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

October Birthday Calendar

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)