Famous people born on 17 July

• Donald SutherlandCanadian actor · 1935–2024
  88 yrs
• James CagneyAmerican actor and dancer · 1899–1986
  86 yrs
• Ismail IFounder and first shah of Safavid Iran · 1487–1524
  36 yrs
• Georges LemaîtreBelgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest · 1894–1966
  71 yrs
• Kenan EvrenPresident of Turkey · 1917–2015
  97 yrs
• Phyllis Diller ↗American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist · 1917–2012
  95 yrs
• Elbridge Gerry ↗Vice president of the United States from 1813 to 1814 · 1744–1814
  70 yrs
• Roger Garaudy ↗French philosopher, politician and Holocaust denier · 1913–2012
  98 yrs
• Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ↗German philosopher · 1714–1762
  47 yrs
• Carlos Alberto Torres ↗Brazilian association football player and manager · 1944–2016
  72 yrs
• Matti Nykänen ↗Finnish ski jumper · 1963–2019
  55 yrs
• Maxim Litvinov ↗Soviet diplomat and foreign minister · 1876–1951
  75 yrs
• Xianfeng Emperor ↗The ninth emperor (and the seventh after defeating Ming) of the Qing Dynasty · 1831–1861
  30 yrs
• John Jacob Astor I ↗German-American businessman · 1763–1848
  84 yrs
• Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay ↗Russian explorer and scientist · 1846–1888
  41 yrs
• Diahann Carroll ↗American actress, singer, model and activist · 1935–2019
  84 yrs
• Erle Stanley Gardner ↗American writer and lawyer · 1889–1970
  80 yrs
• Al-Wathiq ↗9th Abbasid Caliph · AD 812–847
  35 yrs
• Julio Argentino Roca ↗Argentine politician and general, former president of Argentina · 1843–1914
  71 yrs
• Paul Delaroche ↗French painter · 1797–1856
  59 yrs
• Berenice Abbott ↗American photographer · 1898–1991
  93 yrs
• Eunice Newton Foote ↗American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist · 1819–1888
  69 yrs
• Wojciech Kilar ↗Polish composer and pianist · 1932–2013
  81 yrs
• Quino ↗Argentine cartoonist · 1932–2020
  88 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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