Simon West

British film director.

Born July 17th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Letchworth Garden City.

Regina Belle

American singer.

Born July 17th, 1963 (age 62 years) in Englewood.

Bill Sage

American actor.

Born July 17th, 1962 (age 63 years) in New York City.

Mick Tucker

British drummer (1947–2002).

Born July 17th, 1947 in London.

Died February 14th, 2002 at 54 years old in Hertfordshire (leukemia).

Marcos Senna

Brazilian association football player.

Born July 17th, 1976 (age 49 years) in São Paulo.

Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon

Recipient of param vir chakra (1943-1971).

Born July 17th, 1943 in Ludhiana.

Died December 14th, 1971 at 28 years old in Srinagar.

Tim Hecker

Canadian electronic musician, producer, and composer.

Born July 17th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Vancouver.

Robin Koch

German association football player.

Born July 17th, 1996 (age 29 years) in Kaiserslautern.

Bryan Trottier

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born July 17th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Val Marie.

Kenan Evren

President of turkey (1917–2015).

Born July 17th, 1917 in Kula.

Died May 9th, 2015 at 97 years old in Ankara (organ dysfunction). ^[ref]

Ron Asheton

American musician (1948-2009).

Born July 17th, 1948 in Washington, D.C..

Died January 6th, 2009 at 60 years old in Ann Arbor (myocardial infarction).

Eunice Newton Foote

American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888).

Born July 17th, 1819 in Goshen.

Died September 30th, 1888 at 69 years old in Lenox.

Beth Littleford

American actress, comedian and television personality.

Born July 17th, 1968 (age 57 years) in Nashville.

Joker Xue

Chinese singer-songwriter.

Born July 17th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Shanghai.

Joe Morello

American jazz drummer (1928–2011).

Born July 17th, 1928 in Springfield.

Died March 12th, 2011 at 82 years old in Irvington. ^[ref]

Jimmy Scott

American jazz singer (1925-2014).

Born July 17th, 1925 in Cleveland.

Died June 12th, 2014 at 88 years old in Las Vegas (cardiac arrest).

Amadou Diawara

Guinean association football player.

Born July 17th, 1997 (age 28 years) in Conakry.

Maxim Litvinov

Soviet diplomat and foreign minister (1876–1951).

Born July 17th, 1876 in Białystok.

Died December 31st, 1951 at 75 years old in Moscow.

Fei Yu-ching

Taiwanese singer.

Born July 17th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Taipei.

Mamed Khalidov

Polish martial artist.

Born July 17th, 1980 (age 45 years) in Grozny.

Paula Shaw

American actress.

Born July 17th, 1941 in The Bronx.

Died September 10th, 2025 at 84 years old in Vancouver. ^[ref]

Ivan Strinić

Croatian association football player.

Born July 17th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Split.

Barbara O'Neil

Actress (1910-1980).

Born July 17th, 1910 in St. Louis.

Died September 3rd, 1980 at 70 years old in Greenwich (myocardial infarction).

Mark Bowden

American journalist and writer (born 1951).

Born July 17th, 1951 (age 74 years) in St. Louis.

Marc Savard

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born July 17th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Ottawa.