List of Famous people born on April 17th

Jan Hammer is a Czech-American musician, composer and record producer. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 1970s, as well as his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the 1980s television program, Miami Vice. He has continued to work as both a musical performer and producer.

Patricia Barbizet is a prominent figure in the French business world. Over the course of her career, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Christie's from 2014 until 2016, the first female CEO of the company; Executive Director of Groupe Artémis from 1992 until 2017; and as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Kering and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Christie's.

Taron Andranik Margaryan (Armenian: Տարոն Անդրանիկի Մարգարյան, born 17 April 1978, Yerevan) is a politician from Armenia. He was the 11th mayor of Yerevan since Armenia gained independence from the Soviet Union.

Gregor Piatigorsky was a Russian-born American cellist.

Carlo Di Palma was an Italian cinematographer, renowned for his work on both color and black-and-white films, whose most famous collaborations were with Michelangelo Antonioni and Woody Allen.

Mattia Sbragia is an Italian character actor.

August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach was a German botanist and phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879.