Pavel Buchnevich

Russian ice hockey player.

Born April 17th, 1995 (age 30 years) in Cherepovets.

Geoff Petrie

American basketball player.

Born April 17th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Darby. ^[ref]

Mark Birighitti

Australian soccer player.

Born April 17th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Perth.

André Azoulay

Jewish-moroccan politician.

Born April 17th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Essaouira.

Mariama Bâ

Senegalese writer.

Born April 17th, 1929 in Dakar. ^[ref]

Died August 17th, 1981 at 52 years old in Dakar (cancer). ^[ref]

George Weigel

American writer.

Born April 17th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Baltimore.

Anna Geislerová

Czech actress.

Born April 17th, 1976 (age 49 years) in Prague.

Raúl Prebisch

Argentine economist (1901-1986).

Born April 17th, 1901 in San Miguel de Tucumán.

Died April 29th, 1986 at 85 years old in Santiago (myocardial infarction).

Lon McCallister

American actor (1923-2005).

Born April 17th, 1923 in Los Angeles.

Died June 11th, 2005 at 82 years old in South Lake Tahoe (heart failure).

B. Alan Wallace

American author, translator, teacher, researcher, interpreter, and buddhist practitioner.

Born April 17th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Pasadena.