Award WinnersBirthday : February 17Check all the award winners born on February 17. |
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17-February-1997Josef Craig (United Kingdom)Josef Isaac Craig, MBE is a British Paralympic swimmer. Craig competes in S7 events and... |
17-February-1996Sasha Pieterse (South Africa, United States of America)Sasha Embeth Pieterse is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Alison... |
17-February-1993Marc Márquez (Spain)Marc Márquez i Alentà is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and current MotoGP world... |
17-February-1989Rebecca Adlington (United Kingdom)Rebecca "Becky" Adlington, OBE is a retired English freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals... |
17-February-1989Chord Overstreet (United States of America)Chord Paul Overstreet is an American actor, singer and musician, known for his role as Sam Evans... |
17-February-1987Alex Frost (United States of America)Alexander Richard "Alex" Frost is an American actor. He had a starring role in Gus Van Sant's... |
17-February-1987Raffi Ahmad (Indonesia)Raffi Faridz Ahmad is an Indonesian TV presenter, actor and singer. Raffi has been cast in a... |
17-February-1986Grigori Dobrygin (Russia)Grigoriy Eduardovich Dobrygin is a Russian actor best known in the West for starring in the film... |
17-February-1984Annu Raj Singh (India)Annu Raj Singh is an Indian shooter. She along with Heena Sidhu won the gold medal in women's... |
17-February-1983Shaya (Denmark, Greece)Marianna Hansen, known professionally as Shaya, is a Danish–Greek singer. Shaya was a member of... |
17-February-1981Paris Hilton (United States of America)Paris Whitney Hilton is an American socialite, actress and entertainer. She is the... |
17-February-1981Joseph Gordon-Levitt (United States of America)Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and editor... |
17-February-1979Bear McCreary (United States of America)'Bear' McCreary is an American composer and musician living in Los Angeles, California. He is... |
17-February-1975Raymond S. Persi (United States of America)Raymond S. Persi is a director for episodes of The Simpsons. His directing credits include... |
17-February-1974Bryan White (United States of America)Bryan White is an American country music artist. Signed to Asylum Records in 1994 at age 20,... |
17-February-1974Edvin Marton (Hungary)Edvin Marton is a Ukrainian composer and violinist of Hungarian ethnicity. He became known as... |
17-February-1972Billie Joe Armstrong (United States of America)Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and... |
17-February-1972Allison Silverman (United States of America)Allison Silverman is an American comedy writer from Gainesville, Florida. She was the head... |
17-February-1971Shin Dong-yup (South Korea)Shin Dong-yup is a South Korean comedian and television comedy show host. He graduated from the... |
17-February-1971Denise Richards (United States of America)Denise Lee Richards is an American actress and former fashion model. She has appeared in films,... |
17-February-1970Dominic Purcell (Australia, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom)Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell is an English-born Australian actor of Norwegian and Irish... |
17-February-1969Željko Mavrović (Croatia)Željko Mavrović is a Croatian former boxer turned entrepreneur. |
17-February-1969Stephen Mirrione (United States of America)Stephen Mirrione is an American film editor. He won an Academy Award for his editing of the film... |
17-February-1969Jon Randall (United States of America)Jon Randall Stewart is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. Signed to RCA... |
17-February-1967Chanté Moore (United States of America)Chanté Torrane Moore is an American R&B and jazz singer. Chante is known for her songs "Love's... |
17-February-1965Leonardo Pieraccioni (Italy)Leonardo Pieraccioni is an Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter. Born in Florence, he... |
17-February-1965Michael Bay (United States of America)Michael Benjamin Bay is an American film director and producer. He is known for directing... |
17-February-1964Angelica Page (United States of America)Angelica Page is an American actress, director, producer and screenwriter and the only daughter... |
17-February-1963Larry the Cable Guy (United States of America)Daniel Lawrence "Larry" Whitney best known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy,... |
17-February-1963Michael Jordan (United States of America)Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional... |
17-February-1962Lou Diamond Phillips (United States of America, Philippines)Lou Diamond Phillips is an American actor and director. His breakthrough came when he starred in... |
17-February-1959Lawrence Vale (United States of America)Lawrence Vale is a 1995 Guggenheim Fellow in Humanities. |
17-February-1957Douglas Urbanski (United States of America)Douglas Urbanski is an American film producer, theater impresario, raconteur, and occasional... |
17-February-1956Richard Karn (United States of America)Richard Karn is an American actor and game show host. He is most well known for his co-starring... |
17-February-1956Noga Alon (Israel)Noga Alon is an Israeli mathematician noted for his contributions to combinatorics and... |
17-February-1955Jim Rygiel (United States of America)Jim Rygiel is a visual effects supervisor. He has worked on major feature films since 1984,... |
17-February-1955Mo Yan (China)Guan Moye, better known by the pen name Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. He... |
17-February-1954Rene Russo (United States of America)Rene Marie Russo is an American actress and former model. She is known for starring in a series... |
17-February-1954Don Coscarelli (United States of America, Libya)Don Coscarelli, Jr. is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for... |
17-February-1953Nicholas Howe (United States of America)Nicholas Howe was an American scholar of Old English literature and culture, whose Migration and... |
17-February-1952Gary Chalk (United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom)Garry Chalk is an English-born Canadian actor and voice actor, tri-national US-Canadian-UK... |
17-February-1951Don Woods (United States of America)Donald Ray Woods is a retired National Football League American football running back who played... |
17-February-1951Alessio Gelsini Torresi (Italy)Alessio Gelsini Torresi is an Italian cinematographer, sometimes credited as Alessio... |
17-February-1951Baldwin S. Lee (United States of America)Baldwin S. Lee is a 1984 Guggenheim Fellow in Creative Arts. |
17-February-1951Song Chunli (China)Song Chunli is a Chinese film and television actress. She won two Golden Rooster Award for Best... |
17-February-1951Meena Alexander (India)Meena Alexander is an internationally acclaimed poet, scholar, and writer. Born in Allahabad,... |
17-February-1950Rod Smallwood (United Kingdom)Roderick Charles "Rod" Smallwood is an English music manager, best known as the co-manager of... |
17-February-1950Juan Travnik (Argentina)Juan Travnik is a 2006 Guggenheim Fellow in Creative Arts. |
17-February-1949Jeffrey Simpson (Canada)Jeffrey Carl Simpson, OC, is a Canadian journalist. He has been The Globe and Mail's national... |
17-February-1948José José (Mexico)José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz, known by his stage name José José, is a Mexican singer, musician and... |
17-February-1948Don Scardino (United States of America)Don Scardino is an American television director and producer and a former actor. |
17-February-1947Abelardo Sánchez-León (Peru)Abelardo Sánchez-León is a 1980 Guggenheim Fellow in Creative Arts. |
17-February-1947Bruce Gillespie (Australia)Bruce Gillespie is a prominent Australian science fiction fan best known for his long-running sf... |
17-February-1945Peter J. Katzenstein (United States of America)Peter Joachim Katzenstein is the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at... |
17-February-1945Richard Shweder (United States of America)Richard Allan Shweder is an American cultural anthropologist and a figure in cultural... |
17-February-1945Brenda Fricker (Republic of Ireland)Brenda Fricker is an Irish actress of theatre, film and television. She has appeared in more... |
17-February-1943Raisa Nedashkovskaya (Ukraine)Raisa Nedashkovskaya is a Ukrainian and Soviet-era theater and cinema actress. In 1993 she was... |
17-February-1943Imre Benkö (Hungary)Imre Benkö is a 1977 and 1981 World Press Photo Award for Arts and Entertainment winner. |
17-February-1943Millard Alexander (United States of America)Millard Alexander is a 1997 Guggenheim Fellow in Natural Sciences. |
17-February-1942David Collier (United States of America)David Collier is Chancellor’s Professor of Political Science at the University of California,... |
17-February-1942Dieter Laser (Germany)Dieter Laser is a German actor. Laser was born in Kiel, Germany. He is known to English speaking... |
17-February-1942Paul Watson (United Kingdom)Paul Watson is an English documentary filmmaker. He started off as a painter and artist, before... |
17-February-1942Stephen P. Hubbell (United States of America)Stephen P. Hubbell is an American ecologist on the faculty of the University of California, Los... |
17-February-1941Julia McKenzie (United Kingdom)Julia McKenzie is an English actress, singer and theatre director. She is best known for her... |
17-February-1940James Laurenson (New Zealand)James Laurenson is a New Zealand born stage and screen actor. Laurenson was born in Marton,... |
17-February-1940Chris Newman (United States of America)Chris Newman is a sound mixer and director. His film credits include The Godfather, Amadeus, The... |
17-February-1940Vicente Fernández (Mexico)Vicente "Chente" Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, actor, and film producer. Nicknamed as "El... |
17-February-1939Mary Ann Mobley (United States of America)Mary Ann Mobley is a former Miss America, actress, and television personality. |
17-February-1938Martha Henry (Canada, United States of America)Martha Henry, CC is a Canadian stage, film, and television actress, who is best known for her... |
17-February-1937Shunya ItÅ (Japan)Shunya ItÅ is a Japanese film director famed for starting the Sasori series of 1970s... |
17-February-1936Jim Brown (United States of America)James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown is an American former professional football player and actor. He is... |
17-February-1934Barry Humphries (Australia)Barry Humphries was the nominee from 1981 British Academy Television Award for Best Light... |
17-February-1933Masakazu Konishi (Japan, United States of America)Masakazu "Mark" Konishi is a Japanese neurobiologist, known for his research on prey capture... |
17-February-1933Karl Guthke (United States of America, Germany)Karl Guthke is a 1964 Guggenheim Fellow in Humanities. |
17-February-1931Gene Cantamessa (United States of America)Gene Cantamessa was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for his... |
17-February-1930Ruth Rendell (United Kingdom)Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, is an English author of thrillers and... |
17-February-1929Patricia Routledge (England)Katherine Patricia Routledge, CBE, is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her... |
17-February-1929Chaim Potok (United States of America)Chaim Potok was an American Jewish author and rabbi. Potok is most famous for his first book The... |
17-February-1928Wolfhart ZimmermannWolfhart Zimmermann is a German theoretical physicist. Zimmermann attained a doctorate in 1950... |
17-February-1928Tom Jones (United States of America)Tom Jones, is an American lyricist of musical theatre. His best-known work is The Fantasticks,... |
17-February-1927Richard Crocker (United States of America)Richard Crocker is a 1969 Guggenheim Fellow in Humanities. |
17-February-1926Louis M. Kohlmeier (United States of America)Louis M. Kohlmeier is a Pulitzer-prize winning writer and journalist. |
17-February-1926Albert Brenner (United States of America)Albert Brenner is an American production designer and art director. He has been nominated for... |
17-February-1926John Meyendorff (United States of America)The Very Rev. John Meyendorff was a leading theologian of the Eastern Orthodox Church as well as... |
17-February-1925Hal Holbrook (United States of America)Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Jr. is an American actor. His television roles include Abraham... |
17-February-1925Donald G. Walker (United States of America)Donald G. Walker is a 1977 Guggenheim Fellow in Natural Sciences. |
17-February-1925Shoichiro Toyoda (Japan)Shoichiro Toyoda AC, KBE, GCM is a Japanese business leader, serving as chairman of Toyota Motor... |
17-February-1924Kihachi Okamoto (Japan)Kihachi Okamoto was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres. |
17-February-1924Shirley Robin Letwin (United States of America)Shirley Robin Letwin was an American academic who lived in London. |
17-February-1920Elleston Trevor (United Kingdom)Elleston Trevor was a British novelist and playwright who wrote under several pseudonyms. Born... |
17-February-1920Haridas Bhattacharya (Myanmar)Haridas Bhattacharya was a screenwriter and film director. He was the husband of Kanan Devi. |
17-February-1920Curt Swan (United States of America)Douglas Curtis "Curt" Swan was an American comic book artist. The artist most associated with... |
17-February-1919James Maurice Stockford Careless (Canada)James Maurice Stockford Careless, OC OOnt FRSC was a Canadian historian. |
17-February-1918Elmer L. Becker (United States of America)Elmer L. Becker is a 1969 Guggenheim Fellow in Natural Sciences. |
17-February-1918William Bronk (United States of America)William Bronk was an American poet. For the 1981 collection Life Supports he won the National... |
17-February-1916Raf Vallone (Italy, Kingdom of Italy)Raffaele "Raf" Vallone was an Italian footballer, actor and an international film star. Born in... |
17-February-1913Russel Nye (United States of America)Russel Blaine Nye was an American professor of English who pioneered in popular culture studies... |
17-February-1912Andre Norton (United States of America)Andre Alice Norton was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy under the pen names... |
17-February-1912Virginia Sorenson (United States of America)Virginia Sorensen, née Eggertsen, also credited as Virginia Sorenson, was the author of the 1957... |
17-February-1911Oskar Seidlin (Germany, United States of America)Oskar Seidlin; German-born American literary scholar, poet, and writer of children’s stories. He... |
17-February-1908Red Barber (United States of America)Walter Lanier "Red" Barber was an American sports commentator. Barber, nicknamed "The Ol'... |
17-February-1904Luis A. FerréLuis Alberto Ferré Aguayo was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician,... |
17-February-1904Milton R. Krasner (United States of America)Milton R. Krasner, A.S.C. was a cinematographer who won an Academy Award for Three Coins in the... |
17-February-1900Lawrence Blochman (United States of America)Lawrence Goldtree Blochman was an American detective story writer and translator. Lawrence... |
17-February-1898Frances A. GenterFrances A. Genter was a major figure in American Thoroughbred horse racing. She is best known as... |
17-February-1898Gregor Wentzel (Germany)Gregor Wentzel was a German physicist known for development of quantum mechanics. Wentzel,... |
17-February-1896Cecil John Kinross (Canada, United Kingdom)Cecil John Kinross VC was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most... |
17-February-1888Otto Stern (Germany, United States of America)Otto Stern was a German physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. |
17-February-1880Guy Wylly (United Kingdom, Australia)Guy George Egerton Wylly VC, CB, DSO was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the... |
17-February-1872William Duane (United States of America)William Duane was an American physicist. A coworker of Marie Curie, he developed a method for... |
17-February-1856Frederic Eugene Ives (United States of America)Frederic Eugene Ives was a U.S. inventor, born at Litchfield, Connecticut. In 1874–78 he had... |
17-February-1792Karl Ernst von Baer (Germany, Russian Empire)Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn, 28 February [O.S. 17 February] 1792 – 28 November... |