Famous People Born on October 17

Yekaterina Gamova
1980
Russian volleyball player
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Mae Jemison
1956
American physician, academic, and astronaut
Eugenio Hernández Flores
1959
Mexican politician
John Bowring
1792
English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (d. 1826)
Jacob Artist
1992
American actor, singer, and dancer
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Hideto Takahashi
1987
Japanese footballer
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Bea Alonzo
1987
Filipino actress and singer
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Les Murray
1938
Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (d. 2019)
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Matthew Macfadyen
1974
English actor
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Theodore Marier
1912
American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (d. 2001)
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Alexander Neill
1883
Scottish educator (d. 1973)
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Shaun Edwards
1966
English rugby player and coach
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