Did you know
Michael Jordan played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Famous Birthdays on February 17
1963 — Michael Jordan
American basketball player, executive, and businessman
February 17 has 176 recorded notable births across history, from 624 to 1998. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on February 17
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1996 NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros. Source
- 1959 Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution. Source
- 1801 United States presidential election: A tie in the Electoral College between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives. Source
- 1864 American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic. Source
Did you know
Jerry O'Connell starred as Pete Kaczmarek in the single 2010–2011 season of The Defenders.
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Brown won an NFL championship with the Browns in 1964.
Did you know
Ronald Fisher has been described as "a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science" and "the single most important figure in 20th century statistics".
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Meaghan Martin is best known for her starring role in the ABC Family She is also well known for her role as Tess Tyler in the Disney Channel television films Camp Rock and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.
More major people born on February 17
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1974
Jerry O'Connell
American actor, director, and producer
Michael Jeremiah Witkowski O'Connell is an American actor and TV show host.
1936
Jim Brown
American football player and actor (died 2023)
James Nathaniel Brown was an American professional football player, civil rights activist, and actor. He played as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1965.
1890
Ronald Fisher
English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist (died 1962)
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher was a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, geneticist, and academic.
1992
Meaghan Martin
American actress and singer
Meaghan Jette Martin is an American actress and singer best known for her work in film, television, and theatre.
1979
Conrad Ricamora
American actor
Conrad Wayne Ricamora-Jensen is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Oliver Hampton on the ABC television series How to Get Away with Murder (2014–20).
1490
Charles III
duke of Bourbon (died 1527)
Charles III de Bourbon, comte de Montpensier, then duc de Bourbon was a French military commander, governor, prince of the royal blood and rebel during the early Italian Wars.
1904
Hans Morgenthau
German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 1980)
Hans Joachim Morgenthau was a German-American jurist and political scientist who was one of the major 20th-century figures in the study of international relations.
1949
Fred Frith
English guitarist and songwriter
Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Best known for his guitar playing, Frith first came to attention as a founding member of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow.
1960
Lindy Ruff
Canadian hockey player and coach
Lindy Cameron Ruff is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1951
Rashid Minhas
Pakistani soldier and pilot (died 1971)
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas NH was a Pakistani fighter pilot and the fifth recipient of Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider.
1836
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Spanish author, poet, and playwright (died 1870)
Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, was a Spanish Romantic poet and writer, also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented in drawing.
1916
Don Tallon
Australian cricketer (died 1984)
Donald Tallon was an Australian cricketer who played 21 Test matches as a wicket-keeper between 1946 and 1953.
1965
Michael Bay
American director and producer
Michael Benjamin Bay is an American film director and producer.
1854
Friedrich Alfred Krupp
German businessman (died 1902)
Friedrich Alfred Krupp was a German steel manufacturer and head of the company Krupp. He was the son of Alfred Krupp and inherited the family business when his father died in 1887.
1981
Paris Hilton
American model, media personality, actress, singer, DJ, author and businesswoman
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman. Born in New York City, she is a great-granddaughter of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton.
1862
Mori Ōgai
Japanese general, author, and poet (died 1922)
Lieutenant-General Mori Rintarō , known by his pen name Mori Ōgai , was a Japanese Army Surgeon general officer, translator, novelist, poet and father of famed author Mari Mori.
1972
Billie Joe Armstrong
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician, songwriter and actor.
1925
Hal Holbrook
American actor and director (died 2021)
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. was an American actor. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show, titled Mark Twain Tonight!, that he developed while studying at Denison University.
1931
Buddy Ryan
American football coach (died 2016)
James David "Buddy" Ryan was an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL).