People born on October 17
🇦🇹Alfred Polgar
deceasedjournalist · 1873–1955
Final day
Day 29,774
🇩🇪Bertha Zillessen
deceasedGerman photographer and painter (1872-1936) · 1872–1936
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Day 23,098
🇺🇸Bill Anders
deceasedentrepreneur · 1933–2024
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Day 33,107
🇺🇸Buck Ewing
deceasedfilm director · 1859–1906
Final day
Day 17,170
🇫🇮Burton
musician · b. 1974
Today
Day 18,750
🇻🇪Carlos González
baseball player · b. 1985
Today
Day 14,732
🇺🇸Chocolate Myers
NASCAR team principal; championship gasman · b. 1948
Today
Day 28,246
🇺🇸Danny Ferry
basketball player · b. 1966
Today
Day 21,672
🇩🇪Falko Bindrich
German chess grandmaster · b. 1990
Today
Day 12,906
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🇩🇪Freimut Börngen
deceasedGerman astronomer (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
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Day 33,119
🇦🇹Hans Haas
deceasedAustrian weightlifter (1906-1973) · 1906–1973
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Day 24,317
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🇩🇪Herbert Böhme
deceasedGerman poet (1907–1971) · 1907–1971
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Day 23,383
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Iosif Bumagin
deceasedmilitary person · 1907–1945
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Day 13,705
🇺🇸Jacob Artist
actor · b. 1992
Today
Day 12,175
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🇩🇪Jana Thiel
deceasedGerman television presenter and journalist (1971-2016) · 1971–2016
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Day 16,340
🇦🇺Jared Tallent
Australian race walker · b. 1984
Today
Day 15,097
🇪🇸Josep Puig i Cadafalch
deceasedCatalan architect (1867-1957) · 1867–1956
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Day 32,575
🇺🇸Julie Adams
deceasedactor · 1926–2019
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Day 33,713
🇩🇪Karl-Hermann Flach
deceasedGerman journalist and politician (1929-1973) · 1929–1973
Final day
Day 16,019
🇨🇦Lars Hirschfeld
Canadian soccer player · b. 1978
Today
Day 17,289
🇺🇸Mae Jemison
actor · b. 1956
Today
Day 25,324
🇺🇸Mitch Talbot
film director · b. 1983
Today
Day 15,463
🇺🇸Rita Hayworth
deceasedactor · 1918–1987
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Day 25,047
🇺🇸Robert Kempner
deceasedGerman-American lawyer (1899–1993) · 1899–1993
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Day 34,271
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🇫🇷Salim Moizini
football player · b. 1985
Today
Day 14,732
🇺🇸Seth Etherton
film director · b. 1976
Today
Day 18,019
🇯🇵Soichi Fujita
film director · b. 1972
Today
Day 19,480
🇺🇸Steve McMichael
deceasedAmerican football player and professional wrestler (1957–2025) · 1957–2025
Final day
Day 24,661
Vlada Urošević
Macedonian translator, university teacher and writer · b. 1934
Today
Day 33,360
Wyclef Jean
Haitian rapper · b. 1969
Today
Day 20,576