List of Famous people born on June 17th

Daniel Kirino Peredo Menchola was a Peruvian journalist, announcer and writer. He worked for several important newspapers and in TV and radio in Peru. He was one of the most important Peruvian sports journalists. He is considered one of the best sports storytellers of Peruvian football and one of the most loved in recent years by the fans of that country

Georges Niang is an American-Senegalese professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an All-American college player for Iowa State University.

Ilya Vladimirovich Tsymbalar was a Ukrainian-Russian professional football player and coach. A midfielder, he represented both Ukraine and Russia on the international level. He primarily played as an attacking midfielder and was known for set-piece ability and technique.

Connie Fisher is a British actress, singer and TV presenter, who won the BBC One talent contest, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?

Sam Baird is an English former professional snooker player. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season, by winning the EBSA Pro-Ticket Tour Play-offs.

Jonathan Francis Gries is an American actor, writer, and director. He is also credited under the names Jon Francis and Jonathan Gries. He is best known for his role in Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico and the film for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, and also as recurring character Roger Linus on Lost. He is also known for his roles in Martin, The Pretender, The Monster Squad, Running Scared, Real Genius, and Dream Corp, LLC.

Consuelo Femenía is a Spanish diplomat and ambassador. Currently she is posted as ambassador in Malta.

James Gadson is an American drummer and session musician. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson has since become one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B. He is also a singer and songwriter.

James Weldon Johnson was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920, he was the first African American to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. Johnson established his reputation as a writer, and was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems, novels, and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of black culture. He wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which later became known as the Negro National Anthem.

Robert Berić is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire and the Slovenia national team. In the 2014–15 season he ranked 11th in the European Golden Shoe award.