November 17: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is November 17th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on November 17th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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November 17th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

November 17th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Italian Mannerist painter Agnolo di Cosimo Bronzino (Adoration of the Bronze Snake, Adoration of the Shepherds, Allegorical Painting of Dante, Allegory of Happiness, Allegory with Venus and Cupid, Andrea Doria as Neptune, The Annunciation, Crossing the Red Sea, Deposition of Christ, Holy Family, Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, Pieta, St. John the Baptist and St. Mark) was born on November 17, 1503.

Roland Joffe, British film director (Bill Brand, Captivity, City of Joy, The Killing Fields, The Mission, Play for Today, The Scarlet Letter and Super Mario Bros.), was born on November 17, 1945.

Isamu Noguchi, American Abstract sculptor and author (A Sculptor's World), was born on November 17, 1904.

Titian Ramsey Peale, American naturalist, artist (Kilauea) and author (Mammalia and Ornithology), was born on November 17, 1799. Titian Peale was the 16^th son of artist Charles Willson Peale.

Martin Scorsese, American film director (The Age of Innocence, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Cape Fear, Casino, The Color of Money, The Departed, Gangs of New York, Goodfellas, Kundun, The King of Comedy, The Last Temptation of Christ, Mean Streets, New York New York, Raging Bull and Taxi Driver), documentarian (Feel like Going Home, Il Mio Viaggio in Italia, The Last Waltz, No Direction Home, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies and Shine a Light) and Academy Award winner (2006), was born on November 17, 1942. Martin Scorsese also directed the "Bad" video for Michael Jackson.

November 17th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Roland Matthes, German swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1968 and 1972), was born on November 17, 1950.

Bob Mathias, American decathlete, Olympic gold medalist (1948 and 1952) and U.S. Congressman (R-CA), was born on November 17, 1930.

Anton Sailer, Austrian skier and Olympic gold medalist (1956), was born on November 17, 1935.

George Thomas (Tom) Seaver, American professional baseball pitching star (New York Mets), was born on November 17, 1944.

Peter Snell, New Zealand runner and Olympic gold medalist (1960 and 64), was born on November 17, 1938.

Edgar White and Sumner Wheeler White, III, American twin brothers, yachtsmen and Olympic gold medalists (1952 Olympics), were born on November 17, 1929.

Laura Ann Wilkinson, American diver and Olympic gold medalist (2000), was born on November 17, 1977.

November 17th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

American historian Shelby Foote (The Civil War) was born on November 17, 1916.

Lorne Michaels Lipowitz, Canadian scriptwriter (The Paul Simon Special, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and Three Amigos) and producer (The Coneheads, Lassie, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Saturday Night Live, Stuart Saves His Family, Three Amigos and Wayne's World) was born on November 17, 1944.

Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes, Mexican novelist, was born on November 17, 1895. He also wrote under the pseudonym Tulio F. Peseenz.

November 17th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

Soichiro Honda, Japanese industrialist and Honda Motor Company founder, was born on November 17, 1906.

November 17th Birthdays: Famous Performers

American rock keyboardist and singer Robert (Stewkey) Antoni (Fuse, Nazz and Sick Man of Europe) was born on November 17, 1947.

Jim Babjak, American rock guitarist and singer (The Smithereens), was born on November 17, 1957.

Ed Baker, American actor (Keystone Kops), was born on November 17, 1897.

Martin Barre, British rock guitarist (Jethro Tull) was born on November 17, 1946.

American actress Leslie Bib (The Big Easy, My So-Called Life, Private Parts and The Skulls) was born on November 17, 1973.

Betty Bronson, American actress (Evel Knievel and One Stolen Night), was born on November 17, 1906.

American actor Brandon Call (Baywatch, Blind Fury and Step by Step) was born on November 17, 1974.

Archie Campbell, American comedian and actor (Hee Haw) was born on November 17, 1914.

Eugene (Gene) Clark, American rock guitarist and singer (The Byrds and The New Christy Minstrels), was born on November 17, 1941.

British rock guitarist and singer Roderick Parry (Rod) Clements (Lindisfarne) was born on November 17, 1947.

Peter Edward Cook, British comedian and actor (A Dandy in Aspic, Alice in Wonderland, Bedazzled, The Bed-Sitting Room, Beyond the Fringe, Find the Lady, Great Balls of Fire, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Monte Carlo or Bust, The Princess Bride, Supergirl, Whoops Apocalypse, Without a Clue and Yellowbeard), was born on November 17, 1937.

American actor Justin Cooper actor (Dennis the Menace Strikes Again, ER, General Hospital, Liar - Liar, The Magnificent Seven and My Brother's Keeper) was born on November 17, 1988.

Peter Cox, British rock singer and songwriter (Go West), was born on November 17, 1955.

French actor Marcel Dalio (Casablanca) was born on November 17, 1900.

Daniel Michael (Danny) DeVito, American comedian, actor (Batman Returns, Hoffa, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Jewel of the Nile, Johnny Dangerously, Junior, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Other People's Money, The Rainmaker, Reality Bites, Romancing the Stone, Ruthless People, Taxi, Terms of Endearment, Twins and Wise Guys) and film director (Jack the Bear, Throw Mama from the Train and The War of the Roses), was born on November 17, 1944. Danny DeVito is married to actress Rhea Perlman.

Ronnie Devoe, American pop singer (Bell Biv Devoe and The New Edition) was born on November 17, 1967.

Frank Fay, American actor (God's Gift to Women and Love Nest), was born on November 17, 1897.

Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-American model and television personality (America's Funniest Home Videos, Daisy, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve and MTV International), was born on November 17, 1966.

Bob Gaudio, American rock singer (The Four Seasons and The Royal Teens), was born on November 17, 1942.

French actor Jean Del Val Gautier (Flying Deuces and Sainted Devil) was born on November 17, 1891.

Sara Haden, American actress (A Family Affair), was born on November 17, 1897.

American pop singer Clarke Isaac Hanson (Hanson) was born on November 17, 1980.

Lauren Hutton, American model and actress (American Gigolo, From Here to Maternity, The Gambler, Guilty as Charged, Lassiter, Malone, Millions, Missing Pieces, Monte Carlo, My Father the Hero, Nip/Tuck, Once Bitten, Paper Lion, Scandalous, Scandal Sheet, The Snow Queen, Timestalkers, Viva Knievel and Zorro the Gay Blade), was born on November 17, 1943.

Jilly Johnson, British singer (Blonde on Blonde) was born on November 17, 1953.

American actress Yolanda King (America's Dream, Fluke, Ghosts of Mississippi and The Secret Path) was born on November 17, 1955. Yolanda King's father was American clergyman and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jack Lescoulie, American television personality (The Jackie Gleason Show), was born on November 17, 1917.

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Canadian folk-rock singer ("Carefree Highway," "Early Morning Rain," "If You Could Read My Mind," "Ribbon of Darkness," "Sundown," and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"), was born on November 17, 1938. Gordon Lightfoot has written songs for Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley and others.

Canadian country singer Aaron Lines ("Cheaper to Keep Her" and "You Can't Hide Beautiful") was born on November 17, 1977.

Sheila Lussier, American actress (Bits and Pieces, Galaxy Hunter,My Chauffeur, Port Charles, Reform School and Strange Wilderness), was born on November 17, 1967.

French actress Sophie Marceau Maupu (L'Amour Braque, La Boum, Braveheart, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pacific Palisades and The World Is Not Enough) was born on November 17, 1966.

Dean Paul Martin, American pop singer (Dino Desi and Billy) was born on November 17, 1951. His father was singer Dean Martin.

American actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (The Abyss, Class Action, The Color of Money, Consenting Adults, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Scarface) was born on November 17, 1958.

Canadian actress Rachel Anne McAdams (The Family Stone, The Famous Jett Jackson, The Hot Chick, The Lucky Ones, Married Life, Mean Girls, The Notebook, Perfect Pie, Red Eye, Sherlock Holmes, Slings and Arrows, State of Play, The Time Traveler's Wife and Wedding Crashers) was born on November 17, 1978.

William R. Moses, American actor (Falcon Crest, Mystic Pizza, The Perfect Wife, Perry Mason and Trial by Jury), was born on November 17, 1959.

American actor Eric Olson (Apple's Way, Conspiracy of Terror, Enemy of the State, Mixed Company, Praxis, Swiss Family Robinson and Viva Knievel) was born on November 17, 1962.

Mischa Auer Ounskowsky, Russian actor (Brewster's Millions, Destry Rides Again, My Man Godfrey and You Can't Take It with You), was born on November 17, 1905.

Annemarie Martine Oster, Dutch actress (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden and Tot Nut Van 't Algemeen), was born on November 17, 1942. Her parents were actors Guus Oster and Ank van der Moer.

American actor (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Drillbit Taylor, From the Earth to the Moon, Idiocracy, Jersey Girl, King of the Hill, Ladykillers, Leatherheads, NewsRadio, No Country for Old Men, O Brother Where Art Thou, Office Space, The Path to 9/11 and The West Wing) and voice-over artist (Chowder, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Finding Nemo, Ice Age, Teen Titans, Tripping the Rift and The X's) Stephen Root was born on November 17, 1951.

Jonathan Stephen Ross, British television personality (The Big Big Talent Show, British Comedy Awards, Comic Relief, Fantastic Facts, The Film Programme, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Gagtag, The Incredibly Strange Film Show, It's Only TV... But I Like It, The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross, One Hour with Jonathan Ross, Only Fools and Horses, Saturday Zoo, Spiceworld and They Think It's All Over), was born on November 17, 1960.

American actor Leroy Harold (Rock Hudson) Scherer, Jr. (Come September, Dynasty, A Farewell to Arms, A Gathering of Eagles, Giant, Gun Fury, Ice Station Zebra, Magnificent Obsession, Man's Favorite Sport, McMillan and Wife, Pillow Talk, Send Me No Flowers, The Spiral Road, Strange Bedfellows and Written on the Wind ), was born on November 17, 1925.

Lee Strasberg, Austrian method acting coach and actor (And Justice for All, The Godfather Part II and Somewhere in the Night), was born on November 17, 1902.

William Tannen, American actor (Annie Oakley,Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl,Daniel Boone, Devil Goddess, El Paso Stampede, The Golden Idol, The Great Sioux Massacre,Hero and the Terror,Jailhouse Rock, Jupiter's Darling, Noose for a Gunman, Panic in the City, Sitting Bull and Woman of the Year), was born on November 17, 1911.

Merete Van Kemp, Danish actress (Dallas, Hotel and Princess Daisy), was born on November 17, 1961.

American actor Dylan Walsh (Arctic Blue, Betsy's Wedding, Blood Work, Brooklyn South, Chameleons, Changing Habits, Congo, Deadly Little Secrets, Eden, Edmond, Everwood, Final Voyage, Gabriel's Fire, Jet Boy, Just Add Water, Kate & Allie, The Lake House, The Lone Ranger, Loverboy, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Nip/Tuck, Nobody's Fool, The Outer Limits, Power Play, The Stepfather, The Twilight Zone, We Were Soldiers and Where the Heart Is) was born on November 17, 1963.

Ben Wilson, American rock keyboardist (Blues Traveler), was born on November 17, 1967.

Joe (RuPaul Andre Charles) Wilson, American drag performer and actor (A Very Brady Sequel, But I'm a Cheerleader, Crooklyn, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Fled, A Mother's Prayer, Popular, Red Ribbon Blues, Skin Walker, The Truth About Jane, The Brady Bunch Movie, Wigstock: The Movie, To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar and Zombie Prom), was born on November 17, 1960.

November 17th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

August Ferdinand Mobius, German astronomer, mathematician (The Mobius Strip and Mobius Inversion Formula) and author (The Elements of Celestial Mechanics and The Principles of Astronomy), was born on November 17, 1790.

John Stanley Plaskett, Canadian physicist and astronomer (Plaskett's Twins), was born on November 17, 1865.

Hungarian-American mathematician, atomic physicist (The Manhattan Project) and Nobel Prize winner (1963) Eugene Paul Wigner was born on November 17, 1902.

November 17th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Walter Hallstein, German politician (The Hallstein Doctrine) and 1^st European Economic Community Commission president, was born on November 17, 1901.

Flavius Claudius (Julian the Apostate) Julianus, Roman Emperor, was born on November 17, 331 A.D.

Louis XVIII, King of France, was born on November 17, 1755.

Bernard Law (Monty) Montgomery, British Army Commander, was born on November 17, 1887. Montgomery led Allied ground forces in the 1944 landing at Normandy, France.

Sophocles Venizelos, Greek Premier, was born on November 17, 1894.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on November 17th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on November 17th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, November 17th.

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