On This Day — May 17
4078 noted people were born and 1859 died on May 17 in our archive, including Alfonso Reyes, Gabriel Bertrand and Jean-Denis Bredin.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on May 17
Alfonso Reyes
1889 – 1959
Gabriel Bertrand
1867 – 1962
Jean-Denis Bredin
1929 – 2021
Remo Ruffini
b. 1942
Achim Steiner
b. 1961
Adel Emam
b. 1940
Alan Kay
b. 1940
Alexander Rakitin
b. 1958
Antoine Brutus Menier
1795 – 1853
Archibald Cox
1912 – 2004
Charles-Edouard Bouée
b. 1969
Christian Blanc
b. 1942
Claude Julien
1925 – 2005
Donald MacAlister
1854 – 1934
Galina Starovoytova
1946 – 1998
Georg Zundel
1931 – 2007
Gina Raimondo
b. 1971
Giulio Carlo Argan
1909 – 1992
Hazel R. O'Leary
b. 1937
Ian Deary
b. 1954
Janet Holmes
b. 1947
Joan Subirats
b. 1951
John Paul Wild
1923 – 2008
Joseph Weber
1919 – 2000
José Renau
1907 – 1982
Lars Gustafsson
1936 – 2016
Martin Harris
b. 1969
Mikhail Averbakh
1872 – 1944
Nicholas Wade
b. 1942
Odd Hassel
1897 – 1981
Patricia Nelson Limerick
b. 1951
Patsy Reddy
b. 1954
Paul Bastid
1892 – 1974
Philip Burton Moon
1907 – 1994
Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife
1891 – 1959
Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev
b. 1953
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
b. 1971
Sandro Carrara
b. 1964
Sawayanagi Masatarō
1865 – 1927
Sōtarō Yasui
1888 – 1955
Vittorio Gallese
b. 1959
Vjosa Osmani
b. 1982
Vydas Gedvilas
b. 1959
Winfried Kretschmann
b. 1948
A. J. Casson
1898 – 1992
Adrian Owen
b. 1966
Agustí Querol Subirats
1860 – 1909
Aleksander Michałowski
1851 – 1938
Alexander Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
1894 – 1960
Alexandre Holroyd
b. 1987
Alexey Gorgidze
1907 – 1992
Amos Eaton
1776 – 1842
Anatolii Shevchenko
b. 1948
Andreas Michalakopoulos
1875 – 1938
Andrew Fleming West
1853 – 1943
André Dauchez
1870 – 1948
André Maltais
b. 1948
Anne Main
b. 1957
Annise Parker
b. 1956
Arthur Addison
1842 – 1915
Ben Nelson
b. 1941
Bubusara Beyshenalieva
1926 – 1973
Cai Hegermann-Lindencrone
1807 – 1893
Calvin Smyre
b. 1947
Carlo Carraro
b. 1957
Chen-Lu Tsou
1923 – 2006
Chris Skidmore
b. 1981
Clark Kerr
1911 – 2003
Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg
1807 – 1899
Csilla von Boeselager
1941 – 1994
Daniel B. Strickler
1897 – 1992
Donald Cameron Watt
1928 – 2014
Edita Schubert
1947 – 2001
Elisabeth Vrba
1942 – 2025
Elisabetta Gualmini
b. 1968
Fedot Ivanovich Shubin
1740 – 1805
Ferenc Krausz
b. 1962
Francis Gurry
b. 1951
Francisco Weffort
1937 – 2021
Frank Corner
1920 – 2014
Frederic Prokosch
1908 – 1989
Gabriel Bacquier
1924 – 2020
Gary Stephen May
b. 1964
Gaston Reinesch
b. 1958
Gennadiy Sklyar
b. 1952
George Samuel Sale
1831 – 1922
Georges Gillet
1854 – 1920
Georges Saupique
1889 – 1961
Gerrit Mannoury
1867 – 1956
Giulio Superti-Furga
b. 1962
Giuseppe Salvago Raggi
1866 – 1946
Gérard Fussman
1940 – 2022
Hamish Macdonald
b. 1981
Harry W. Shlaudeman
1926 – 2018
Heinrich Julius Holtzmann
1832 – 1910
Henri Barbusse
1873 – 1935
Henri Marie Bouley
1814 – 1885
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
1768 – 1854
Hiroshi Ogawa
1949 – 2021
Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes
b. 1939
Igor Rogov
b. 1950
Ingrid Wendl
b. 1940
James Gordon, Baron Gordon of Strathblane
1936 – 2020
Jandira Feghali
b. 1957
Janez Drnovšek
1950 – 2008
Jasper Tsang
b. 1947
Jay Greene
1942 – 2017
Jean Gabin
1904 – 1976
Jean Kahn
1929 – 2013
Jean-Michel Dubernard
1941 – 2021
Jeremy Vine
b. 1965
Jerry MacArthur Hultin
b. 1942
Joe Swedish
b. 1951
Johann Schmeltz
1839 – 1909
Johannes Krahn
1908 – 1974
John Alexander Mackay
1889 – 1983
John Davies
1929 – 2020
John Harriss
b. 1945
John Vincent
1902 – 1977
John Y. Campbell
b. 1958
Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
b. 1952
Joseph M. Acaba
b. 1967
Julius Wellhausen
1844 – 1918
Jur Hronec
1881 – 1959
Ján Kuciak
1990 – 2018
Khuang Aphaiwong
1902 – 1968
Lauren Benton
b. 1956
Leo Harrington
b. 1946
Leslie Z. Benet
b. 1937
Liesl Tesch
b. 1969
Lyn Hejinian
1941 – 2024
Machida Chūji
1863 – 1946
Marcel Moyse
1889 – 1984
Marguerite Deprez-Audebert
b. 1952
Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre
1924 – 2020
Martinus Rørbye
1803 – 1848
Matthew Maty
1718 – 1776
Maureen O'Sullivan
1911 – 1998
Mavis Nkansah Boadu
b. 1989
Maxime Maufra
1861 – 1918
Melquíades Álvarez
1864 – 1936
Michael Beetham
1923 – 2015
Michael Wolffsohn
b. 1947
Mikhail Afanasyev
b. 1982
Miloslav Vlk
1932 – 2017
Mohamed Nasheed
b. 1967
Newton Moore
1870 – 1936
Norman Lockyer
1836 – 1920
Norman Shanks Kerr
1834 – 1899
Odile Jacob
b. 1952
Omar Razzaz
b. 1961
Pascual Madoz
1806 – 1870
Patrick Minford
b. 1943
Peter Galison
b. 1955
Peter von Scholten
1784 – 1854
Piero Gnudi
b. 1938
Pierre Laconte
b. 1934
Pierre Louis-Dreyfus
1908 – 2011
Piotr Waglowski
b. 1974
Rafael Alunan III
b. 1948
Raja Maharaj Singh
1878 – 1959
Richard Walker Bolling
1916 – 1991
Richard Wolfenden
1935 – 2025
Rosalind Picard
b. 1962
Ryu Matsumoto
1951 – 2018
Sabyasachi Sarkar
b. 1947
Salima Ikram
b. 1965
Simon Hughes
b. 1951
Sirajuddin I of Perlis
b. 1943
Sue Nye
b. 1955
Thomas Davidson
1817 – 1885
Thomas McIlwraith
1835 – 1900
Toni Jennings
b. 1949
Tony Parker
b. 1982
Trent Reznor
b. 1965
Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz
b. 1953
Vitaly Mukha
1936 – 2005
Vladislav Reznik
b. 1954
Vlastimil Válek
b. 1960
Willem Levelt
b. 1938
Wilson Martins
b. 1953
Wolfgang Fikentscher
1928 – 2015
Yasushi Katsume
b. 1974
Zulkifli Hasan
b. 1962
Zunaid Ahmed Palak
b. 1980
A. C. Lyles
1918 – 2013
Ace Parker
1912 – 2013
Agustín de Jáuregui
1711 – 1784
Ahmet Kenan Tanrıkulu
b. 1958
Alan Doyle
b. 1969
Alan Hofmann
1931 – 2021
Alan Johnson
b. 1950
Alberto Cairo
b. 1952
Aled Roberts
1962 – 2022
Aleksey Markovsky
b. 1957
Aleksey Pavlovich Panfilov
1898 – 1966
Alexander Moiseenko
b. 1980
Alfonso XIII
1886 – 1941
Alfred de Pischof
1882 – 1922
Alireza Rastegar
b. 1978
… and 3,878 more
Died on May 17
Jacques-Louis Lions
1928 – 2001
James Hartle
1939 – 2023
Aidan Southall
1920 – 2009
Creswell Eastman
1940 – 2025
Donald Coggan
1909 – 2000
E. Franklin Frazier
1894 – 1962
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
1903 – 1991
Georg von Wendt
1876 – 1954
Gordon Bell
1934 – 2024
Gordon Sinclair
1900 – 1984
Gunnar Myrdal
1898 – 1987
Henry Morshead
1882 – 1931
Jacques Neveu
1932 – 2016
John McNeill
1795 – 1883
Josef Beran
1888 – 1969
Julien Guadet
1834 – 1908
Ludwig von Friedeburg
1924 – 2010
Luis de la Peña
1931 – 2026
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer
1907 – 2004
Michael Jan de Goeje
1836 – 1909
Robert Willard Hodgson
1893 – 1966
Thomas Hocken
1836 – 1910
Viktor Gorbatko
1934 – 2017
Adelbert Althouse
1869 – 1954
Aleksandra Kornhauser Frazer
1926 – 2020
Alexis Clairaut
1713 – 1765
Arpenik Nalbandyan
1916 – 1964
Arseniy Golovko
1906 – 1962
Arthur Robinson
1872 – 1945
Béla Balázs
1884 – 1949
Charles Gilbert Tourret
1795 – 1858
Charles Stenholm
1938 – 2023
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
1754 – 1839
Cheng Fangwu
1897 – 1984
Christen Andreas Fonnesbech
1817 – 1880
Darío Castrillón Hoyos
1929 – 2018
David Herbert Donald
1920 – 2009
E. Gerald Corrigan
1941 – 2022
Edgar Salin
1892 – 1974
Edward Bennett Rosa
1873 – 1921
Elijah Harper
1949 – 2013
Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough
1815 – 1886
Frans Van Cauwelaert
1880 – 1961
Frederick C. Billard
1873 – 1932
Genie Chance
1927 – 1998
Gerald Edelman
1929 – 2014
Giacomo Zanella
1820 – 1888
Gideon Ezra
1937 – 2012
György Klapka
1820 – 1892
Heinrich Martin Weber
1842 – 1913
Henry Lemonnier
1842 – 1936
Hervé Mangon
1821 – 1888
Hugh Cleghorn
1820 – 1895
Hugh Cudlipp
1913 – 1998
James Eberle
1927 – 2018
James Harris
1807 – 1889
Jean Charles Snoy et d'Oppuers
1907 – 1991
Jeannette Piccard
1895 – 1981
Jerzy Perzanowski
1943 – 2009
John C. Spencer
1788 – 1855
John Deere
1804 – 1886
John Jay
1745 – 1829
John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara
1884 – 1964
Jorge Rafael Videla
1925 – 2013
José Leite de Vasconcelos
1858 – 1941
José Santos Zelayo
1853 – 1919
José de Castro y Orozco
1808 – 1869
Juris Upatnieks
1936 – 2026
Kristine Gebbie
1943 – 2022
Leslie Ronald Kay
1920 – 2019
Liebe Sokol Diamond
1931 – 2017
Lionel Van Deerlin
1914 – 2008
Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin
1863 – 1952
Masaru Hayami
1925 – 2009
Maurice Cossmann
1850 – 1924
Michael M. May
1925 – 2026
Otto Wille Kuusinen
1881 – 1964
Owen Roberts
1875 – 1955
Paul Bujor
1862 – 1952
Paul Dukas
1865 – 1935
Paul Durcan
1944 – 2025
Paul de Musset
1804 – 1880
Pedro Goyena
1843 – 1892
Peter G. Neumann
1932 – 2026
Radomir Putnik
1847 – 1917
Richard Gregory
1923 – 2010
Richard Pipes
1923 – 2018
Robert C. Duncan
1923 – 2003
Rodney Sweetnam
1927 – 2013
Samuel Clarke
1675 – 1729
Saroj Ghose
1935 – 2025
Takatsukasa Hiromichi
1855 – 1918
Victor Nunes Leal
1914 – 1985
Vimla Varma
1929 – 2019
Wiktor Zin
1925 – 2007
Wilbur J. Cohen
1913 – 1987
Wilhelm Gottlob Tilesius von Tilenau
1769 – 1857
Wilhelm Henke
1834 – 1896
William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
1865 – 1951
William Cordell
1522 – 1581
Xavier de Planhol
1926 – 2016
Yuri Zisser
1960 – 2020
Yvonne Loriod
1924 – 2010
Zhang Bojun
1895 – 1969
Adolf Bernhard Marx
1795 – 1866
Albert Besson
1896 – 1965
Alexander Cave
1900 – 2001
Alfredo Navarro
1868 – 1951
Ali Kazak
1947 – 2025
Ami Assaf
1903 – 1963
Antoine Thomas
1857 – 1935
Antoine d'Aquin
1629 – 1696
Antoni Laubitz
1861 – 1939
Archibald Alison
1757 – 1839
Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu
1766 – 1822
Armando de Sales Oliveira
1887 – 1945
Arthur Roberts
1870 – 1917
Ascanio Colonna
1560 – 1608
Belela Herrera
1927 – 2025
Billy Joe Rish
1932 – 2008
Bronisław Piłsudski
1866 – 1918
Bud Anderson
1922 – 2024
Buddy Roemer
1943 – 2021
Camilla Wedgwood
1901 – 1955
Carl A. Schenck
1868 – 1955
Casildo Maldaner
1942 – 2021
Cass Gilbert
1859 – 1934
Charles B. Stone III
1904 – 1992
Charles Brooke
1804 – 1879
Charles Emery Rosendahl
1892 – 1977
Charles Hillyer Brand
1861 – 1933
Charles Stewart Todd
1791 – 1871
Charles-Théodore Millot
1829 – 1889
Charlie Colin
1966 – 2024
Colin A. Russell
1928 – 2013
Derek Round
1935 – 2012
Dudley C. Sharp
1905 – 1987
Earl Chudoff
1907 – 1993
Edmundo Pinto
1953 – 1992
Edward Harney
1865 – 1929
Edward S. Fris
1921 – 2010
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
1478 – 1521
Edwin F. Uhl
1841 – 1901
Elisha Dyer
1811 – 1890
Emiel-Jan Seghers
1855 – 1927
Empress Teimei
1884 – 1951
Eric Plant
1890 – 1950
Ernest W. Gibson III
1927 – 2020
Ernesto Serra
1860 – 1915
Ernst Bertheau
1812 – 1888
Esther Lape
1881 – 1981
Finn Juhl
1912 – 1989
Francesco Soderini
1453 – 1524
François Chabas
1817 – 1882
Frederick Stuart
1751 – 1802
Fritz Sennheiser
1912 – 2010
Fuat Sirmen
1899 – 1981
Garba Duba
1942 – 2024
Gaston Frommel
1862 – 1906
Gaston Salvayre
1847 – 1916
Gen'ichirō Inokuma
1902 – 1993
George Forbes
1869 – 1947
George Herbert Strutt
1854 – 1928
George Lunt
1803 – 1885
George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow
1731 – 1814
Georges Favon
1843 – 1902
Giosuè Sangiovanni
1775 – 1849
Gladys Olebile Masire
1932 – 2013
Gustave Cunéo d'Ornano
1845 – 1906
Guy Clark
1941 – 2016
Harald Juell
1894 – 1980
Harmon Killebrew
1936 – 2011
Henry Ashworth
1794 – 1880
Henry Jones
1912 – 1999
Henry Leslie Rowntree
1914 – 1975
Herman Wouk
1915 – 2019
Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł
1715 – 1760
Howard Kilroy
1936 – 2019
Ignazio Florio
1838 – 1891
Ikuma Dan
1924 – 2001
Inō Tadataka
1745 – 1818
Ioannis Georgiadis
1876 – 1960
Jack Hawkins
1916 – 2013
Jacques Roettiers
1707 – 1784
James Aloysius O'Gorman
1860 – 1943
James Chichester-Clark
1923 – 2002
James Hight
1870 – 1958
James L. Whitley
1872 – 1959
Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez
1763 – 1845
Jean-Louis Pesch
1928 – 2023
Jeong Rae-hyuk
1926 – 2022
Jerzy Białłozor
1622 – 1665
Jesús Santrich
1967 – 2021
Johann Jakob Hottinger
1783 – 1860
John C. Box
1871 – 1941
John C. Breckinridge
1821 – 1875
John Delaval, 1st Baron Delaval
1728 – 1808
John Goddard
1924 – 2013
John L. N. Stratton
1817 – 1889
John Lee
1788 – 1871
… and 1,659 more