Famous people born on 17 March

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

1. Ali AD 599Caliphdied aged 61 or 62
2. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 1920Bangladeshi politician who served as President of Bangladeshdied aged 55
3. Lavrentiy Beria 1899Soviet politician
4. Toyotomi Hideyoshi 1537Japanese daimyodied aged 61
5. Nat King Cole 1919American singer and pianistdied aged 45
6. Gottlieb Daimler 1834German engineer and industrialistdied aged 65
7. Kurt Russell 1951American actorliving, 75
8. Rudolf Nureyev 1938Soviet ballet dancer and choreographerdied aged 54
9. Gary Sinise 1955American actorliving, 71
10. Kalpana Chawla 1962American astronautdied aged 40 or 41
11. Edin Džeko 1986Bosnian footballerliving, 40
12. Shinji Kagawa 1989Japanese footballerliving, 37
13. William Gibson 1948American writerliving, 78
14. James IV 1473Monarch of Scotlanddied aged 40
15. Mia Hamm 1972American footballerliving, 54