Un día como hoy — 17 de octubre

Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (died 1559)

Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (died 1621)

Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (died 1642)

Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic (died 1637)

Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor (died 1620)

Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (died 1687)

Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (died 1646)

Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer (died 1726)

Jupiter Hammon, American poet (died 1806)

Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic (died 1792)

Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer (died 1795)

John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (died 1797)

Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer and academic (died 1817)

Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist (died 1803)

Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter (died 1814)

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (died 1825)

Sophie von Dönhoff, morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (died 1838)

Louis Charles, French prince of the blood (died 1808)

José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Argentine statesman and priest (died approx. 1820)

Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States (died 1850)

Johann Friedrich Meckel, German anatomist (died 1833)

Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay (died 1854)

Christen Smith, Norwegian scientist (died 1816)

John Bowring, English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (died 1826)

Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (died 1841)

Ferenc Deák, Hungarian politician (died 1876)

Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (died 1880)

Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor and educator (died 1876)

Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (died 1837)

Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (died 1888)

Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and scholar (died 1898)

Alexander Gardner, Scottish photographer (died 1882)

Aureliano Maestre de San Juan, Spanish scientist (died 1890)

José E. Días, Paraguayan general (died 1867)

Louis-Léon Cugnot, French sculptor (died 1894)

Paul Haenlein, German mechanical engineer (died 1905)

André Gill, French caricaturist (died 1885)

Gustave Schlumberger, French historian (died 1929)

John J. Gardner, American politician (died 1921)

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (died 1920)

Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator (died 1935)

Henry Campbell Black, founder of Black's Law Dictionary (died 1927)

Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (died 1943)

James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1950)

Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí (died 1956)

Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale, Hindustani classical vocalist

Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (died 1929)

Hippolyte Aucouturier, French road cyclist (died 1944)

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba (died 1953)

Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector (died 1977)

Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (died 1959)

Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine (died 1904)

Alexander Neill, Scottish educator (died 1973)

Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (died 1966)

Spring Byington, American actress (died 1971)

Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author (died 1988)

Roy Kilner, English cricketer (died 1928)

Theodor Eicke, German SS general (died 1943)

Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator (died 1983)

Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist (died 1979)

Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark (died 1962)

Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet (died 1968)

Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963) (died 1982)

Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (died 1958)

Roman Petrovich, Russian prince (died 1978)

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (died 1998)

Eileen Sedgwick, American actress (died 1991)

Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (died 1971)

C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (died 1932)

Jean Arthur, American actress (died 1991)

Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (died 1968)

Emma Gamboa Alvarado, Costa Rican educator (died 1973)

Irene Ryan, American actress (died 1973)

Andrei Grechko, Soviet general (died 1976)

Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (died 1940)

Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1996)

Paul Derringer, American baseball player (died 1987)

Andrey Tikhonov, Soviet mathematician (died 1993)

John Marley, American actor (died 1984)

Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (died 2007)

Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (died 1988)

Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player (died 1980)

Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1969)

Cozy Cole, American drummer (died 1981)

Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet (died 1962)

Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician (died 1992)

Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor (died 1995)

Ester Wier, American author (died 2000)

Pope John Paul I (died 1978)

Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (died 2001)

Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1982)

Robert Lowery, American actor (died 1971)

Marian Marsh, Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (died 2006)

Faik Türün, Turkish general (died 2003)

Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (died 1996)

Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2005)

José López Rega, Argentinean politician (died 1989)

Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (died 2013)

Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (died 1999)

Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (died 2022)

Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (died 1989)

Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (died 2014)

Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (died 1991)

Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (died 2000)

Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer (died 1987)

Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist (died 1993)

Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (died 2014)

Isaak Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian theoretical physicist and academic (died 2021)

Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (died 2014)

Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (died 2005)

Montgomery Clift, American actor (died 1966)

Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (died 2010)

Zully Moreno, Argentine actress (died 1999)

Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (died 2012)

Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (died 2001)

George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (died 1996)

Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (died 2007)

Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 2001)

Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (died 2012)

Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (died 2004)

Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (died 2001)

Don Coryell, American football player and coach (died 2010)

Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer (died 2012)

Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (died 1991)

Rolando Panerai, Italian baritone (died 2019)

Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (died 2010)

Julie Adams, American actress (died 2019)

Beverly Garland, American actress (died 2008)

Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (died 2011)

Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister (died 2007)

Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician (died 2017)

Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager (died 2016)

Ismail Akbay, Turkish physicist and engineer (died 2003)

Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (died 2003)

José Alencar, Brazilian businessman and politician (died 2011)

Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and playwright (died 2012)

Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian writer (died 2008)

Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (died 1994)

William Anders, Hong Kong-American general and astronaut (died 2024)

The Singing Nun, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (died 1985)

Alan Garner, English author and playwright

Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (died 2005)

Rico Rodriguez, Jamaican trombonist (died 2015)

Sydney Chapman, English architect and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (died 2014)

Michael Eavis, English farmer, founded the Glastonbury Festival

Carlos Pairetti, Argentine racing driver (died 2022)

Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic

Santiago Navarro, Spanish basketball player (died 1993)

Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (died 2018)

José María Álvarez del Manzano, Spanish politician

Aida Navarro, Venezuelan mezzo-soprano

Renato Prada Oropeza, Bolivian-Mexican scientist (died 2011)

Paxton Whitehead, English actor (died 2023)

António Calvário, Portuguese singer and artist

Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (died 2007)

Les Murray, Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (died 2019)

Oliver Rackham, English botanist and academic (died 2015)

Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor

Jim Smith, English footballer and manager (died 2019)

Peter Stringfellow, English businessman (died 2018)

Earl Thomas Conley, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)

Paul Ellison, American musician

Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist (died 2022)

Steve Jones, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2017)

Gary Puckett, American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ignacio Rupérez, Spanish diplomat and journalist (died 2015)

Ángel Cristo, Spanish circus performer (died 2010)

Ronni Chasen, American publicist (died 2010)

Michael Hossack, American drummer (died 2012)

Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Mexican actor and comedian

Akira Kushida, Japanese vocalist

Cameron Mackintosh, English producer and manager

Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian

Julio Miranda, Argentine politician (died 2021)

Drusilla Modjeska, English-Australian author and critic

Daniela Payssé, Uruguayan politician (died 2018)

José Perramón, Spanish handball player

Jaime Ravinet, Chilean politician

Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter

Rüdiger Wittig, German geobotanist and ecologist

Omar Azziman, adviser to the King of Morocco

Gene Green, American lawyer and politician

Michael McKean, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director

Robert Post, American educator and academic

Osvaldo Castro, Chilean footballer

Robert Jordan, American soldier and author (died 2007)

Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (died 2018)

George Wendt, American actor and comedian (died 2025)

Owen Arthur, Barbadian economist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (died 2020)

Bill Hudson, American musician and actor

Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal

Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch singer (died 2017)

Howard Rollins, American actor (died 1996)

Dirk Beheydt, Belgian footballer

Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater

Roger Pontare, Swedish singer

Shari Ulrich, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist

Joseph Bowie, American trombonist and bandleader

Domenico Penzo, Italian footballer

Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer

Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek economist, academic, and politician, Greek Minister of Finance

Mike Bratz, American basketball player

Fran Cosmo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mae Jemison, American physician, academic, and astronaut

Pat McCrory, American businessman and politician, 74th Governor of North Carolina

Ken Morrow, American ice hockey player and executive

Stephen Palumbi, American academic and author

Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer

Nelson Barrera, Mexican baseball player (died 2002)

Lawrence Bender, American actor and producer

Antonio Galdo, Italian journalist

Steve McMichael, American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster (died 2025)

Pino Palladino, Welsh bassist

Vincent Van Patten, American tennis player and actor

Howard Alden, American guitarist

Alan Jackson, American singer-songwriter

Sandra Mozarowsky, Spanish actress (died 1977)

Craig Murray, British diplomat

Mustafa Aberchán, Spanish politician

Ron Drummond, American author and scholar

Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (died 2016)

Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Eugenio Hernández Flores, Mexican politician

Norm Macdonald, Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (died 2021)

Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic

Richard Roeper, American journalist and critic

Guy Henry, English actor

Rob Marshall, American director, producer, and choreographer

Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (died 2013)

Philippe Sands, American lawyer and academic

David Means, American short story writer

Glenn Braggs, American baseball player

Jay Humphries, American basketball player

Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor

Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist

Toby Young, English journalist and academic

Margarita Liborio Arrazola, Mexican politician

Gregg Wallace, English television presenter

Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer

Rhys Muldoon, Australian actor

Shaun Edwards, English rugby player and coach

Danny Ferry, American basketball player and manager

Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter and novelist

Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and sportscaster

René Dif, Danish musician

Pedro González Vera, Chilean footballer

Simon Segars, English businessman

Nathalie Tauziat, French tennis player

Alejandra Ávalos, Mexican artist

Graeme Le Saux, English footballer and sportscaster

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor

David Robertson, Scottish footballer and manager

Ernie Els, South African golfer and sportscaster

Jesús Ángel García, Spanish racewalker

Wood Harris, American actor

Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor

Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer

John Mabry, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

J. C. MacKenzie, Canadian actor

Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer-songwriter and dancer

Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player

Martin Heinrich, American politician

Derrick Plourde, American drummer (died 2005)

Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor

Sharon Leal, American actress

Musashi, Japanese karateka and kickboxer

Tarkan, German-Turkish singer

Rubén Garcés, Panamanian basketball player

Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer and coach

Bhagwant Mann, Indian Politician

Ariel Levy, American journalist and author

Matthew Macfadyen, English actor

Obdulio Ávila Mayo, Mexican politician

Bárbara Paz, Brazilian actress

Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player

John Rocker, American baseball player

Darío Sala, Argentine footballer

Gabriel Silberstein, Chilean tennis player

Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer

Jericó Abramo Masso, Mexican politician

Francis Bouillon, American-Canadian ice hockey player

Vina Morales, Filipino actress and singer

Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer

Seth Etherton, American baseball player

Carlos Loret de Mola, Mexican journalist

Kevin Maher, English-Irish footballer and coach

Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer

Alimi Ballard, American actor and producer

Bryan Bertino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Walter Calderón, Ecuadorian footballer

Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza, Mexican politician

Ryan McGinley, American photographer

André Villas-Boas, Portuguese footballer and manager

Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player and coach

Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician

Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress

Chuka Umunna, English lawyer and politician

Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist

Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist (died 2022)

Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver

Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player

Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player

Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer

Isaac Mina, Ecuadorian footballer

Angel Parker, American actress

Alessandro Piccolo, Italian race car driver

Justin Shenkarow, American actor

Horacio Cervantes, Mexican footballer

Kurumi Enomoto, Japanese singer-songwriter

Holly Holm, American mixed martial artist

Tsubasa Imai, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer

Ben Rothwell, American mixed-martial artist

Rubén Ramírez, Argentine footballer

Nick Riewoldt, Australian footballer

Marion Rolland, French skier

Michelle Ang, New Zealand actress

Milica Brozovic, Serbian-Russian figure skater

Felicity Jones, English actress

Toshihiro Matsushita, Japanese footballer

Riki Miura, Japanese actor

Junichi Miyashita, Japanese swimmer

Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer

Mitch Talbot, American baseball player

Vitali Teleš, Estonian footballer

Sami Lepistö, Finnish ice hockey player

Chris Lowell, American actor

Giovanni Marchese, Italian footballer

Randall Munroe, American author and illustrator

Luke Rockhold, American mixed martial artist

Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bandleader

Gottfrid Svartholm, Swedish computer specialist

Jared Tallent, Australian race walker

Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player

Max Irons, English-Irish actor

Collins John, Dutch footballer

Tomokazu Nagira, Japanese footballer

Alexandre Bonnet, French footballer

Antoni Bou, Spanish motorcyclist

Aija Brumermane, Latvian basketball player

Constant Djakpa, Ivorian footballer

Yannick Ponsero, French figure skater

Nicolás Richotti, Argentine basketball player

Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress and singer

Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer

Elliot Grandin, French footballer

Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer

Sergiy Gladyr, Ukrainian basketball player

Tori Matsuzaka, Japanese actor and model

Marina Salas, Spanish actress

Débora García, Spanish footballer

Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer

Sophie Luck, Australian actress

Charles Oliveira, Brazilian mixed martial artist

David Timor, Spanish footballer

Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer

Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player

Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer

Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer

Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player

Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress

Jacob Artist, American actor, singer, and dancer

Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer

Anthony Gill, American basketball player

Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress

Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer

Vincent Poirier, French basketball player

Jamal Adams, American football player

Ha-seong Kim, South Korean baseball player

Jake DeBrusk, Canadian ice hockey player

Robert Williams III, American basketball player

Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer

Matthew Knies, American professional ice hockey player

Lily, Australian-South Korean singer