List of Famous people born on December 17th

Elías José Jaua Milano is a Venezuelan politician and former university professor who serves as the Minister of Education of Venezuela. He served as Vice President of Venezuela from January 2010 to October 2012 and had been Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 2013 until September 2014.

Boubacar Sanogo is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a forward.

Ewa Paradies was a Nazi concentration camp overseer.

Gilbert Gress is a French football coach and a former football player. He last managed RC Strasbourg. He was the mentor of Arsène Wenger.

Nadech Kugimiya is a Thai actor and model. He is best known for his roles in Duang Jai Akkanee (2010), Game Rai Game Rak (2011), Sunset at Chaophraya (2013), The Rising Sun Series (2014), Leh Lub Salub Rang (2017) and The Crown Princess (2018). He is of Austrian and Thai descent.

Marcel Risse is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Viktoria Köln, on loan from 1.FC Köln. Born in Cologne, Risse has played for Bayer Leverkusen, 1. FC Nürnberg and 1. FSV Mainz 05.

René Rodrigues Simões is a Brazilian retired professional football manager.

Samuel Alejandro Sosa Cordero is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club AD Alcorcón, on loan from Argentine club Talleres.

Martin Sauer is a German rowing coxswain. He is an eight-time world champion at the senior level and three-time underage world champion. He is a triple Olympian and a dual Olympic medallist. He has held his seat as coxswain of the German senior men's eight—the Deutschlandachter—constantly from 2009 to 2021 and steered that crew to their six world championship titles and also when at the 2017 World Rowing Cup II they set a world's best time of 5.18.68, still the standing world mark as of 2021.

Yann Ulrich Stéphane Lasme is a Gabonese former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), with the UMass Minutemen, and he was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the second round, 46th overall, in the 2007 NBA draft. He earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2014 and won the EuroLeague Best Defender award in 2013.