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May 17th

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622 Notable birthdays

Terrance Ferguson

American basketball player.

Born May 17th, 1998 (age 28 years) in Tulsa.

Patsy Reddy

Governor-general of new zealand from 2016 to 2021.

Born May 17th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Matamata.

Joan Blackman

American actress.

Born May 17th, 1938 (age 88 years) in San Francisco.

Earl Morrall

American football player, quarterback (1934-2014).

Born May 17th, 1934 in Muskegon.

Died April 25th, 2014 at 79 years old in Naples (Parkinson's disease).

Ryan Ochoa

American actor.

Born May 17th, 1996 (age 30 years) in San Diego.

Jason Bernard

American actor (1938–1996).

Born May 17th, 1938 in Chicago.

Died October 18th, 1996 at 58 years old in Burbank (myocardial infarction).

Alex Wright

German professional wrestler.

Born May 17th, 1975 (age 51 years) in Nuremberg.

Mohamed Nasheed

Maldivian politician, 4th president of the second republic of maldives.

Born May 17th, 1967 (age 59 years) in Malé.

Pablo Prigioni

Argentine basketball player and coach.

Born May 17th, 1977 (age 49 years) in Río Tercero. [ref]

Peter Gerety

American actor (born 1940).

Born May 17th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Providence.

Christine Ohuruogu

British female 400m olympic sprinter.

Born May 17th, 1984 (age 42 years) in London.

Dennis Potter

British dramatist and screenwriter (1935–1994).

Born May 17th, 1935 in Berry Hill.

Died June 7th, 1994 at 59 years old in Ross-on-Wye (pancreatic cancer).

Horace Elgin Dodge

American businessman (1868–1920).

Born May 17th, 1868 in Niles.

Died December 10th, 1920 at 52 years old in Palm Beach (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza).

Bruce Thomas

American actor.

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

Emily Henry

American novelist.

Born May 17th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Kalamazoo. [ref]

Jimmie Åkesson

Swedish politician.

Born May 17th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Ivetofta. [ref]

Ryke Geerd Hamer

Disbarred german physician (1935-2017).

Born May 17th, 1935 in Mettmann.

Died July 2nd, 2017 at 82 years old in Sandefjord. [ref]

Lois Frankel

American politician.

Born May 17th, 1948 (age 78 years) in New York City.

Cheng Yi

Chinese actor.

Born May 17th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Huaihua. [ref]

Dorothy Gibson

American silent film actress, singer, model (1889–1946).

Born May 17th, 1889 in Hoboken.

Died February 17th, 1946 at 56 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).

Matěj Kovář

Czech association football player.

Born May 17th, 2000 (age 26 years) in Uherské Hradiště.

Dash Wilder

American professional wrestler.

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

Annise Parker

American politician.

Born May 17th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Houston.

Lucy Frazer

British politician (born 1972).

Born May 17th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Yorkshire.

John A. McDougall

American physician.

Born May 17th, 1947 in Detroit.

Died June 22nd, 2024 at 77 years old [ref]

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