List of Famous people born on May 17th
Anna-Maria Wagner
Anna-Maria Wagner is a German judoka. In 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 78 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also won one of the bronze medals in both the women's 78 kg and mixed team events at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Isaac Chilemba
Miguel Isaac Chilemba Zuze is a Malawian professional boxer who held the IBO super-middleweight title from 2010 to 2011, and challenged for the WBA (Undisputed), IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles in 2016.
Artur Nigmatullin
Artur Eduardovich Nigmatullin is a Russian football goalkeeper. He plays for FC Arsenal Tula.
Liesl Tesch
Liesl Dorothy Tesch AM is an Australian wheelchair basketball player, sailor, and politician. She is a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Gosford since the 2017 Gosford state by-election.
Patrick Ortlieb
Patrick Ortlieb is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. A specialist in the speed events, he was also a world champion in the downhill event.
Hiroshi Kisanuki
Hiroshi Kisanuki is a former Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played for the Yomiuri Giants from 2003 to 2009. He won the Central League Rookie of the Year Award in 2003.
Arturo Peniche
Arturo Peniche is a Mexican telenovela actor who became popular in Latin America during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela La Traición.
Deng Jiajia
Deng Jiajia is a Chinese actress.
Daiki Hashioka
Daiki Hashioka is a Japanese football player. He plays for Urawa Reds.
Casimir Ninga
Rodrigue Casimir Ninga is a Chadian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Sivasspor on loan from Angers SCO, and the Chad national team.