Famous birthdays on November 17
Famous people born on November 17, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
💎 Birthstone
Topaz
👶 How common
No. 212 of 366
Born on November 17

Bernard Montgomery
born 1887 · British Army officer (1887–1976)

Lev Vygotsky
born 1896 · Soviet psychologist (1896-1934)

Martin Scorsese
born 1942 · American filmmaker (born 1942)

Danny DeVito
born 1944 · American actor, comedian, director and producer (born 1944)

Sophie Marceau
born 1966 · French actress
Bernd Schneider
born 1973 · German association football player
Roland Joffé
born 1945 · English and French film/television director and producer

Roland Matthes
born 1950 · German swimmer (1950–2019)

Princess Farial of Egypt
born 1938 · Egyptian princess (1938-2009)

Wu Yi
born 1938 · Vice Premier of China

Gordon Lightfoot
born 1938 · Canadian singer-songwriter (1938–2023)

Rem Koolhaas
born 1944 · Dutch architect (1944-)
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Lorne Michaels
born 1944 · Canadian and American television producer, writer, and actor (born 1944)
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Abdelmadjid Tebboune
born 1945 · president of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria since 2019
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Kidumu Mantantu
born 1946 · DR Congolese footballer

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
born 1949 · Prime Minister of Vietnam
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Cyril Ramaphosa
born 1952 · President of South Africa since 2018
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Patrick Achi
born 1955 · Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
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Waleed Al-Jasem
born 1959 · Kuwaiti footballer
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Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh
born 1966 · Malaysian football referee
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Thomas Libiih
born 1967 · Cameroonian footballer
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Titi Camara
born 1972 · Guinean-French association football player

Ervin Skela
born 1976 · Albanian footballer

Jacqueline Aguilera
born 1976 · Venezuelan model

Rachel McAdams
born 1978 · Canadian actress (born 1978)
Sofia Andrukhovych
born 1982 · Ukrainian writer/translator
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Yannis Bourousis
born 1983 · Greek basketball player (born 1983)
Edivaldo Hermoza
born 1985 · Bolivian association football player
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Florian Klein
born 1986 · former Austrian association football player

Nani
born 1986 · Portuguese association football player
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Armin Hodžić
born 1994 · Bosnian footballer
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Julian Ryerson
born 1997 · Norwegian footballer (born 1997)
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Linda Nosková
born 2004 · Czech tennis player (born 2004)

David Warbeck
born 1941 · film actor (1941-1997)
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Kang Kek Iew
born 1942 · war criminal and former leader in the Khmer Rouge (1942–2020)

Roman Codreanu
born 1952 · Olympic wrestler (1952–2001)

Max Kohn
born 1954 · Luxembourgian artist
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Jorge Hernández
born 1954 · boxer (1954–2019)
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Saleh Al-Maghamsi
born 1963 · Saudi Islamist theologian
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Fofi Gennimata
born 1964 · Greek politician (1964–2021)
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Questions about November 17 birthdays
- Who are famous people born on November 17?
- Famous people born on November 17 include Bernard Montgomery (1887), Lev Vygotsky (1896), Martin Scorsese (1942), Danny DeVito (1944), Sophie Marceau (1966).
- What star sign is someone born on November 17?
- Someone born on November 17 is a Scorpio.
- What is the birthstone for November 17?
- The birthstone for November is topaz.
- How common is a birthday on November 17?
- In the US, November 17 is the No. 212 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,248 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).