List of Famous people born on June 17th

Torsten Kreuger was a Swedish engineer, industrialist, newspaper owner and banker.

Karl Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt was a Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Bryan Ricco Cooper was an Irish politician, writer and landowner from Markree Castle, County Sligo. He was prominent in Dáil Éireann in the early years of the Irish Free State, having previously served as MP to Westminster for South County Dublin (1910), a seat he subsequently represented in the Dáil from 1923 to 1930.

Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat and 1st Baron Lovat, KT was a Scottish peer. He was also the 21st MacShimidh, the traditional Gaelic Patronym for the Chiefs of the Clan Fraser.

George Fielden MacLeod, Baron MacLeod of Fuinary, was a Scottish soldier and clergyman; he was one of the best known, most influential and unconventional Church of Scotland ministers of the 20th century. He was the founder of the Iona Community on the island of Iona.

Gérard Miquel is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Lot department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Percy Legard was a British Army officer and sportsman. Legard competed as an Olympian in both Summer and Winter disciplines. He was, respectively, a modern pentathlete and a Nordic combined skier. He also took part in the demonstration of the winter pentathlon as an Olympic sport. In addition, he took part in the inaugural meeting of the Badminton Horse Trials. He was a regular officer in the British Army and during the Second World War he served in the Commandos, where he was the initial Commanding Officer of No.4 Commando.