List of Famous people born on February 17th

Lars Brygmann is a Danish actor. He graduated from acting school in 1987 and went on to perform in a number of theatres in Denmark. His television and film debut came in 1995. He is the brother of actors Martin and Jens Brygmann.

Ravi Tandon is a film director/producer of Indian film industry. He directed a number of hit movies, the most popular among these are Khel Khel Mein (1975), Anhonee, Nazrana, Majboor, Khud-Daar (1982) and Zindagi. Tandon was born in a Punjabi Family in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is the father of Hindi Film actress Raveena Tandon.

Octavian Ioan Atanase Bellu is the current head of the Romanian national women's artistic gymnastics team.

Wolfgang Wiegard is a German economist and member of the German Council of Economic Experts. He served as chairman of the council from April 2002 to March 2005.

Alain Barrau was a French politician. He was a member of the Socialist Party (PS).

Uri Ilan was an Israeli soldier who committed suicide in a Syrian prison, after being captured in a covert operation on the Golan Heights. He became a symbol of courage and patriotism in Israel.