List of Famous people born on March 17th

John Benson Sebastian is an American singer/songwriter, guitarist, harmonicist, and autoharpist. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, as well as his impromptu appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969 and a US No. 1 hit in 1976, "Welcome Back."

Kazuyuki Hamada is a Japanese politician. He has served one term in the House of Councillors for the Tottori At-large district. After being elected in 2010 as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party, he changed parties three times before unsuccessfully seeking re-election as an independent candidate in 2016.

Isabelle Spennato-Lamour is a French fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. She married sabre Olympic champion Jean-François Lamour. In March 2013 she was elected president of the French Fencing Federation.

Morisi Mikhailovich Kvitelashvili is a Russian-Georgian figure skater who currently represents Georgia. He is the 2020 European bronze medalist, a two-time Rostelecom Cup silver medalist, the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, and the 2018 Georgian national champion.

Leandro, full name José Leandro de Souza Ferreira, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defender. He played for Flamengo during his whole professional career, first as a right-sided full-back and, from 1983 on, as a central defender. He also played for the Brazilian national team in the 1980s, including at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Taylor Sander is an American volleyball player, member of the United States men's national volleyball team and Skra Bełchatów, gold medalist of the 2014 World League and 2015 World Cup, bronze medalist in Rio 2016.

Raphael Guillermo Eduardo Maitimo is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays for Liga 1 club Persita Tangerang as a central midfielder, attacking midfielder or centre-forward, but he was used as an emergency centre-back. Maitimo was born and raised in the Netherlands. He is of Minangkabau descent.

Karim Onisiwo is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mainz 05.

Élie Baup born 17 March 1955) is a French football manager and a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His last post was the manager of Ligue 1 side Marseille.

María Fernanda Valdés Paris is a Chilean weightlifter. She won the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in the 75 kg event and also at the 2015 Pan American Games in the 75 kg event.