People born on July 17

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

James Cagney

American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

Georges Lemaître

Belgian scientist and priest (1894-1966)

Ismail I

Shah of Iran

Letsie III of Lesotho

King of Lesotho

Juan Antonio Samaranch

IOC president 1980–2001

António Costa

119th Prime Minister of Portugal

Kenan Evren

Turkish general (1917-2015)

Phyllis Diller

American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist (1917–2012)

David Hasselhoff

American actor, singer, producer, and businessman

Elbridge Gerry

Vice president of the United States from 1813 to 1814

Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016)

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters (*1698 – †1759)