Shunya Suganuma

Japanese association football player.

Born May 17th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Toyonaka.

Gilles Quénéhervé

French sprinter and official.

Born May 17th, 1966 (age 59 years) in 15th arrondissement of Paris.

Abubakar Abbas

Nigerian-bahraini sprint athlete.

Born May 17th, 1996 (age 29 years) in Kano.

George Sheldon

American diver (1874–1907).

Born May 17th, 1874.

Died November 25th, 1907 at 33 years old in St. Louis.

Martin Cibák

Slovak ice hockey player and olympic athlete.

Born May 17th, 1980 (age 45 years) in Liptovský Mikuláš.

Clémence Calvin

French distance runner.

Born May 17th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Vichy.

Marta Sánchez Salfrán

Volleyball player.

Born May 17th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Holguín.

Melquíades Álvarez

Spanish politician (1864-1936).

Born May 17th, 1864 in Gijón. ^[ref]

Died August 22nd, 1936 at 72 years old in Madrid (murder victim). ^[ref]

Sōtarō Yasui

Japanese artist (1888-1955).

Born May 17th, 1888 in Nakagyō-ku.

Died December 16th, 1955 at 67 years old in Yugawara (pneumonia).

Lenka Reinerová

Czech writer, publicist and translator.

Born May 17th, 1916 in Prague. ^[ref]

Died June 27th, 2008 at 92 years old in Prague. ^[ref]