On This Day — February 17
4239 noted people were born and 2123 died on February 17 in our archive, including Ronald Fisher, Abraham Fraenkel and Alexei Fridman.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on February 17
Ronald Fisher
1890 – 1962
Abraham Fraenkel
1891 – 1965
Alexei Fridman
1940 – 2010
Andrey Korotayev
b. 1961
Ayrat Färraxof
b. 1968
Catherine De Bolle
b. 1970
Denis Duboule
b. 1955
Douglas Ravenel
b. 1947
Edmund Leslie Newcombe
1859 – 1931
Emily Hancock Siedeberg
1873 – 1968
Friedrich Konrad Beilstein
1838 – 1906
Gerard Krefft
1830 – 1881
Hans Morgenthau
1904 – 1980
Hazlina Abdul Halim
b. 1985
James M. Adovasio
b. 1944
Jaroslav Vrchlický
1853 – 1912
Jim Jordan
b. 1964
Jiřina Jirásková
1931 – 2013
John R. Dailey
b. 1934
Kadyr Gulamov
b. 1945
Karl Ernst von Baer
1792 – 1876
Noga Alon
b. 1956
Oh Se-jung
b. 1953
Otto Stern
1888 – 1969
Pedro Beltrán
1897 – 1979
Peter Piot
b. 1949
René Laennec
1781 – 1826
Rita Süssmuth
1937 – 2026
Rudranath Capildeo
1920 – 1970
Serge Brammertz
b. 1962
Stefan Ignar
1908 – 1992
Viktor Grishin
b. 1951
William Duane
1872 – 1935
Witold Sobków
b. 1961
Wolfgang Mieder
b. 1944
Yves Pouliquen
1931 – 2020
Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen
1924 – 2010
Al-Muhtadee Billah, Crown Prince of Brunei
b. 1974
Albrecht Weber
1825 – 1901
Aleksey Ignatyev
1877 – 1954
Alessandro Profumo
b. 1957
Alexander Khatisian
1874 – 1945
Alexander Roitbak
1919 – 1991
Alexandra Dinges-Dierig
b. 1953
Allan Macartney
1941 – 1998
Andrzej Ziemiański
b. 1960
Angela Eagle
b. 1961
Anton Vaino
b. 1972
August von Voit
1801 – 1870
Benjamin Fain
1930 – 2013
Bernard Rapp
1945 – 2006
Bernt Støylen
1858 – 1937
Bill GB Pallot
b. 1964
Bolesław Faron
b. 1937
Brenda Mabel May
1917 – 1998
Brian Jack
b. 1988
Bruno Kessler
1924 – 1991
Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon
1697 – 1777
Chen Jiayong
1922 – 2019
Chingiz Khalifa-zade
b. 1931
Count Georg Wassilko von Serecki
1864 – 1940
Czesław Bobrowski
1904 – 1996
David Douillet
b. 1969
David Franklin Houston
1866 – 1940
David Reynolds
b. 1952
Denis Maydanov
b. 1976
Edgar Quinet
1803 – 1875
Edward German
1862 – 1936
Eli Alaluf
1945 – 2026
Elisabeth Lichtenberger
1925 – 2017
Emerson Spartz
b. 1987
Erich Zeigner
1886 – 1949
Ernst Gall
1888 – 1958
Ernst Troeltsch
1865 – 1923
Erwin Payr
1871 – 1946
Eudald Carbonell
b. 1953
Fernando Gabeira
b. 1941
Francisco José Contreras Peláez
b. 1964
Frank Zarb
b. 1935
Fred Frith
b. 1949
Fred Karlsson
b. 1946
Frederick John Jackson
1860 – 1929
Galo Plaza
1906 – 1987
Georg Theodor August Gaffky
1850 – 1918
George Askwith, 1st Baron Askwith
1861 – 1942
Georgy Flyorov
1913 – 1990
Grzegorz Dolniak
1960 – 2010
Hans Benno Bernoulli
1876 – 1959
Harold Page Smith
1904 – 1993
Harry George Armstrong
1899 – 1983
Henry George Ward
1797 – 1860
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
1740 – 1799
Hung Liu
1948 – 2021
Hwang Jang-yop
1923 – 2010
Ilmari Auer
1879 – 1965
Ishimoto Shinroku
1854 – 1912
Jean-Marc Mousson
1776 – 1861
Jibanananda Das
1899 – 1954
John A. Gilruth
1871 – 1937
John Daniel Tinder
b. 1950
John Dominic Crossan
b. 1934
John Falloon
1942 – 2005
John L. Piotrowski
b. 1934
John M. Allegro
1923 – 1988
Jonathan Evans
b. 1958
Jonathan Grunwald
b. 1983
Joseph Bech
1887 – 1975
Josette Altmann- Borbón
b. 1958
Joëlle Milquet
b. 1961
Jožef Krajnc
1821 – 1875
Juan Almeida Bosque
1927 – 2009
Juan Carlos Pugliese
1915 – 1994
Julia Cagé
b. 1984
Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger
b. 1950
Jussi Saukkonen
1905 – 1986
Karl Jenkins
b. 1944
Katja Sturm-Schnabl
b. 1936
Kazimierz Tomczak
1883 – 1967
Kristina Nordt
b. 1982
Károly Eperjes
b. 1954
Kęstutis Kėvalas
b. 1972
Lee Ju-ho
b. 1961
Lluís Rabell
b. 1954
Lord Alexander Thynne
1873 – 1918
Louis Eugène Marie Bautain
1796 – 1867
Louis de Carné
1804 – 1876
Louis de Maud'huy
1857 – 1921
Luis A. Ferré
1904 – 2003
Luis Alva Castro
b. 1942
Léon Eugène Bérard
1870 – 1956
Mahbubey Alam
1949 – 2020
Manuel Bernabé
1890 – 1960
Marnie Hughes-Warrington
b. 1970
Meena Alexander
1951 – 2018
Miguel Romero
b. 1970
Milovan Milovanović
1863 – 1912
Mo Yan
b. 1955
Mori Ōgai
1862 – 1922
Mykhailo Levytsky
1774 – 1858
Nicole Mitchell
b. 1967
Nikolay Rogalev
b. 1962
Otto Blehr
1847 – 1927
Otto Steinwender
1847 – 1921
Paul de Ladmirault
1808 – 1898
Philipp Franz von Siebold
1796 – 1866
Philipp Reinhard Vitriarius
1647 – 1720
Raimon Carrasco
1924 – 2022
Ramin Mammadov
b. 1979
Randy Forbes
b. 1952
Rayisa Nedashkivska
b. 1943
Reginald Bartholomew
1936 – 2012
Robert Neyland
1892 – 1962
Romano Guardini
1885 – 1968
Rózsa Péter
1905 – 1977
Sergey Nosov
b. 1961
Shahen Petrosyan
1912 – 1999
Shahrnush Parsipur
1946 – 2026
Shōichirō Toyoda
1925 – 2023
Sirodjidin Aslov
b. 1964
Siyavush Novruzov
b. 1969
Stanisław Janikowski
1891 – 1965
Stanley Norman Cohen
b. 1935
Stelian Tănase
b. 1952
Stephen Kotkin
b. 1959
Suzan DelBene
b. 1962
Thomas Heatherwick
b. 1970
Thomas John Watson, Sr.
1874 – 1956
Thorvald A. Solberg
1894 – 1964
Tiit Riisalo
b. 1967
Trevor Kaine
1928 – 2008
Valentine Fleming
1882 – 1917
Vasili Dokuchayev
1846 – 1903
Vasyl Hrytsak
b. 1961
Vladimir Shkolnik
b. 1949
Volodymyr Scherbytsky
1918 – 1990
Wayne Morris
1914 – 1959
Włodzimierz Bernacki
b. 1960
Yitzhak Klinghoffer
1905 – 1990
Yonezō Maeda
1882 – 1954
Yuji Takada
b. 1954
Yuri Nozhikov
1934 – 2010
Édouard Thilges
1817 – 1904
Émile Nouguier
1841 – 1897
Şenal Sarıhan
b. 1948
Aamir Simms
b. 1999
Aaron Blaise
b. 1968
Abdel Rahman Badawi
1917 – 2002
Ada Krivic
1914 – 1995
Adam Fox
b. 1998
Adam Friedrich Oeser
1717 – 1799
Adiel Amorai
1934 – 2025
Adolf Engström
1855 – 1924
Ahmed Friaa
b. 1949
Aisha Buhari
b. 1971
Akihisa Nagashima
b. 1962
Al Harrington
b. 1980
Alan Bates
1934 – 2003
Albertas Šimėnas
b. 1950
Alejandro Jodorowsky
b. 1929
Aleksandr Golovin
1863 – 1930
… and 4,039 more
Died on February 17
Adolphe Quetelet
1796 – 1874
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger
1851 – 1940
Adolf A. Berle
1895 – 1971
Alexander Dallas Bache
1806 – 1867
Auguste Houzeau
1829 – 1911
Darcy Ribeiro
1922 – 1997
Eric P. Hamp
1920 – 2019
Frances Willard
1839 – 1898
George Phillips Bond
1825 – 1865
Germaine Benoit
1901 – 1983
Jan Cieplak
1857 – 1926
Johan Galtung
1930 – 2024
Julius Hirschberg
1843 – 1925
Józef Gierowski
1922 – 2006
Kisaburō Yokota
1896 – 1993
Michel Loève
1907 – 1979
Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn
1918 – 2012
Nikolai von Krüdener
1811 – 1891
Pyotr Shirshov
1905 – 1953
Rebecca Blank
1955 – 2023
Sir Charles Murray Marling
1862 – 1933
Steve Horn
1931 – 2011
Tadeusz Lehr-Spławiński
1891 – 1965
Theodore J. Lowi
1931 – 2017
Wilhelm von Bezold
1837 – 1907
Abel Servien
1593 – 1659
Alain Savary
1918 – 1988
Alfred P. Sloan
1875 – 1966
Ana Lía Kornblit
1941 – 2025
Andreas Acrivos
1928 – 2025
André Lebon
1859 – 1938
Antoine Galland
1646 – 1715
Antonine Maillet
1929 – 2025
Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère
1852 – 1924
Bruno Walter
1876 – 1962
Bryce Harlow
1916 – 1987
Caleb Peacock
1841 – 1896
Charles de Champs
1873 – 1959
Eduard Hackel
1850 – 1926
Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten
1830 – 1913
Enrique Finochietto
1881 – 1948
Erik Benzelius the Elder
1632 – 1709
Ernest Barker
1874 – 1960
Ettore Bortolotti
1866 – 1947
Francis B. Francois
1934 – 2021
Frank Ree
1851 – 1914
François Ricard
1947 – 2022
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander
1799 – 1875
Gabriel Turville-Petre
1908 – 1978
George Finch-Hatton
1747 – 1823
George Strahan
1838 – 1887
George W. Campbell
1769 – 1848
Gustaf Wrede
1889 – 1959
Günther Herrmann
1908 – 2004
Harry Bedford
1877 – 1918
Heinrich Franz Friedrich Tietze
1880 – 1964
Henry Bacon
1866 – 1924
Henry Crew
1859 – 1953
Henry Dwight Holton
1838 – 1917
Hermann Emminghaus
1845 – 1904
Hervé Bazin
1911 – 1996
Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin
1892 – 1961
Hubert Rohde
1929 – 2019
Hugo Carl Plaut
1858 – 1928
Husayn Muruwwa
1910 – 1987
Ilyas Ismayılov
1938 – 2025
J. Warren Madden
1890 – 1972
Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone
1694 – 1761
Jacques Baumel
1918 – 2006
James Braid Taylor
1891 – 1943
James Stansfeld
1820 – 1898
James Tibbs
1855 – 1924
Jan Karel van Goltstein
1794 – 1872
Jean-Jacques Lenoir-Laroche
1749 – 1825
Jesse Jackson
1941 – 2026
Jim Hagedorn
1962 – 2022
Johan Sverdrup
1816 – 1892
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
1746 – 1827
Johann Philipp Gabler
1753 – 1826
John Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse
1928 – 1992
John M. Allegro
1923 – 1988
José Amador de los Ríos
1818 – 1878
José van Dam
1940 – 2026
Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya
1933 – 2024
Julius Paulsen
1860 – 1940
Kokichi Shimoinaba
1926 – 2014
Levan Tediashvili
1948 – 2024
Liu Yudi
1923 – 2015
Luna Shamsuddoha
1968 – 2021
Marian de Forest
1864 – 1935
Mary Alice Blair
1880 – 1962
Maurice Papon
1910 – 2007
Michael Novak
1933 – 2017
Nikodim Kondakov
1844 – 1925
Nikolai Kann
1873 – 1948
Paterson Ewen
1925 – 2002
Patriarch Benjamin I of Constantinople
1871 – 1946
Pavel Batitsky
1910 – 1984
Peter Florin
1921 – 2014
Pierre Antoine Favre
1813 – 1880
Richard Raynsford
1605 – 1680
Richard Stika
1957 – 2026
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
1767 – 1845
Robert H. Michel
1923 – 2017
Rush Limbaugh
1951 – 2021
Sanjaya Rajaram
1943 – 2021
Søren Brorsen
1875 – 1961
Vilho Petter Nenonen
1883 – 1960
Vladimir Kuzmin-Karavaev
1859 – 1927
Walter Scribner Schuyler
1850 – 1932
Wilfrid Laurier
1841 – 1919
William Adam
1751 – 1839
William Donald Patrick
1889 – 1967
William H. Hardy
1837 – 1917
William Odling
1829 – 1921
William Willis
1794 – 1870
Yuri Ovchinnikov
1934 – 1988
Édouard Delamare-Deboutteville
1856 – 1901
Agostino Rocca
1895 – 1978
Akbar Kakkattil
1954 – 2016
Albert I of Belgium
1875 – 1934
Albert Lenoir
1801 – 1891
Albert Wass
1908 – 1998
Alberto Gutman
1959 – 2019
Alberto Naudon Abarca
1916 – 2005
Alexander Gutman
1945 – 2016
Alexandru Roșca
1906 – 1996
Alfred Girard
1859 – 1919
Allen Britton
1914 – 2003
Andrew Schneider
1942 – 2017
Andrii Malyshko
1912 – 1970
Andrzej Popiel
1936 – 2020
Andrzej Żuławski
1940 – 2016
Antonio Lanfranchi
1946 – 2015
Antons Justs
1931 – 2019
Arev Baghdasaryan
1918 – 1994
Arthur Le Moyne de La Borderie
1827 – 1901
Arthur Onslow
1691 – 1768
Athanase Jean
1861 – 1932
Axel Helsted
1847 – 1907
Beebe Freitas
1938 – 2018
Bernhard Karl von Koehne
1817 – 1886
Bill Drews
1870 – 1938
Boris Sheremetev
1652 – 1719
Cathy Ubels
1928 – 2015
Cecil J. Kempf
1927 – 2017
Chen Shutong
1876 – 1966
Christopher Latham Sholes
1819 – 1890
Ciro Alegría
1909 – 1967
Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal
1854 – 1912
Daniel Noce
1894 – 1976
Daniel Quinn
1935 – 2018
David B. McCall
1924 – 2004
David Daka Popović
1886 – 1967
David Whitehouse
1941 – 2013
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
1599 – 1680
Donald Marquis
1908 – 1973
Ebbe Hoff
1906 – 1985
Edoardo Zavattari
1883 – 1972
Eduard von Knorr
1840 – 1920
Eduardo Bauzá
1939 – 2019
Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot
1727 – 1804
Edward Loxton
1864 – 1935
Edwin Whitfield Fay
1865 – 1920
Elchanan Meir
1936 – 2014
Elda Cerrato
1930 – 2023
Elena Văcărescu
1864 – 1947
Ernest Ambler
1923 – 2017
Ernest Charles Drury
1878 – 1968
Ernest of Bavaria
1554 – 1612
Ernst Jünger
1895 – 1998
Ethel Ennis
1932 – 2019
Evangelos Basiakos
1954 – 2017
Evgraf Semenovich Sorokin
1821 – 1892
Ferdinand Gueldry
1858 – 1945
Ferdinand Justi
1837 – 1907
Firmin Ayessa
1951 – 2026
Francis Bridgeman
1848 – 1929
Francisco Luzón
1948 – 2021
Frank Madden
1847 – 1921
Fredegand Cogels
1850 – 1932
Frederick Edward-Collins
1883 – 1958
Frederick Hume
1892 – 1967
Friedrich Walchner
1799 – 1865
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
1785 – 1831
Gavriil Popov
1904 – 1972
Georg F.L. Sarauw
1862 – 1928
George Bull
1634 – 1710
Gerald Evan Williams
1907 – 1949
Giambattista Rubini
1642 – 1707
Giordano Bruno
1548 – 1600
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
1847 – 1909
Gustave Deloye
1838 – 1899
Hans Hofmann
1880 – 1966
Harris Sawyer Richardson
1887 – 1976
Harry Benjamin Wolf
1880 – 1944
Harry Lassetter
1860 – 1926
Heinrich Gottlieb Tzschirner
1778 – 1828
Heinrich Ursprung
1932 – 2024
Henri du Couëdic de Kerérant
1868 – 1947
… and 1,923 more