October 17th Birthdays

American rapper, Eminem was born on this day in 1972, as Marshall Bruce Mathers III, in St. Joseph, Missouri

Also born on October 17th:

  • 1942
    Gary Puckett, American musician
  • 1946
    Michael Hossack, American musician
  • 1947
    Michael McKean, American actor
  • 1948
    Margot Kidder, Canadian actress
    George Wendt, American actor
  • 1957
    Steve McMichael, American football player
  • 1958
    Alan Jackson, American singer, songwriter
  • 1960
    Guy Henry, English actor
  • 1962
    Mike Judge, American cartoonist, voice actor
  • 1966
    Mark Gatiss, English actor and writer
  • 1968
    Ziggy Marley, Jamaican musician
  • 1969
    Wood Harris, American actor
    Wyclef Jean, Haitian rapper
  • 1970
    John Mabry, American baseball player
    Shauna O’Brien, American model, actress
    Blues Saraceno, American guitarist
  • 1971
    Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer
  • 1972
    Sharon Leal, American actress
    Joe McEwing, American baseball player
  • 1974
    Matthew Macfadyen, British actor
    John Rocker, American baseball player
  • 1977
    Alimi Ballard, American actor
  • 1980
    Angel Parker, American actress
  • 1983
    Daniel Booko, American actor
    Felicity Jones, English actress
    Mitch Talbot, American baseball player
  • 1984
    Chris Lowell, American actor
  • 1985
    Max Irons, American actor
  • 1987
    Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress
  • 1992
    Jacob Artist, American actor, singer

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Died on October 17th:

  • 1806
    Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian Revolution leader, Emperor Jacques I (age 48)
  • 1849
    Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist, composer (age 39)
  • 1910
    Julia Ward Howe, American poet, songwriter (age 91)
  • 1967
    Puyi, 12th and last Emperor of China’s Qing dynasty (age 61)
  • 1979
    S. J. Perelman, American humorist, screenwriter (age 75)
    John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (age 81)
  • 1991
    Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer, actor (age 72)
  • 2001
    Jay Livingston, American singer, songwriter (age 86)
  • 2007
    Joey Bishop, American actor, talk show host (age 89)
    Teresa Brewer, American singer (age 76)
  • 2008
    Levi Stubbs, American singer (The Four Tops) (age 72)
  • 2017
    Gord Downie, Canadian musician (The Tragically Hip), (age 53)
  • 2019
    Bill Macy, American actor (age 97)
  • 2024
    Mitzi Gaynor, American actress (age 93)
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