List of Famous people born on May 17th

Edvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie. He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old. He is known as an all-rounder, having won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in 2012, 2015 and 2016. He is also a ten-time winner of the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships.

Koki Yonekura is a Japanese footballer who plays for JEF United Chiba as a right full-back, and occasionally as an attacking midfielder.

Fumihiko Sori is a Japanese film director and film producer. He received a nomination for the 'Best Director' prize at the Japanese Academy Awards for his directing debut, Ping Pong.

Burak Canatan, better known by his stage name Burak King, is a Turkish rapper, songwriter and musician.

Ergün Penbe, known by his nickname Kemik –literally meaning the Bone–, is a Turkish former professional footballer who played mostly as a left midfielder and left back, and is currently the manager of Tarsus İdman Yurdu.

Jiří Korn is a Czech recording artist and actor. Korn is a highly acclaimed musician in his native Czechoslovakia, and remains after his five decade long career one of the most prominent Czech singer-songwriters, but is internationally perhaps best known for his single Miss Moskva, which received radio play in most European countries, including France, Germany, Croatia, Hungary and Norway.

Valeri Anatolyevich Saramutin is a Russian football player who plays for Austin Bold FC in the United States. He also holds the United States citizenship as he was born in Camden, New Jersey.

Sergey Aleksandrovich Shipilov (born May 17, 1959, in Arkhangelsk, RSFSR), known as the "Velsk Chikatilo", is a Russian rapist and serial killer sentenced to life imprisonment for 14 murders and nine rapes. Most of his murders took place in the town of Velsk. The majority of his victims were women that he raped before killing.

Vukašin Jovanović is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for French club Bordeaux.

Takashi Kobayashi is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.