Famous People Born on October 17
Spring Byington
1886
American actress (d. 1971)
Eugenio Hernández Flores
1959
Mexican politician
John Bowring
1792
English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (d. 1826)
Leopoldo Benites
1905
Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1996)
(Image Credits)
" Aufnahme der DDR in die UNO " by Hans-Joachim Spremberg - CC BY-SA 3.0 de
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Sami Lepistö
1984
Finnish ice hockey player
(Image Credits)
"Sami Lepistö Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg" by Jaime Duke - CC BY-SA 3.0
Pablo Iglesias Turrión
1978
Spanish politician
(Image Credits)
"Pablo Iglesias 2020 (portrait)" by La Moncloa - Gobierno de España - Attribution
Pool Moncloa
Marion Rolland
1982
French skier
(Image Credits)
"Marion Rolland Altenmarkt-Zauchensee 2009" by Christian Jansky - CC BY-SA 3.0
Self-photographed
Vincent Poirier
1993
French basketball player
(Image Credits)
"Vincent Poirier 17 Anadolu Efes EuroLeague 20250103 (3)" by Zafer - CC BY 4.0
Jacques Cazotte
1719
French author and academic (d. 1792)
Oliver Rackham
1939
English botanist and academic (d. 2015)
(Image Credits)
"Oliver Rackham" by Wozzy25 - CC BY-SA 2.5
Saki Kumagai
1990
Japanese footballer
(Image Credits)
"2019-05-17 Fußball, Frauen, UEFA Women's Champions League, Olympique Lyonnais - FC Barcelona StP 0622 LR10 by Stepro (cropped) (cropped)" by Steffen Prößdorf - CC BY-SA 4.0
Self-photographed
Sandra Reemer
1950
Indo-Dutch singer (d. 2017)
(Image Credits)
"Sandra Reemer (cropped)" by M.N.A. van den Bogaart - CC BY-SA 3.0
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