Martin Herem

Estonian general (born 1973).

Born December 17th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Tallinn.

John M. Quinn

American bishop.

Born December 17th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Detroit.

Marin Raykov

Bulgarian diplomat and politician.

Born December 17th, 1960 (age 65 years) in Washington, D.C..

George Shevelov

Ukrainian writer, slavist philologist, literary historian, critic, member of the national academy of sciences of ukraine (1908-2002).

Born December 17th, 1908 in Kharkiv.

Died April 12th, 2002 at 93 years old in New York City.

Baymirza Hayit

Uzbek 20th century historian of turkestan and central asia (1917-2006).

Born December 17th, 1917 in Namangan.

Died October 31st, 2006 at 88 years old in Cologne.

Hasan Âli Yücel

Turkish education reformer.

Born December 17th, 1897 in Istanbul.

Died February 26th, 1961 at 63 years old in Istanbul.

Jan Sluijters

Dutch painter (1881–1957).

Born December 17th, 1881 in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Died May 8th, 1957 at 75 years old in Amsterdam.

Christian Ahlmann

German equestrian.

Born December 17th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Marl.

Nezha Regragui

Moroccan actress.

Born December 17th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Rabat.

Daniele Portanova

Italian association football player.

Born December 17th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Rome.