List of Famous people born on December 17th

John Michael Quinn is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was named as the eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Winona in 2008. Since 2018 he is the first to use the title the Bishop of Winona-Rochester.

Miroslav Kalousek is a Czech politician, former leader of KDU-ČSL and TOP 09, and has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) since 1998. He served twice as Finance Minister in the cabinets of Mirek Topolánek and then again from 2010 to 2013 in the government of Petr Nečas.

Alain Prochiantz is a neurobiology researcher and professor at the Collège de France, of which he became director from 2015 to 2019.

Roger Casamajor is a Spanish television, theater and film actor.

Aleksandar Radenković is a German actor.

Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots is an actress known for her roles in War of the Worlds and Mojave Phone Booth.

Pavel Padrnos is a Czech former professional road racing cyclist, most recently with Discovery Channel whom he was with between 2002 and 2007. His major individual success is the win in Peace Race in 1995. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.