July 17 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on July 17, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Birth stone
Ruby
Birth flower
Larkspur
How common
#42 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous July 17 birthdays
Erle Stanley Gardner · American writer and lawyer1889
Georges Lemaître · Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest1894
James Cagney · American actor and dancer1899
Roger Garaudy · French philosopher, politician and Holocaust denier1913
Phyllis Diller · American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist1917
Kenan Evren · President of Turkey1917
Juan Antonio Samaranch · IOC president 1980–20011920
Donald Sutherland · Canadian actor1935
Diahann Carroll · American actress, singer, model and activist1935
Carlos Alberto Torres · Brazilian association football player and manager1944
Queen Camilla · Queen consort of the United Kingdom since 20221947
David Hasselhoff · American actor, singer, producer, and businessman1952
Angela Merkel · Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 20211954
Wong Kar-wai · Chinese-born Hong Kong filmmaker1958
António Costa · Portuguese politician, President of the European Council since 20241961
Letsie III · King of Lesotho since 19961963
Matti Nykänen · Finnish ski jumper1963
Cory Doctorow · Canadian-British-American blogger1971
Terence Tao · Australian-American mathematician1975
Ivan Strinić · Croatian association football player1987
On this day in history
1968Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.
1975Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
1992The Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, was officially opened.
1994Brazil won the FIFA World Cup final against Italy 3–2 on penalties, following a 0–0 draw after extra time.
1863The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the invasion of the Waikato.
1867Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
1936Nationalist military officers launch a coup d'état against the Spanish Republic, beginning the Spanish Civil War
1948In Olympia, Greece, the Summer Olympics torch relay, nicknamed the "relay of peace", began.
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