List of Famous people born on June 17th
Marek Svatoš
Marek Svatoš was a Slovak professional ice hockey winger. He last played during the 2013–14 season in the Slovak Extraliga with Košice, the same club with which he began his career in 1999. Svatoš played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for several seasons, mostly with the Colorado Avalanche; his last stint in the NHL was in the 2010–11 season, during which he played with the Nashville Predators and Ottawa Senators after beginning the season in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with Avangard Omsk.
George Akerlof
George Arthur Akerlof is an American economist who is a university professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and Koshland Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He won the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Vico Sotto
Victor Ma. Regis "Vico" Nubla Sotto is a Filipino politician who is the incumbent Mayor of Pasig, Philippines. Sotto first entered politics when he ran for a seat on the Pasig City Council in 2016. He won the election as an independent and served a term in the city council. He joined the Aksyon Demokratiko party and ran for Mayor of Pasig in 2019 and won with a platform focused on public consultation, data-driven governance, and universal health care in Pasig, which priortizes housing programs, easier access to education, and cracking down on corruption.
Marvin Pierce
Marvin Pierce was president of McCall Corporation, the publisher of the popular women's magazines Redbook and McCall's. He was the father of United States First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush, the maternal grandfather of former U.S. President George W. Bush and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and the father-in-law of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush.
Sofia Pozdniakova
Sofia Stanislavovna Pozdniakova is a Russian right-handed sabre fencer, 2019 team world champion, 2018 individual world champion, 2021 team Olympic champion, and 2021 individual Olympic champion.
Ken Livingstone
Kenneth Robert Livingstone is an English politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent East from 1987 to 2001. A former member of the Labour Party, he was on the party's hard left, ideologically identifying as a democratic socialist.
Nicky Clarke
Nicky Clarke is an English hair stylist and media personality known for owning notable hair. He initially became famous for styling the hair of various celebrities on several television shows, before earning fame in his own right.
Manish Dayal
Manish Patel, better known as Manish Dayal, is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Raj Kher in The CW hit teen series 90210 in the films The Hundred Foot Journey (2014) and Viceroy's House (2017). Since 2018, he has featured as a main cast member of the Fox medical drama series The Resident.
Jason Patric
Jason Patric is an American film, television and stage actor. He is known for his roles in films such as The Lost Boys, Rush, Sleepers, Geronimo: An American Legend, Your Friends & Neighbors, Narc, The Losers, The Alamo, and Speed 2: Cruise Control. His father was actor/playwright Jason Miller and his maternal grandfather was actor Jackie Gleason.
Sıla Gençoğlu
Sıla Gençoğlu is a Turkish singer-songwriter. She was born in Acıpayam, Denizli, and later moved to İzmir and then to Istanbul to finish her studies. She started to learn performing arts at high school. After studying jazz at Istanbul Bilgi University, she became a backing vocalist for Kenan Doğulu.