List of Famous people born on May 17th

Renate Krößner also known as Renate Krössner was a German actress who was internationally recognized for roles in films and television. She was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actress of the Berlinale for the title role in the 1980 film Solo Sunny. From 1985, she worked in West Berlin and was known for roles in TV series such as Tatort and Einmal Bulle, immer Bulle.

Lyne Renée is a Belgian actress.

Martin Tony Waikwa Olsson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left back for the Sweden national team.

Stermann & Grissemann are an Austrian／German comedy duo comprising Dirk Stermann and Christoph Grissemann.

Maki Sakai is a Japanese actress. The fourth rehouse girl of Mitsui, she has starred in a number of TV drama series such as Daburu kitchin (1993) and Watashi no unmei (1994).

Jodie Lee Taylor is an English footballer who most recently played as a striker for Lyon of Division 1 Féminine. She began her club career with local team Tranmere Rovers and had brief spells in her home country with Birmingham City, Lincoln Ladies, and Arsenal. A well-traveled player, she has also played in Sweden and the United States.

Mario Ledesma Arocena is an Argentine rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played in Argentina's successful 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign and had a professional playing career in France spanning 10 years. Since retiring he has coached at the highest level in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and is now the head coach of the Argentine national team.

Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu, MBE is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres, the event for which she is a former Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion. The Olympic champion in 2008, and silver medalist in 2012, she is a double World Champion, having won the 400 m at the 2007 and 2013 World Championships. She has also won six World championship medals in the women's 4 x 400m relay as part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team and bronze Olympic medals with the women's 4 x 400m relay at the 2008 Beijing Games and the 2016 Rio Games, her final Olympics. Ohuruogu shares with Merlene Ottey and Usain Bolt the record for medalling in most successive global championships - 9 between the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu is a Kosovan jurist who is the Chairwoman of the Assembly of Kosovo and acting President of Kosovo. She is a professor at the University of Pristina, RIT Kosovo; she has also taught as a visiting professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Osmani was the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party's candidate for prime minister in the 2019 Kosovan parliamentary election. In the 2021 Kosovan presidential election she will be the joint candidate for president of the Vetëvendosje party and her initiative.

Horst Köppel is a German football manager and former player who last worked as manager for FC Ingolstadt 04.