Yordan Bikov

Bulgarian weightlifter.

Born October 17th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Pazardzhik.

Antal Nagy

Hungarian footballer (born 1956).

Born October 17th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Nagyhalász.

Alexsandr Dyachenko

Road bicycle racer.

Born October 17th, 1983 (age 42 years) in East Kazakhstan Region.

Margie Sudre

French politician.

Born October 17th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Vinh.

Lauren Wilkinson

Canadian rower.

Born October 17th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Vancouver.

Kamandar Madzhidov

Belarusian olympic wrestler.

Born October 17th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Amamlo.

Giovanni Matteo Mario

Italian opera singer (1810–1883).

Born October 17th, 1810 in Cagliari. ^[ref]

Died December 11th, 1883 at 73 years old in Rome.

Gaetano Moroni

Historian of the roman catholic church (1802–1883).

Born October 17th, 1802 in Rome.

Died November 3rd, 1883 at 81 years old in Rome.

Hartmut Weber

German sprinter.

Born October 17th, 1960 (age 65 years) in Kamen.

Ross Wales

American swimmer, olympic bronze medalist.

Born October 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Youngstown.

Ritvars Rugins

Latvian association football player.

Born October 17th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Tukums.

Jørn Sørensen

Danish footballer.

Born October 17th, 1936 (age 89 years) in Tårs.

Savva Kulish

Soviet and russian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer (1936—2001).

Born October 17th, 1936 in Odesa.

Died June 9th, 2001 at 64 years old in Yaroslavl (cerebrovascular disease).

Maila Talvio

Finnish writer.

Born October 17th, 1871 in Hartola.

Died January 6th, 1951 at 79 years old in Helsinki.

Otakar Jeremiáš

Czech conductor and composer (1892–1962).

Born October 17th, 1892 in Písek.

Died March 5th, 1962 at 69 years old in Prague.

Arno Bieberstein

German swimmer (1886–1918).

Born October 17th, 1886 in Magdeburg.

Died October 4th, 1918 at 31 years old in Magdeburg.

Ștefana Velisar Teodoreanu

Romanian poet, translator.

Born October 17th, 1897 in St. Moritz.

Died May 31st, 1995 at 97 years old in Romania.

József Csuhay

Hungarian footballer.

Born October 17th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Eger.

Timo Ochs

German footballer.

Born October 17th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Göttingen.

Nadia Barentin

French actress (1936-2011).

Born October 17th, 1936 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Died March 22nd, 2011 at 74 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). ^[ref]

Len Graham

Northern irish footballer and manager (1925-2007).

Born October 17th, 1925 in Belfast.

Died September 30th, 2007 at 81 years old in Blackpool.

Hedy Bienenfeld

Austrian swimmer (1907-1976).

Born October 17th, 1907 in Vienna. ^[ref]

Died September 24th, 1976 at 68 years old ^[ref]

Yehiel Mikhal Pines

Rabbi and zionist writer (1843-1913).

Born October 17th, 1843 in Ruzhany. ^[ref]

Died March 15th, 1913 at 69 years old in Jaffa.

Thaddeus Shideler

American hurdler.

Born October 17th, 1883 in Marion.

Died June 22nd, 1966 at 82 years old in Collbran.

Eugen Anton Theophil von Podbielski

German general (1814–1879).

Born October 17th, 1814 in Köpenick.

Died October 31st, 1879 at 65 years old in Berlin.