Did you know
Tony Parker was selected by the Spurs with the 28th overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft, and quickly became their starting point guard.
Famous Birthdays on May 17
1982 — Tony Parker
French-American basketball player
May 17 has 229 recorded notable births across history, from 1155 to 1994. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1155 – 1994
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Major events on May 17
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- 1967 Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt. Source
- 1983 The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds [1.9 kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request. Source
- 1959 In Cuba, the First Agrarian Reform Law – a cornerstone of the Cuban Revolution – is signed by Fidel Castro, aiming to eliminate large foreign-owned estates and redistribute land to over 100,000 peasants. Source
- 1863 Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language. Source
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As an amateur, Leonard won a light welterweight gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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In 2014, the song was nominated for the Brit Award for British Single of the Year, and he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work.
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Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician.
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Upon winning their third Olympic gold they became the most decorated Olympic figure skaters of all time.
More major people born on May 17
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1956
Sugar Ray Leonard
American boxer
Ray Charles Leonard, better known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer.
1984
Passenger
English singer-songwriter and musician
Michael David Rosenberg, better known by his stage name Passenger, is an English indie folk singer, songwriter and musician.
1768
Henry Paget
1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1854)
Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician.
1989
Tessa Virtue
Canadian ice dancer
Tessa Jane McCormick Virtue is a Canadian retired ice dancer. With ice dance partner Scott Moir, she is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medallist, a three-time World champion, a three-time…
1966
Danny Manning
American basketball player and coach
Daniel Ricardo Manning is an American college basketball coach and former professional basketball player who is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Colorado.
1934
Earl Morrall
American football player and coach (died 2014)
Earl Edwin Morrall was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons. He was the last remaining player from the 1950s still active in the NFL.
1984
Christine Ohuruogu
English runner
Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu is a British former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres, the event for which she is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion.
1873
Henri Barbusse
French author and journalist (died 1935)
Henri Barbusse was a French novelist, short story writer, journalist, poet and political activist.
1906
Zinka Milanov
Croatian-American soprano and educator (died 1989)
Zinka Milanov was a Croatian operatic dramatic soprano who had a major career centered on the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
1952
Howard Hampton
Canadian lawyer and politician
Howard George Hampton is a politician who was a member of Provincial Parliament for the province of Ontario.
1923
Michael Beetham
English commander and pilot (died 2015)
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael James Beetham, was a Second World War bomber pilot and a high-ranking commander in the Royal Air Force from the 1960s to the 1980s.
1935
Dennis Potter
English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994)
Dennis Christopher George Potter was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist.
1940
Alan Kay
American computer scientist and academic
Alan Curtis Kay is an American computer scientist who pioneered work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface (GUI) design.
1970
Hubert Davis
American basketball player and coach
Hubert Ira Davis Jr. is a former professional basketball player and former head basketball coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's team.
1937
Hazel R. O'Leary
American lawyer and politician, 7th United States Secretary of Energy
Hazel Reid O'Leary is an American lawyer, politician, and university administrator who served as the 7th United States secretary of energy from 1993 to 1997.
1980
Ariën van Weesenbeek
Dutch drummer
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever.
1893
Frederick McKinley Jones
American inventor and entrepreneur (died 1961)
Frederick McKinley Jones was an American inventor, entrepreneur, engineer, winner of the National Medal of Technology, and an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
1982
Matt Cassel
American football player
Matthew Brennan Cassel is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons.
1976
Kandi Burruss
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Kandi Lenice Burruss is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. She first gained notice in 1992 as a member of the multi-platinum R&B female vocal group Xscape.