April 17th is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). There are 258 days remaining.
- 1598 - Giovanni Riccioli[?], astronomer (+ 1671)
- 1837 - J.P. Morgan, financier, art collector, philanthropist (+ 1913)
- 1852 - Cap Anson, Baseball Hall of Famer (+ 1922)
- 1882 - Artur Schnabel, pianist (+ 1951)
- 1885 - Isak Dinesen, author (+ 1962)
- 1893 - Irene Castle[?], dancer (+ 1969)
- 1894 - Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet politician and Premier 1958-1964 (+ 1971)
- 1897 - Thornton Wilder, dramatist and narrator (+ 1975)
- 1915 - Joe Foss, soldier, politician (+ 2003)
- 1918 - William Holden, actor (+ 1981)
- 1923 - Lindsay Anderson, director (+ 1994)
- 1923 - Harry Reasoner[?], journalist (+ 1991)
- 1929 - James Last[?], band leader
- 1934 - Don Kirshner[?], television producer, composer
- 1940 - Anja Silja[?], soprano
- 1948 - Jan Hammer[?], composer
- 1951 - Olivia Hussey, actress
- 1954 - Blackbyrd McKnight[?], musician (P Funk)
- 1954 - Riccardo Patrese, racing driver[?]
- 1957 - Nick Hornby, author
- 1961 - Boomer Esiason[?], American football player
- 1967 - Marquis Grissom[?], baseball player
- 1967 - Liz Phair, musician
- 1972 - Jennifer Garner, actress
- 1761 - Thomas Bayes mathematician (* 1702)
- 1790 - Benjamin Franklin, politician, inventor, diplomat, printer (* 1706)
- 1843 - Samuel Morey, American inventor
- 1891 - Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada (* 1822)
- 1942 - Jean Perrin[?] physicist (* 1870)
- 1960 - Eddie Cochran, musician
- 1990 - Reverend Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist
- 1998 - Linda McCartney, activist, musician
- 1999 - Seņor Wences[?], Spanish ventriloquist
See Also:
April 16 - April 18 - March 17 - May 17 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December