List of Famous people born on June 17th

Leandro Daniel Cabrera Sasía is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Spanish club RCD Espanyol. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a left back.

João José Pereira de Lyra is a Brazilian businessman and politician who was a Member of the Federal Senate from 1989 to 1991, and a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2003 to 2007, and from 2011 to 2015. His wealth was once estimated at $140 million making him at one point Brazil's richest Member of Parliament.

Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, known as Alex, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was known for his physical strength and the power of his shot, which has gained him the nicknames of "The Tank" and Canhão da Vila.

Tigran Vartani Petrosian was a Soviet Armenian Grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost impenetrable defensive playing style, which emphasized safety above all else. Petrosian is credited with popularizing chess in Armenia.

Yvon Gattaz is a French businessman. He is the co-founder of Radiall, an electronics manufacturer. He was President of the Conseil national du patronat français, the main pro-business organization in France, from 1981 to 1986. He has authored many books about free enterprise.

Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh was a Palestinian engineer, academic and member of Hamas. He was assassinated on 21 April 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while heading to a mosque for dawn prayers.

Yves Barsacq was a French film actor, who appeared in more than 150 films. He is the son of the French-Russian production designer Léon Barsacq and the nephew of the French theatre director André Barsacq.

Roger Quemener was a French racewalker, who was a legend of the Ultramarathon race Paris-Colmar winning seven times. He thus had the record number of wins, until Polish racewalker Grzegorz Adam Urbanowski brought it to ten wins.

Jean-François Roberge is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represents the electoral district of Chambly as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec and is the current Minister of Education.

Boudjemaâ El Ankis, also known as Mohammed Boudjemaâ, was an Algerian performer of chaâbi music, who also played the mondol.