Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 17 October

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

Eminem and Tarkan were born on the very same day, 17 October 1972.

  1. Eminem 1972American rapper and record producerliving, 53
  2. Pope John Paul I 1912Latin Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 65
  3. Arthur Miller 1915American playwright and essayistdied aged 89
  4. Rita Hayworth 1918American actordied aged 68
  5. Kimi Räikkönen 1979Finnish driverliving, 46
  6. Henri de Saint-Simon 1760French philosopherdied aged 64 or 65
  7. Prabowo Subianto 1951Indonesian politician who served as President of Indonesialiving, 74
  8. Georg Büchner 1813German playwrightdied aged 23
  9. Montgomery Clift 1920American actordied aged 45
  10. Mae Jemison 1956American astronautliving, 69
  11. Tarkan 1972Turkish singerliving, 53
  12. Felicity Jones 1983British actorliving, 42
  13. Zhao Ziyang 1919Politiciandied aged 85
  14. Marsha Hunt 1917American actordied aged 104
  15. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim 1959Mauritian politician and chemist who served as President of Mauritiusliving, 66