List of Famous people born on March 17th

Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya is a Mauritanian politician who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Mauritania from 5 August 2019 to 6 August 2020. He headed the Ministry of Housing, Town Planning and Regional Development from 2009 to 2014, as well as once being president of the Nouadhibou Free Zone. He was one of the founding members of the Union for the Republic party.

Pengiran Muda Abdul Muntaqim ibni Al-Muhtadee Billah is the oldest child and first son of Al-Muhtadee Billah, heir to the Sultan of Brunei, and his wife, Sarah, Crown Princess of Brunei. He has a younger sister, Princess Muneerah Madhul, who was born in 2011. The Prince is second-in-line to become Sultan of Brunei after his father Al-Muhtadee Billah. His father is heir to Abdul Muntaqim's grandfather Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei.

Antônio Maria de Araújo Morais, known as Antônio Maria, was a Brazilian writer of pop music lyrics as well as radio sports commentator, poet, composer, and chronicler.

Nicole Gordon is a badminton player from New Zealand. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal with Sara Petersen in women's doubles, and a bronze medal in the mixed team event.

Rana Raslan is an Arab-Israeli former model from Haifa, Israel, who won the Miss Israel title in 1999. She was the first, and as of 2021, remains the only Arab-Israeli and Muslim to have won first place in the pageant. Raslan also represented Israel at the 1999 Miss Universe beauty pageant.

Nicholas Ian Shepherd-Barron, FRS, is a British mathematician working in algebraic geometry. He is, since 2013, professor of mathematics at King's College London, having moved there from his previous position at the University of Cambridge. Having been a Fellow for more than 20 years, Shepherd-Barron retains a life Fellowship of Trinity College, Cambridge.