Famous people born on 17 June

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

1. Venus Williams 1980American tennis playerliving, 46
2. Edward I 1239Monarch of Englanddied aged 68
3. M. C. Escher 1898Dutch graphic artistdied aged 73
4. Mohamed ElBaradei 1942Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as Vice President of Egyptliving, 84
5. Charles Gounod 1818French composerdied aged 75
6. John Wesley 1703British diaristdied aged 87
7. Jordan Henderson 1990British footballerliving, 36
8. Tigran Petrosian 1929Soviet Grandmasterdied aged 55
9. Heinz Guderian 1888German writerdied aged 65
10. Thomas Haden Church 1960American actorliving, 66
11. Eddy Merckx 1945Belgian cyclistliving, 81
12. William Crookes 1832British chemist and physicistdied aged 86
13. François Jacob 1920French geneticistdied aged 92
14. Alan Dzagoev 1990Russian footballerliving, 36