October 17 Famous Birthdays

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 290^th day of 2025 and there are 75 days remaining until the end of the year. Friday is the day of the week. This is the 42^nd Friday this year.

Famous Oct 17 birthday celebrants include Wyclef Jean, Beverly Garland, John Rocker, Daniel Booko, Margot Kidder, Mark Gatiss, Spring Byington, Mike Judge.

The following famous people celebrate their birthday on October 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 229 persons. Showing 31 - 60.

• 1906
  Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987). Life path number 7
• 1908
  Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (d. 1988). Life path number 9
• 1908
  Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1969). Life path number 9
• 1909
  Cozy Cole, American drummer (d. 1981). Life path number 1
• 1910
  Ester Wier, American author (d. 2000). Life path number 2
• 1912
  Pope John Paul I (d. 1978). Life path number 4
• 1912
  Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (d. 2001). Life path number 4
• 1912
  Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982). Life path number 4
• 1913
  Faik Türün, Turkish general (d. 2003). Life path number 5
• 1914
  Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (d. 1996). Life path number 6
• 1915
  Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2005). Life path number 7
• 1917
  Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000). Life path number 9
• 1917
  Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991). Life path number 9
• 1917
  Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer. Life path number 9
• 1917
  Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (d. 2014). Life path number 9

• 1918
  Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer, dancer, and producer (d. 1987). Life path number 1
• 1918
  Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (d. 2014). Life path number 1
• 1919
  Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic. Life path number 11
• 1920
  Montgomery Clift, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1966). Life path number 3
• 1920
  Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (d. 2010). Life path number 3
• 1921
  George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1996). Life path number 4
• 1921
  Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (d. 2012). Life path number 4
• 1921
  Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (d. 2001). Life path number 4
• 1921
  Tom Poston, American actor (d. 2007). Life path number 4
• 1922
  Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2001). Life path number 5
• 1922
  Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (d. 2012). Life path number 5
• 1923
  Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004). Life path number 6
• 1923
  Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (d. 2001). Life path number 6
• 1924
  Don Coryell, American football player and coach (d. 2010). Life path number 7
• 1924
  Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer (d. 2012). Life path number 7

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