List of Famous people born on May 17th

Beñat Albizuri Aransolo is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2008, entirely for Euskaltel–Euskadi.

Petr Gabriel is a Czech former football player. He played for the Czech Republic, for which he took part in eight matches and participated at the Euro 2000. In the decisive group stage match against France, he was rather unlucky, as he tried to make a backpass to his goalkeeper, which was picked up by Thierry Henry, who succeeded in scoring. The Czechs lost 2–1 and ended their participation in the tournament after the group stage despite a 2–0 victory in their last match against Denmark.

Erwin Lanc is a former Austrian bank employee and politician.

Julia Nikolayevna Soldatova is a Russian former competitive figure skater who competed for both Russia and Belarus. She represented Belarus at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She is the World Junior champion, the World bronze medalist, the European silver medalist, and the 1997 JGP Final champion.