List of Famous people born on February 17th

João Emanuel Carneiro also known as JEC, is a screenwriter, film director and author of Brazilian telenovelas. His many works include: Central Station, Midnight, Orfeu and Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum.

Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle, Baron Hoyle JP is a British politician and life peer who was chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1992 until 1997 and a lord-in-waiting from 1997 to 1999. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne from 1974 to 1979 and Warrington North from 1981 to 1997.

Ryan Pace is the general manager for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He previously worked in the New Orleans Saints' front office for 14 years.

Marvin Anthony Sordell is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Soh Wooi Yik is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2015 and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has helped Malaysia clinch a silver medal in mixed team before defeated by China in 2016. He is the son of former Malaysian badminton player Soh Goon Chup. His uncle is Soo Beng Kiang, who partnered with Cheah Soon Kit to help Malaysia win the 1992 Thomas Cup. Soh and his partner Aaron Chia were the All England Open finalists and the Southeast Asian Games gold medalists in 2019.

Vyacheslav Yefimovich Malezhik is a Soviet and Russian singer, poet and composer, Meritorious Artist of Russian Federation (2004). He participated in various musical groups, but became most famous as a solo artist. Malezhik is married and has two sons.

Guan Moye, better known by the pen name Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine TIME referred to him as "one of the most famous, oft-banned and widely pirated of all Chinese writers", and Jim Leach called him the Chinese answer to Franz Kafka or Joseph Heller.

Regina George is an American-born Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the silver medallist at the African Championships in 2012.

Isuru Udana Tillakaratna, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who represents Sri Lanka in limited over formats. He currently plays domestic cricket for Tamil Union and Wayamba. Primarily a left arm fast bowler, Udana evolved as an all-rounder in late 2018.

Kaori Kishitani , formerly Kaori Okui , is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the all-female rock band Princess Princess and currently the lead vocalist of the band Unlock the Girls. In addition to her career as a musician, she has written songs for several J-pop artists.