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October 17 Famous Birthdays

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October 17 Famous Birthdays

Libra Zodiac Sign The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Libra (The Scales) – a cardinal sign with Air as element. October 17 is the 291st day of 2024 and there are 75 days remaining until the end of the year. Thursday is the day of the week. This is the 42nd Thursday this year.

Famous Oct 17 birthday celebrants include Felicity Jones, Spring Byington, Marsha Hunt, Mark Gatiss, Beverly Garland, Jean Arthur, Vincent Van Patten, Margot Kidder.

The following famous people celebrate their birthday on October 17th. 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 229 persons. Showing 1 - 30.

  • 1253
    Ivo of Kermartin, French priest and saint (d. 1303). Life path number 2
  • 1577
    Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (d. 1621). Life path number 11
  • 1577
    Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642). Life path number 11
  • 1582
    Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic (d. 1637). Life path number 7
  • 1623
    Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1687). Life path number 3
  • 1688
    Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer (d. 1726). Life path number 5
  • 1711
    Jupiter Hammon, American poet (d. 1806). Life path number 1
  • 1719
    Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic (d. 1792). Life path number 9
  • 1720
    Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1795). Life path number 1
  • 1725
    John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (d. 1797). Life path number 6
  • 1729
    Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer and academic (d. 1817). Life path number 1
  • 1760
    Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (d. 1825). Life path number 5
  • 1810
    Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (d. 1880). Life path number 1
  • 1811
    Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor and educator (d. 1876). Life path number 2
  • 1813
    Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (d. 1837). Life path number 4
  • 1814
    Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (d. 1888). Life path number 5
  • 1817
    Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and scholar (d. 1898). Life path number 8
  • 1853
    Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1920). Life path number 8
  • 1859
    Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator (d. 1935). Life path number 5
  • 1864
    Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1943). Life path number 1
  • 1865
    James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1950). Life path number 11
  • 1886
    Spring Byington, American actress and singer (d. 1971). Life path number 5
  • 1890
    Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928). Life path number 9
  • 1892
    Theodor Eicke, German general (d. 1943). Life path number 11
  • 1892
    Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator (d. 1983). Life path number 11
  • 1898
    Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (d. 1998). Life path number 8
  • 1898
    Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (d. 1971). Life path number 8
  • 1900
    Jean Arthur, American actress and singer (d. 1991). Life path number 1
  • 1902
    Irene Ryan, American actress (d. 1973). Life path number 3  
  • 1903
    Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (d. 1940). Life path number 4  

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