List of Famous people born on December 17th

Jan Schindelmeiser is a German director of football who last worked as the executive board representative for sport of VfB Stuttgart.

Itır Esen is a Turkish film actress. She is the daughter of film actor Hayri Esen. Her niece, also named Itır Esen, is a model.

Philippe Saurel is a French politician, mayor of Montpellier between 2014 and 2020.

Ryuichi Ogata , also known monomously as Ryuichi, is a Japanese former singer, dancer, rapper, and guitarist associated with Rising Production. In 2001, he rose to fame as a member of the pop group W-inds as the group's dancer, back-up vocalist, and rapper. In 2013, he formed the rock band All City Steppers and is their backing vocalist and guitarist.

Galina Pavlovna Konshina is a Soviet and Russian theater, cinema, television and stage actress

Mykola Yanovych Azarov is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 11 March 2010 to 27 January 2014. He was the First Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister from 2002 to 2005 and again from 2006 to 2007. Azarov also served ex officio as an acting Prime Minister in the First Yanukovych Government when Viktor Yanukovych ran for president at first and then upon resignation of his government.

Luigino Celestino di Agostino, known by his stage name Gigi D'Agostino, is an Italian DJ, remixer, singer and record producer. In 1986, he started his career as a DJ spinning Italo disco. His biggest chart successes include "Bla Bla Bla", "Another Way", a cover of Nik Kershaw's "The Riddle", "La Passion", "Super " and "L'amour toujours", all in the years 1999 and 2000. The hookline of "L'amour toujours" was also used for the 2018 hit remix/mashup "In My Mind".

Robert Aleksandrovich Schlegel is a Russian political figure, a former member of the Russian State Duma (2007-2016), and a former member of United Russia. Mr. Schlegel was the head of the Russian patriotic pro-Kremlin organization Nashi. Mr. Schlegel currently resides in Germany.

Jaime Lerner is a Brazilian politician. He was the governor of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. He is renowned as an architect and urban planner, having been mayor of Curitiba, capital of Paraná, three times. In 1994, Lerner was elected governor of Paraná, and was reelected in 1998.

Patrick Ollier is a French politician. He is the Mayor of Rueil-Malmaison. He was a national assembly deputy from 1988 to 2017, as a member of the UMP. Secondly for Hauts-de-Seine's 7th constituency from 2002 to 2017. He was briefly the President of the National Assembly in 2007. He is the partner of Michèle Alliot-Marie, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the government of François Fillon.