List of Famous people born on June 17th

Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg was a Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage to Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

Gerhard Palitzsch, was a German Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) of the SS. He was notorious for his brutal treatment of prisoners in Auschwitz concentration camp.

Jennifer Irwin is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as Linda on Still Standing and as Laurie Neustadt in the comedy Superstar.

Miran Kabe is a former Japanese football player.

Martin Hangl is a retired Swiss alpine skier. He won the gold medal in the Super-G at the WC 1989 in Vail. In addition he won three other world cup competitions. He also competed in three events at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Anders Ruben Rausing was a Swedish industrialist and the founder of the liquid food packaging company Tetra Pak.

Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley,, known as The Lord Cowley between 1847 and 1857, was a British diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to France between 1852 and 1867.

George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, was a British statesman.