List of Famous people born on June 17th

Vladimir Karasev was a Russian chess player. He had been an International Master since 1976 and was champion of Leningrad in 1974 and Senior European Champion in 2015.

Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi was a Japanese Cardinal Priest of the Catholic Church and archbishop of Tokyo.

François-Mathurin Gourvès was a French Roman Catholic bishop. He served as Bishop of Vannes from 1991 to 2005, and was Bishop Emeritus from 2005 to 2020.

Eben Sumner Draper was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He was for many years a leading figure in what later became the Draper Corporation, the dominant manufacturer of cotton textile process machinery in the world during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He served as the 44th Governor of Massachusetts from 1909 to 1911.

Thomas Alexander Crerar, was a western Canadian politician and a leader of the short-lived Progressive Party of Canada. He was born in Molesworth, Ontario, and moved to Manitoba at a young age.

Branko Tomović is a German-Serbian actor.