List of Famous people born on April 17th

Patrick Boyard, known as Patrick Roy, was a French radio and television presenter.

Robert Allen "Bobby" Curtola, CM was a Canadian rock and roll singer and teen idol.

Cleanthony Early is an American professional basketball player for Antibes Sharks of the LNB Pro B. He was an All-American college player at Wichita State University after a stint at Sullivan County Community College.

Joel Murray is an American actor. He has had prominent roles in the television series Mad Men, Grand, Love & War, Dharma and Greg, and Shameless. He has also appeared in films including God Bless America and Monsters University.

Tsutomu Wakamatsu is a Japanese former baseball player, coach, and manager for the Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball. He batted left-handed, and threw right-handed. His number 1 is honoured by the Swallows.

Marion Torrent is a French professional footballer who plays for Division 1 Féminine club Montpellier and France national team. Torrent can play as either a defender or a defensive midfielder.

Chiyomaru Kazuki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Shibushi, Kagoshima. He made his professional debut in May 2007. He took the second division jūryō championship in his third tournament in the division in January 2014 and was promoted to the top makuuchi division in the following tournament. His highest rank has been maegashira 5 East. He is the older brother of fellow professional sumo wrestler Chiyoōtori, and has served as his younger brother's attendant or tsukebito.

Rachel Anne Notley is a Canadian politician who served as the 17th Premier of Alberta from 2015 to 2019. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Strathcona, and leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party. The daughter of former Alberta NDP leader Grant Notley, she was a lawyer before entering politics; she focused on labour law, with a specialty in workers' compensation advocacy and workplace health and safety issues.

Whitney Osuigwe is an American tennis player.

Noriyuki Shiroishi is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.