List of Famous people born on April 17th

Mehdi Belhaj Kacem is a French-Tunisian actor, philosopher, and writer.

Riccardo Gabriele Patrese is an Italian former racing driver, who raced in Formula One from 1977 to 1993. For 19 years, he held the record for the most Grand Prix starts.

José Said Saffie was a Peruvian-born Chilean businessman of Palestinian ancestry and the founder and head of Parque Arauco S.A., one of the largest real estate developers and operators of shopping malls in both Chile and Argentina.

Maximilian I, occasionally called "the Great", a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which he obtained the title of a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire at the 1623 Diet of Regensburg.

Raúl Alejandro Olivares Gálvez is a Chilean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Deportes La Serena. On May 5, 2017, he scored the first goal of his professional career, a penalty kick against Sport Boys.

Princess Therese Wilhelmine Friederike Isabelle Charlotte of Nassau-Weilburg, was a member of the House of Nassau-Weilburg and a Princess of Nassau-Weilburg by birth. Through her marriage to Duke Peter of Oldenburg, Therese was also a Duchess of Oldenburg.

John Stalker was a British police officer who served as Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police. He headed the Stalker Inquiry that investigated the shooting of suspected members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1982. He also had a television and literary career.

Prince Mirko Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro was born in Cetinje, the second son of King Nicholas I of Montenegro and Milena Vukotić. Prince Mirko predeceased his father and his elder brother Crown Prince Danilo.

Liu Guodong is a Chinese table tennis coach, currently working for the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association. Under his coaching, the Singapore women's table tennis team gained a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Pauline Yeung Bo-ling is a Hong Kong actress and a former Miss Hong Kong Pageant 1987. She was born in Hong Kong with ancestry in Dongguan, Guangdong, China.