Famous People Born on May 17
Albert
1490
Duke of Prussia, last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1568)
Peter Burge
1932
Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
Henri Barbusse
1873
French author and journalist (d. 1935)
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
1971
Dutch royal
Rodric Braithwaite
1932
English soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
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"Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms)" by This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: - CC BY-SA 4.0
Page McConnell
1963
American keyboard player and songwriter
(Image Credits)
"Page-McConnell" by Dan Shinneman - CC BY-SA 2.0 Original Source
Howard Hampton
1952
Canadian lawyer and politician
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"Howard Hampton, Toronto City Summit Alliance (cropped)" by Jose San Juan - Attribution Original Source
Sirajuddin of Perlis
1943
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
Timo Simonlatser
1986
Estonian skier
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"Timo Simonlatser at Tour de Ski" by che (Please credit as "Petr Novák, Wikipedia" in case you use this outside Wikimedia projects.) - CC BY-SA 2.5
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Jacint Verdaguer
1845
Catalan priest and poet (d. 1902)
Janez Drnovšek
1950
Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (d. 2008)
(Image Credits)
"Janez Drnovsek" by World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland - CC BY-SA 2.0
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2004
Antonio Aguilar
1919
Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2007)