List of Famous people born on February 17th

Luc Jean-Marie Robitaille is a Canadian–American professional ice hockey executive and former player. He currently serves as president of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Roman Skorniakov is a Russian-born figure skater who mainly represented Uzbekistan. He represented Russia early in his career before switched to Uzbekistan in 1996. Skorniakov is the 1997–2003 Uzbekistani national champion. He represented Uzbekistan at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, twice placing 19th. His highest placement at an ISU Championship was 7th at the 2000 and 2002 Four Continents Championships.

Zachary Bennett is a Canadian actor and musician, who is known for playing Felix King in Road to Avonlea. He also co-starred in the 2006 TV film Jekyll + Hyde and for voicing Coach Clydesdale on Corn & Peg. He also currently voices Zachary Varmitech and Gaston Gourmand on the animated show Wild Kratts.

Igor Ivanovich Bochkin is a Soviet and Russian theater, television and film actor, theater director. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1972. He was named a People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 2005.

Don Scardino is an American television director and producer and a former actor.

Radoslav "Rale" Milenković is a Serbian actor and theatre director. He has won the most prestigious awards for acting and directing at many festivals in Serbia and formerly SFR Yugoslavia.

Fredrick F. Chien, or Fred Chien, Chien Foo, is a retired Taiwanese diplomat and politician who served as the President of the Republic of China Control Yuan from 1999 to 2005. His previous governmental positions include Director-General of the Government Information Office from 1972 to 1975, ROC Representative to the United States from 1982 to 1988, Chairman of the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 1988 to 1990, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1996. He was also the Speaker of the National Assembly between 1996 and 1999.

Edvin Marton is a Ukrainian-born Hungarian composer and violinist. He became known as the violinist of the skaters, mainly because Evgeni Plushenko, Stéphane Lambiel, Yuzuru Hanyu, and other famous skaters often skated to his music.