List of Famous people born on July 17th

Stefania Spampinato is an Italian actress. Born in Catania (Sicily), she is known for her role in ABC's Grey's Anatomy and the Grey's Anatomy spinoff Station 19 as Dr. Carina DeLuca, a Sicilian OB-GYN.

Alejandro Pastor López is a former Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) politician. First elected to Badalona City Council in 2015, he became mayor in 2018. He resigned on 22 April 2020 after being arrested and eventually convicted of drink driving and assaulting the police.

Francesca Marciano is an Italian writer and actress. She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for Casa Rossa in 2003.

Frans Oort is a Dutch mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry.

Shabtai Shavit was director general of the Mossad from 1989 to 1996.

Andrew Robert George Robathan, Baron Robathan, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Leicestershire in Leicestershire as well as a government minister.

Alfred Achermann is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Switzerland, who was a professional rider from 1984 to 1991. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Richard Trinkler, Laurent Vial and Benno Wiss.

Mathilda Lindholm is a Finnish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. She started playing badminton at 5 years old, then in 2005, she joined Finnish national badminton team.

Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes, née Artamonova (Артамонова), is a Russian female volleyball player, who was a member of the national team and one of only two volleyball players that competed consecutively in six Olympic Games and took the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.