Who are famous people born on July 17?

Famous people born on July 17 include Ismail I (1487), Georges Lemaître (1894), Angela Merkel (1954), Wong Kar-wai (1958), Queen Camilla (1947).

What star sign is someone born on July 17?

Someone born on July 17 is a Cancer.

What is the birthstone for July 17?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

How common is a birthday on July 17?

In the US, July 17 is the No. 42 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,018 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on July 17

Famous people born on July 17, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♋ Star sign
Cancer
💎 Birthstone
Ruby
👶 How common
No. 42 of 366

Born on July 17

July 17 in history

2015At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
2007TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the São Paulo–Congonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people.
1998A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing the permanent international court in The Hague, to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
1981A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
1973King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
1953The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
1936Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
1918The RMS Carpathia is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; five lives are lost.
1821The Kingdom of Spain cedes the territory of Florida to the United States.
1489Sikandar Lodi succeeds Bahlul Khan Lodi as Sultan of Delhi.
1203The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile.
180Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Alexius of Rome (Western Church)
Christian feast day: Andrew Zorard
Christian feast day: Cynehelm
Christian feast day: Cynllo
Christian feast day: Inácio de Azevedo
Christian feast day: Jadwiga of Poland
Christian feast day: Magnus Felix Ennodius
Christian feast day: Marcellina
Christian feast day: Martyrs of Compiègne
Christian feast day: Blessed Pavel Peter Gojdič (Greek Catholic Church)

July 17 in every year

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Questions about July 17 birthdays

Who are famous people born on July 17?: Famous people born on July 17 include Ismail I (1487), Georges Lemaître (1894), Angela Merkel (1954), Wong Kar-wai (1958), Queen Camilla (1947).
What star sign is someone born on July 17?: Someone born on July 17 is a Cancer.
What is the birthstone for July 17?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
How common is a birthday on July 17?: In the US, July 17 is the No. 42 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,018 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).