December 17 Famous Birthdays

The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Sagittarius ♐ (The Archer) – a mutable sign with Fire as element. December 17 is the 351^st day of 2025 and there are 14 days remaining until the end of the year. Wednesday is the day of the week. This is the 51^st Wednesday this year.

Famous Dec 17 birthday celebrants include Ernie Hudson, Patrice Wymore, Sarah Paulson, Eddie Kendricks, Benjamin Goldwasser, Richard Long, Paul Rodgers, Vanessa Zima.

The following famous people celebrate their birthday on December 17^th. The list is arranged in chronological order and includes celebrities like actors, actresses, models, singers, rappers and producers. Click the after the name to explore the birth date info and know the meaning of their life path number.

The epic list contains 258 persons. Showing 31 - 60.

• 1887
  Hermine Reuss of Greiz (d. 1947). Life path number 8
• 1890
  Prince Joachim of Prussia (d. 1920). Life path number 2
• 1892
  Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (d. 1950). Life path number 4
• 1893
  Charles C. Banks, English fighting pilot (d. 1971). Life path number 5
• 1893
  Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (d. 1966). Life path number 5
• 1894
  Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979). Life path number 6
• 1894
  Patrick Flynn, Irish-American runner (d. 1969). Life path number 6
• 1894
  Wim Schermerhorn, Dutch cartographer, engineer, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977). Life path number 6
• 1898
  Loren Murchison, American sprinter (d. 1979). Life path number 1
• 1900
  Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (d. 1998). Life path number 3
• 1900
  Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973). Life path number 3
• 1903
  Erskine Caldwell, American author (d. 1987). Life path number 6
• 1903
  Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1978). Life path number 6
• 1904
  Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator (d. 1999). Life path number 7
• 1905
  Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (d. 2002). Life path number 8

• 1905
  Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (d. 1992). Life path number 8
• 1905
  Erico Verissimo, Brazilian author and translator (d. 1975). Life path number 8
• 1906
  Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (d. 1994). Life path number 9
• 1906
  Russell C. Newhouse, American pilot and engineer (d. 1998). Life path number 9
• 1908
  Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980). Life path number 2
• 1910
  Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author (d. 1999). Life path number 22
• 1910
  Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1988). Life path number 22
• 1912
  Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 2012). Life path number 6
• 1913
  Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 1967). Life path number 7
• 1914
  Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (d. 2013). Life path number 8
• 1914
  Raymond Fernandez, American murderer (d. 1951). Life path number 8
• 1915
  André Claveau, French singer (d. 2003). Life path number 9
• 1916
  Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (d. 2000). Life path number 1
• 1917
  Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983). Life path number 2
• 1920
  Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist, developed the APL programming language (d. 2004). Life path number 5

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