May 17th Birthdays

Bazza Keefer, the American pop artist formerly known as Keith, was born on this day in 1949 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Also born on May 17th:

• 1941
  Grace Zabriskie, American actress
• 1942
  Taj Mahal, American musician
• 1944
  Peter Gerety, American actor
• 1948
  Dick Gaughan, Scottish musician, singer
• 1949
  Bill Bruford, English drummer
• 1956
  Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
• 1957
  Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player
• 1958
  Paul Di’Anno, English singer
• 1961
  Enya, Irish singer, songwriter
• 1962
  Craig Ferguson, Scottish actor, comedian
• 1963
  Jon Koncak, American basketball player
  Page McConnell, American musician, songwriter
• 1965
  Trent Reznor, American musician
  Paige Turco, American actress
• 1966
  Hill Harper, American actor
  Danny Manning, American basketball player
• 1969
  Alan Doyle, Canadian musician
• 1970
  Jordan Knight, American singer
  Hubert Davis, American basketball player
• 1971
  Princess Máxima of the Netherlands
• 1973
  Josh Homme, American musician, songwriter
  Sasha Alexander, American actress
  Steve Barakatt, Canadian composer
• 1974
  Andrea Corr, Irish singer
  Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor
• 1976
  José Guillén, Dominican baseball player
• 1978
  John Foster, American baseball player
  Carlos Peña, Dominican baseball player
• 1980
  Dallas Taylor, American singer
• 1982
  Tony Parker, French-American basketball player
  Matt Cassel, American football player
• 1983
  Channing Frye, American basketball player
  Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player
• 1985
  Matt Ryan, American football player
  Derek Hough, American dancer and singer
• 1986
  Tahj Mowry, American actor
• 1988
  Nikki Reed, American actress
• 1990
  Leven Rambin, American actress
• 1991
  Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor
• 1996
  Ryan Ochoa, American actor

May Birthday Calendar

Died on May 17th:

• 1829
  John Jay, American jurist, 1st U.S. Chief Justice (age 83)
• 1838
  Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French Prime Minister (age 84)
• 1875
  John C. Breckinridge, 14th U.S. Vice President, Confederate general (age 93)
• 1879
  Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (age 73)
• 1886
  John Deere, American businessman, founded Deere & Company (age 82)
• 1911
  Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (age 74)
• 1985
  Abe Burrows, American director, composer (age 74)
• 1992
  Lawrence Welk, American accordion player, bandleader (age 89)
• 2004
  Tony Randall, American actor (age 84)
• 2005
  Frank Gorshin, American actor (age 72)
• 2012
  Donna Summer, American singer, songwriter (age 63)
• 2017
  Viktor Gorbatko, Soviet cosmonaut (age 82)
• 2019
  Herman Wouk, American author (age 103)
• 2022
  Vangelis, Greek composer, songwriter (age 79)