Anastacia

American singer.

Born September 17th, 1968 (age 56 years) in Chicago.

Jimmie Johnson

American racing driver.

Born September 17th, 1975 (age 49 years) in El Cajon.

Neill Blomkamp

South african film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator.

Born September 17th, 1979 (age 45 years) in Johannesburg.

Danielle Brooks

American actress.

Born September 17th, 1989 (age 35 years) in Augusta.

Cheryl Strayed

Author, memoirist, blogger.

Born September 17th, 1968 (age 56 years) in Spangler.

Rasheed Wallace

American basketball player.

Born September 17th, 1974 (age 50 years) in Philadelphia.

Ken Kesey

American novelist (1935-2001).

Born September 17th, 1935 in La Junta. ^[ref]

Died November 10th, 2001 at 66 years old in Sacred Heart Medical Center University District (liver cancer). ^[ref]

Robert Graysmith

American writer.

Born September 17th, 1942 (age 82 years) in Pensacola.

David Souter

American lawyer and jurist (1939–2025).

Born September 17th, 1939 in Melrose.

Died May 8th, 2025 at 85 years old in Hopkinton. ^[ref]

Reinhold Messner

Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer.

Born September 17th, 1944 (age 80 years) in Brixen. ^[ref]