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May 17th

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622 Notable birthdays

Ott Lepland

Estonian singer (born 1987).

Born May 17th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Tallinn.

Corrado Guzzanti

Italian actor and director.

Born May 17th, 1965 (age 61 years) in Rome. [ref]

Angelica Agurbash

Belarusian singer and model.

Born May 17th, 1970 (age 56 years) in Minsk. [ref]

Amadou Ba

Prime minister of senegal (2022-2024).

Born May 17th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Dakar.

Tereza Fajksová

Beauty pageant winner.

Born May 17th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Ivančice. [ref]

Gérard Krawczyk

French film director.

Born May 17th, 1953 (age 73 years) in 19th arrondissement of Paris.

Michel Morganella

Swiss footballer.

Born May 17th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Sierre.

Richard W. Leche

American judge and politician (1898-1965).

Born May 17th, 1898 in New Orleans.

Died February 22nd, 1965 at 66 years old in New Orleans.

Eduardo Henrique da Silva

Brazilian footballer.

Born May 17th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Limeira.

Sam Rogers

American soccer player.

Born May 17th, 1999 (age 27 years) in Seattle. [ref]

Orest Subtelny

Canadian-ukrainian historian (1941-2016).

Born May 17th, 1941 in Kraków.

Died July 24th, 2016 at 75 years old in Toronto.

Julian Marchlewski

Polish politician, editor (1866-1925).

Born May 17th, 1866 in Włocławek. [ref]

Died March 22nd, 1925 at 58 years old in Bogliasco. [ref]

Olivier Rolin

French writer.

Born May 17th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Boulogne-Billancourt.

Samson Tijani

Nigerian association football player.

Born May 17th, 2002 (age 24 years) in Nigeria. [ref]

Werner Egk

German composer (1901–1983).

Born May 17th, 1901 in Donauwörth, Auchsesheim.

Died July 10th, 1983 at 82 years old in Inning am Ammersee.

Giovanna Trillini

Fencer.

Born May 17th, 1970 (age 56 years) in Jesi.

Peter Mennin

American composer, administrator and teacher (1923-1983).

Born May 17th, 1923 in Erie.

Died June 17th, 1983 at 60 years old in New York City.

Massimo Crippa

Italian footballer.

Born May 17th, 1965 (age 61 years) in Seregno.

Givi Matcharashvili

Georgian wrestler (born 1997).

Born May 17th, 1997 (age 29 years) in Mtskheta. [ref]

Mark Kratzmann

Australian tennis player.

Born May 17th, 1966 (age 60 years) in Murgon.

Hans Ruesch

Swiss racing driver, novelist, and activist (1913–2007).

Born May 17th, 1913 in Naples.

Died August 27th, 2007 at 94 years old in Massagno (cancer). [ref]

Amanal Petros

German long-distance runner.

Born May 17th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Assab.

Horst Köppel

German association football player and manager.

Born May 17th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Stuttgart.

Marcia Freedman

Israeli politician.

Born May 17th, 1938 in Newark. [ref]

Died September 21st, 2021 at 83 years old in South Berkeley. [ref]

Mobina Nematzadeh

Iranian taekwondo practitioner (* 2005).

Born May 17th, 2005 (age 21 years) in Tehran.

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