People born on December 17

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

Humphry Davy

British chemist

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

Turkish economist, politician (born 1948)

Manny Pacquiao

Filipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor and politician and a philantropist

Chelsea Manning

American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)

Willard Libby

American physical chemist

Joseph Henry

American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian (1797-1878)

Émilie telet

French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706-1749)

Vaslav Nijinsky

Russian ballet dancer and choreographer

Mykola Azarov

Ukrainian politician

Giovanni Ribisi

American actor

Simo Häyhä

Finnish military sniper (1905–2002)

Sarah Paulson

American actress