List of Famous people born on April 17th

Ronny Rodríguez Martinez is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers. Rodríguez has also played for the Dominican Republic national baseball team.

Martha Kyrle was an Austrian physician and philanthropist.

Nia Daniati is an Indonesian singer and actress. Daniati gained fame with her hit single "Gelas-Gelas Kaca" and also through singing several songs written by musician Rinto Harahap. In addition, Daniati has appeared in several soap operas and films, including Antara Dia dan Aku which led to her being nominated for the Best Actress at the Indonesian Film Festival.

Jasper Stuyven is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.

Aurore Lalucq is a French economist and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

Wenceslao Moreno, known professionally as Señor Wences, was a Spanish ventriloquist and comedian. His popularity grew with his frequent television appearances on CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show during the 1950s and 1960s. Later, he became popular with another generation of fans on The Muppet Show.

Jorge Meré Pérez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for German club 1. FC Köln as a central defender.

Željko Ražnatović, better known as Arkan, was a Slovenian-born Serbian mobster, politician, sports administrator, paramilitary commander and head of the Serb paramilitary force called the Serb Volunteer Guard during the Yugoslav Wars.

Count Nikita Petrovich Panin (1770–1837), a Russian Empire diplomat, vice-chancellor, State Chancellor 6 October 1799 – 18 November 1800 (acting) and Foreign Minister of Russia. He was a nephew of Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin, son of Petr Ivanovich Panin, son-in-law of Count Vladimir Orlov. Nikita P. Panin plotted the assassination of Paul I of Russia together with Count Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen and the Russo-Neapolitan Admiral José de Ribas. Ribas died before the assassination, which was actually carried out on 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1801 by a band of dismissed officers headed by General Bennigsen, a Hanoverian in the Russian service, and General Yashvil, a Georgian. The assassination brought Alexander I of Russia to the throne.

Taksin or the King of Thonburi was the only King of the Thonburi Kingdom. He had been an Ekatat servant and then was a leader in the liberation of Siam from Burmese occupation after the Second Fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, and the subsequent unification of Siam after it fell under various warlords. He established the city of Thonburi as the new capital, as the city of Ayutthaya had been almost completely destroyed by the invaders. His reign was characterized by numerous wars; he fought to repel new Burmese invasions and to subjugate the northern Thai kingdom of Lanna, the Laotian principalities, and a threatening Cambodia.