List of Famous people born on February 17th

Brian Christopher Deese is an American economic and political advisor who is the 13th Director of the National Economic Council, serving under President Joe Biden. He also served as a senior advisor to President Barack Obama. Earlier in the Obama administration, Deese served as the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget and was the acting director of the office in the summer of 2014. Deese also served as deputy director of the National Economic Council. Deese served as the Global Head of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock.

Julia Kathleen Nancy McKenzie, is an English actress, singer, presenter, and theatre director. She has premièred leading roles written by both Alan Ayckbourn and Stephen Sondheim. On television, she is known for her BAFTA Award nominated role as Hester Fields in the sitcom Fresh Fields (1984–1986) and its sequel French Fields (1989–1991), and as Miss Marple in Agatha Christie's Marple (2009–2013).

Lee Seo-won is a former South Korean actor.

Zhora Kryzhovnikov is a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer.

Sadaf Mohammed Sayed, known by her stage name Sadha, is an Indian actress and model who mainly appears in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. She was introduced to the Telugu film industry by the director Teja along with Nithiin in the film Jayam (2002), for which she was awarded Best Actress – Telugu. Her most notable films in Tamil are Jayam (2003), Aethiree (2004), Anniyan (2005), Priyasakhi (2005), Unnale Unnale (2007) and Torchlight (2018).

Jeremy Edwards is an English actor, known for his roles as Kurt Benson in Hollyoaks, Danny Shaughnessy in Holby City and Mike Taylor in Millie Inbetween, as well as being a regular panellist and guest host on The Wright Stuff. In October 2019, he appeared on the ITV series The X Factor: Celebrity, with ballroom dancer Brendan Cole.

Georges Bensoussan is a French historian. Bensoussan was born in Morocco. He is the editor of the Revue d'histoire de la Shoah. He won the Memory of the Shoah Prize from the Jacob Buchman Foundation in 2008.

Pooja Rani Boora born 17 February 1991) is a Indian middleweight boxer. She won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the 75 kg category. She won the gold medal in South Asian Games 2016. She also won Silver (2012) and Bronze (2015) in Asian Championship 75 kg weight categories. She represented India at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 in the 75 kg category. In 2016, she failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics when she lost at the second round of the Women's World Boxing Championships in May 2016. In 2020 She become first Indian to qualify for 2020 Summer Olympic.

Kelly Lee Carlson is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Kimber Henry in the FX drama series Nip/Tuck.

Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira is a Brazilian politician, author and journalist. He was a federal deputy for the State of Rio de Janeiro from 1995 to 2011.