY
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Humphry Davy
British chemist and inventor (1778–1829)
Milla Jovovich
American actress (born 1975)
Muhammadu Buhari
President of Nigeria (1983–1985; 2015–2023)
Manny Pacquiao
Filipino boxer and politician (born 1978)
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Turkish politician (born 1948)
Willard Libby
American physical chemist (1908–1980)
Chelsea Manning
American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)
Joseph Henry
American physicist and inventor (1797–1878)
Giovanni Ribisi
American actor (born 1974)
Martin Ødegaard
Norwegian footballer (born 1998)
Émilie du Châtelet
French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706–1749)
Simo Häyhä
Finnish military sniper (1905–2002)
André Ayew
Footballer (born 1989)
Laurie Holden
American-Canadian actress (born 1969)
Maria I of Portugal
Queen of Portugal from 1777 to 1816
DIED ON THIS DAY
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Leopold II of Belgium
King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903–1987)
Pope Gregory VIII
Head of the Catholic Church in 1187
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
Empress of the French from 1810 to 1814
Jennifer Jones
American actress (1919–2009)
13th Dalai Lama
Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1879 to 1933
Dorothy L. Sayers
English novelist, translator and Christian writer (1893–1957)
Thomas Mitchell
American actor and writer (1892–1962)
Harold Holt
Prime Minister of Australia from 1966 to 1967
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
Ambundu queen in Angola (c. 1583–1663)
Sources
- December 17 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
- Pope Francis — Wikipedia
- Rumi — Wikipedia
- Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths