Fumihiko Sori

Japanese film director.

Born May 17th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Osaka.

Gérard Krawczyk

French film director.

Born May 17th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Paris.

Abbas Maroufi

Iranian novelist.

Born May 17th, 1957 in Tehran.

Died September 1st, 2022 at 65 years old in Berlin. ^[ref]

Orest Subtelny

Canadian-ukrainian historian (1941-2016).

Born May 17th, 1941 in Kraków.

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

Horst Köppel

German association football player.

Born May 17th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Stuttgart.

Julian Marchlewski

Polish politician, editor (1866-1925).

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

Died March 22nd, 1925 at 58 years old in Nervi, Nerviano. ^[ref]

Miloslav Vlk

Czech catholic cardinal.

Born May 17th, 1932 in Sepekov. ^[ref]

Died March 18th, 2017 at 84 years old in Prague (cancer). ^[ref]

Christine Nesbitt

Canadian speed skater.

Born May 17th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Melbourne. ^[ref]

Sándor Végh

(1912-1997) hungarian born austrian violinist, conductor, music pedagogue.

Born May 17th, 1912 in Cluj-Napoca. ^[ref]

Died January 7th, 1997 at 84 years old in Salzburg. ^[ref]

Erik Lesser

German biathlete.

Born May 17th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Suhl.