Famous people born on 17 December

12 of the people we track were born on 17 December, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Pope Francis 1936Argentinian Latin Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 88
2. Humphry Davy 1778British chemistdied aged 50
3. Milla Jovovich 1975American actorliving, 50
4. Muhammadu Buhari 1942Nigerian politician who served as President of Nigeriadied aged 82
5. Manny Pacquiao 1978Filipino boxer and basketball playerliving, 47
6. Willard Libby 1908American chemistdied aged 71
7. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu 1948Turkish politicianliving, 77
8. Chelsea Manning 1987American activistliving, 38
9. Joseph Henry 1797American physicistdied aged 80
10. Giovanni Ribisi 1974American actorliving, 51
11. Martin Ødegaard 1998Norwegian footballerliving, 27
12. Émilie du Châtelet 1706French physicistdied aged 42