List of Famous people born on April 17th

Vera Zhelikhovsky, Russian: Ве́ра Петро́вна Желихо́вская, Ukrainian: Віра Желіховська Петрівна, sometimes transliterated as Vera Jelihovsky, was a Russian writer, mostly of children's stories. She was Madame Blavatsky's sister.

Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg is a French politician of the Radical Party of the Left. He has been a Deputy to the European Parliament (1979-1983), a Deputy to the (French) National Assembly and a Government Minister. He is a professor at Panthéon-Assas University. From 1981 to 1983 he was President of the Movement of Radicals of the Left in the French Parliament.

Lars Israël Wahlman was a Swedish architect. He was a supporter of the Arts and Crafts movement in Sweden and his architecture was influenced by romantic nationalism. His most famous work include Tjolöholm Castle and Engelbrekt Church. In his birthplace Hedemora one of the buildings he designed, the Wahlman building, bears his name.