Jill de Jong

Dutch actress.

Born February 17th, 1982 (age 44 years) in Hoogeveen.

Daniel Georgievski

Footballer.

Born February 17th, 1988 (age 38 years) in City of Blacktown.

Tommy Moe

Alpine skier.

Born February 17th, 1970 (age 56 years) in Missoula.

Aseem Trivedi

Editorial cartoonist.

Born February 17th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Kanpur.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

American author and social activist (1879–1958).

Born February 17th, 1879 in Lawrence.

Died November 9th, 1958 at 79 years old in Arlington.

Jarosław Jach

Polish association football player.

Born February 17th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Bielawa.

Elhaida Dani

Albanian singer.

Born February 17th, 1993 (age 33 years) in Shkodër.

Mohamed Katir

Spanish athletics competitor.

Born February 17th, 1998 (age 28 years) in Ksar el-Kebir. ^[ref]

Josyf Slipyj

Major archbishop of lviv.

Born February 17th, 1892 in Zazdrist. ^[ref]

Died September 7th, 1984 at 92 years old in Rome.

Jovan Dučić

Bosnian serb writer and diplomat.

Born February 17th, 1871 in Trebinje.

Died April 7th, 1943 at 72 years old in Gary.

Almira Skripchenko

Moldovan-french chess player.

Born February 17th, 1976 (age 50 years) in Chișinău.

Ilija Ivić

Serbian footballer.

Born February 17th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Zrenjanin.

Elleston Trevor

British novelist and playwright (1920–1995).

Born February 17th, 1920 in Bromley.

Died November 15th, 1995 at 75 years old in Cave Creek.

John Meyendorff

Russian orthodox priest and theologian (1926-1992).

Born February 17th, 1926 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Died July 22nd, 1992 at 66 years old in Montreal (pancreatic cancer).

Gevork Vartanian

Soviet spy (1924–2012).

Born February 17th, 1924 in Rostov-on-Don.

Died January 10th, 2012 at 87 years old in Moscow (cancer).

Javier Dorado

Spanish footballer (1977–2025).

Born February 17th, 1977 in Talavera de la Reina.

Died February 27th, 2025 at 48 years old in Madrid (leukemia). ^[ref]

Edgar Quinet

French writer (1803-1875).

Born February 17th, 1803 in Bourg-en-Bresse.

Died March 27th, 1875 at 72 years old in Versailles. ^[ref]

Bernhard Eisel

Road bicycle racer.

Born February 17th, 1981 (age 45 years) in Voitsberg.

Lloy Ball

American volleyball player.

Born February 17th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Fort Wayne.

Joseph Bech

Prime minister of luxembourg (1887-1975).

Born February 17th, 1887 in Diekirch.

Died March 8th, 1975 at 88 years old in Luxembourg.

Joe Hunt

Us tennis player (1919–1945).

Born February 17th, 1919 in San Francisco.

Died February 2nd, 1945 at 25 years old in Atlantic Ocean (aircraft crash).

Hampton Morris

American weightlifter.

Born February 17th, 2004 (age 22 years) in Nashville. ^[ref]

Miki Berkovich

Israeli professional basketball player.

Born February 17th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Kfar Saba.

Hovannes Adamian

Armenian inventor and engineer (1879–1932).

Born February 17th, 1879 in Baku.

Died September 12th, 1932 at 53 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Edward German

English musician and composer (1862–1936).

Born February 17th, 1862 in Whitchurch.

Died November 11th, 1936 at 74 years old in London.