Famous people born on 17 November

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

1. Martin Scorsese 1942American film directorliving, 83
2. Vespasian AD 9Roman emperordied aged 69
3. Cyril Ramaphosa 1952South African politician who served as President of South Africaliving, 73
4. Eugene Wigner 1902Hungarian physicist and mathematiciandied aged 92
5. Julian AD 331Roman emperordied aged 31
6. Rachel McAdams 1978Canadian actorliving, 47
7. Louis XVIII 1755King of the Frenchdied aged 68
8. Danny DeVito 1944American actor and comedianliving, 81
9. Nicolas Appert 1749French inventordied aged 91
10. Bernard Montgomery 1887British officerdied aged 88
11. Lev Vygotsky 1896Soviet psychologistdied aged 37
12. Abdelmadjid Tebboune 1945Algerian politician who served as President of Algerialiving, 80
13. Sophie Marceau 1966French actorliving, 59
14. Nani 1986Portuguese footballerliving, 39
15. Philip VI of France 1293King of Francedied aged 56
16. Rock Hudson 1925American actordied aged 59
17. Bronzino 1503Italian painterdied aged 69
18. August Ferdinand Möbius 1790German mathematician and astronomerdied aged 77
19. Stanley Cohen 1922American biochemistdied aged 97