September 17
September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 105 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 454 – Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria
- 456 – Remistus, Roman general
- 1179 – Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess and composer (b. 1098)
- 1312 – Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
- 1322 – Robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)
- 1422 – Constantine II of Bulgaria
- 1574 – Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Spanish admiral and explorer (b. 1519)
- 1575 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504)
- 1665 – King Philip IV of Spain (b. 1605)
- 1676 – Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, founder of the Jewish Sabbatean Movement (b. 1626)
- 1679 – John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general (b. 1629)
- 1762 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist (b. 1687)
- 1802 – Richard Owen Cambridge, English poet and historian (b. 1717)
- 1808 – Benjamin Bourne, American jurist and politician (b. 1755)
- 1836 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748)
- 1863 – Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet and playwright (b. 1797)
- 1877 – Henry Fox Talbot, British inventor and photography pioneer (b. 1800)
- 1894 – Deng Shichang, Chinese admiral (b. 1849)
1901 – 2000
- 1904 – Kartini, Indonesian activist (b. 1879)
- 1907 – Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
- 1908 – Thomas Selfridge, First Lieutenant of the United States Army (b. 1882)
- 1909 – Thomas Bent, Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
- 1916 – Hermann Krone, German photographer (b. 1827)
- 1923 – Stephanos Dragoumis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
- 1948 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (b. 1895)
- 1951 – Jimmy Yancey, American pianist (b. 1898)
- 1961 – Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
- 1965 – Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
- 1966 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (b. 1930)
- 1970 – France Bevk, Slovenian writer (b. 1890)
- 1972 – Akim Tamiroff, Georgian actor (b. 1899)
- 1973 – Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader (b. 1909)
- 1980 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, former President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)
- 1985 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer (b. 1925)
- 1991 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist (b. 1902)
- 1993 – Willie Mosconi, American pool player (b. 1913)
- 1994 – Karl Popper, Austrian philosopher (b. 1902)
- 1994 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (b. 1954)
- 1996 – Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)
- 1997 – Red Skelton, American entertainer (b. 1913)
- 2000 – Paula Yates, British television personality (b. 1959)
From 2001
- 2003 – Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
- 2006 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, sister of John F. Kennedy (b. 1924)
- 2009 – Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist militant (b. 1968)
- 2011 – Kurt Sanderling, German conductor (b. 1912)
- 2012 – Russell Train, American politician (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Eiji Toyoda, Japanese industrialist (b. 1913)
- 2013 – Marti de Riquer i Morera, Spanish-Catalan linguist (b. 1914)
- 2014 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1972)
- 2014 – China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (b. 1922)
- 2014 – George Hamilton IV, American country music singer (b. 1937)
- 2014 – Peter von Bagh, Finnish movie historian (b. 1943)
- 2014 – Lorna Thomas, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1917)
- 2015 – Dettmar Cramer, German football manager (b. 1925)
- 2015 – Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
- 2015 – David Willcocks, British choirmaster (b. 1919)
- 2015 – Vadim Kuzmin, Russian theoretical physicist (b. 1937)
- 2016 – Bahman Golbarnezhad, Iranian Paralympic cyclist (b. 1968)
- 2016 – Charmian Carr, American actress (b. 1942)
- 2016 – Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1930)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Francis Chichester, British sailor and adventurer (d. 1972)
- 1903 – Dolores Costello, American actress (d. 1979)
- 1904 – Frederick Ashton, English ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1988)
- 1904 – Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1986)
- 1906 – Junius Richard Jayewardene, President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996)
- 1907 – Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)
- 1914 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician (d. 1996)
- 1915 – M. F. Husain, Indian painter (d. 2011)
- 1916 – Mary Stewart, English novelist (d. 2014)
- 1917 – Isang Yun, Korean-German composer (d. 1995)
- 1918 – Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (d. 1997)
- 1922 – Agostinho Neto, 1st President of Angola (d. 1979)
- 1922 – Virgilio Barco Vargas, President of Colombia (d. 1997)
- 1923 – Hank Williams, American musician (d. 1953)
- 1925 – John List, American murderer (d. 2008)
- 1926 – Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (d. 2007)
- 1928 – Roddy McDowall, British actor (d. 1998)
- 1929 – Stirling Moss, British racing driver
- 1929 – Pat Crowley, American actress
- 1930 – David Huddleston, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1930 – Thomas Patten Stafford, American astronaut
- 1930 – Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut (d. 2016)
- 1931 – Anne Bancroft, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1933 – Claude Provost, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
- 1933 – Chuck Grassley, United States Senator from Iowa
- 1934 – Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)
- 1935 – Ken Kesey, American writer (d. 2001)
- 1936 – Rolv Wesenlund, Norwegian actor and singer (d. 2013)
- 1937 – Nigel Boocock, English speedway rider (d. 2015)
- 1939 – David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- 1940 – Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat
- 1940 – Lorella De Luca, Italian actress (d. 2014)
- 1942 – Des Lynam, English television presenter
- 1942 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (d. 2012)
- 1944 – Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer
- 1945 – Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach
- 1945 – Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor
- 1945 – David Emerson, Canadian politician
- 1946 – Billy Bonds, English footballer
- 1947 – Tessa Jowell, English politician
- 1948 – John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1948 – Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer (d. 2015)
- 1950 – Narendra Modi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Cassandra Peterson, American actress
- 1951 – Russell Brown, Scottish politician
- 1951 – Kermit Washington, American basketball player
- 1953 – Rita Rudner, American actress and comedienne
- 1953 – Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef
- 1954 – Joel-François Durand, French composer
- 1956 – Andreas Starke, Lord Mayor of Bamberg in Bavaria
- 1956 – Almazbek Atambayev, President of Kyrgyzstan
- 1957 – Richie Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
- 1958 – Janez Jansa, former Prime Minister of Slovenia
- 1960 – Damon Hill, British racing driver
- 1960 – Annabelle Apsion, British actress
- 1960 – Kevin Clash, American actor and puppeteer
- 1961 – Pamela Melroy, American astronaut
- 1962 – Baz Luhrmann, Australian movie director
- 1962 – Hesham Qandil, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt
- 1962 – BeBe Winans, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1963 – Warren Gatland, New Zealand rugby player and coach
- 1965 – Yuji Naka, Japanese video game designer, creator of Sonic the Hedgehog
- 1966 – Paula Jones, American state employee
- 1968 – Anastacia, American singer
- 1968 – Marie-Chantal, former Crown Princess of Greece
- 1968 – Akhenaton, French rapper and producer
- 1968 – Tito Vilanova, Spanish football manager (d. 2014)
- 1969 – Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player
- 1969 – Keith Flint, English singer-songwriter (The Prodigy)
- 1970 – Dallas Campbell, Scottish television presenter
- 1971 – Mauro Milanese, Italian footballer
- 1971 – Mike Catt, English rugby player
- 1972 – Bobby Lee, American comedian and actor
- 1973 – Diego Albanese, Argentine rugby player
- 1974 – Sheed Wallace, American basketball player
- 1975 – Constantine Maroulis, American singer
From 1976
- 1977 – Simone Perrotta, Italian footballer
- 1979 – Chuck Comeau, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
- 1980 – Shabana Mahmood, English lawyer and politician
- 1981 – Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer
- 1982 – Shermine Shahrivar, Iranian-German model
- 1983 – Jennifer Peña, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
- 1983 – Aiza, Filipino singer and actor
- 1984 – John Kucera, Canadian skier
- 1985 – Tomas Berdych, Czech tennis player
- 1985 – Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Jon Walker, American singer-songwriter
- 1985 – Umit Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
- 1985 – Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala, Crown Prince of Tonga
- 1989 – Kate Deines, American soccer player
- 1989 – Dijon Talton, American actor and singer
- 1991 – Minako Kotobuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1991 – Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
- 1994 – Taylor Ware, American singer
- 2008 – Mia Talerico, American actress
Deaths
Observances
- Constitution Day (United States)
- Heroes' Day (Angola)