People born on June 17

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer (1882–1971)

Venus Williams

American tennis player (born 1980)

M. C. Escher

Dutch graphic artist (1898–1972)

Mohamed ElBaradei

Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

Carl XII of Sweden

King of Sweden

Martin Bormann

German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery (1900–1945)

Charles Gounod

French composer

Tigran Petrosian

Soviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion

Heinz Guderian

German general (1888-1954)

Jordan Henderson

English footballer (born 1990)

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

Thomas Haden Church

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1960)

Alan Dzagoev

Russian association football player

François Jacob

French biologist and geneticist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1965

William Crookes

British chemist and physicist (1832-1919)