List of Famous people born on April 17th

Lei Chien-ying is a Taiwanese female archer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed for her country in the women's team event and women's individual event. She also represented Chinese Taipei at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro winning a bronze medal in the women's team event, with Tan Ya-Ting and Lin Shih-Chia.

Mikiko Hagiwara is a Japanese former professional basketball player. She won a silver medal with the Japan women's national basketball team at the 1994 Asian Games. Hagiwara also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where Japan's team came in seventh place.

Juan Carlos Mosqueda Andrade is a former footballer. He last played for Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz in the Liga MX.

Kōhei Takiguchi , better known by his stage name Junpei Takiguchi , was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Chiba Prefecture.

Rodrigo Eduardo Echeverría Sáez, nicknamed Eche, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Chilean club Everton de Viña del Mar. Primarily a central defender, he can also be deployed as a defensive midfielder.

James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury,, styled Viscount Cranborne until 1823, was a British Conservative politician. He held office under The Earl of Derby as Lord Privy Seal in 1852 and Lord President of the Council between 1858 and 1859. He was the father of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and grandfather of Arthur Balfour, who also served as Prime Minister.

Pavel Andreyevich Buchnevich is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Rangers in the third round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Michael IX Palaiologos or Palaeologus, was a Byzantine co-Emperor from 1294 until his death.

Federico Marcelo Anselmo is an Argentine footballer who plays for Palestino.

Inna Yakovlevna Stepanova is a Russian archer of Buryat ethnicity. Stepanova is a student of Physical Education at Buryat State University.