List of Famous people born on November 17th

Michel Quint is a French writer from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Yoshito Yasuhara is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is a member of Theatre Echo, a theatre troupe and talent management firm known for its comedy sketches. Yasuhara is known for being the Japanese dubbing voice of Mickey Rourke.

Edith Lefel was a French-based singer.

Aleksandr Pavlovich Bogomoev is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Buryat descent, who competed for the men's freestyle 61 kg at the World Wrestling Championships 2014 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He was eliminated in the quarterfinal rounds, after being defeated by Cuba's Yowlys Bonne, based on the technical score 0-10. Winner Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015 and two time Russian National Champion. International Master of Sports in freestyle wrestling. Gold medalist World cup 2011 in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. In World cup 2015 he won silver medal in Los Angeles, California, United States. European Nations' Cup 2014 winner. In 2015 European Games he defeated in the semifinal match 2x World Champion Haji Aliyev and in gold medal match he over Beka Lomtadze of Georgia.

Ikumi Hayama , also known as Ikumi Fujiwara , is a Japanese voice actress and narrator.

Peter Kassovitz is a Hungarian-French film director and scriptwriter.

Nicolas Todt is a French motorsport team owner.

Tsutomu “Ben” Goto was a Japanese journalist and writer best known for his books on Nostradamus.

Richard Fortus is an American guitarist. He has been a member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he has recorded one studio album, since 2002. Fortus has also collaborated extensively with The Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler and fellow Guns N' Roses bandmate Frank Ferrer. Aside from lead singer Axl Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed, Fortus is the longest-tenured member of Guns N' Roses, having been with the band continuously since 2002.

Caspar Voght, later Caspar Reichsfreiherr von Voght, was a German merchant and social reformer from Hamburg. Together with his business partner and friend Georg Heinrich Sieveking he led one of the largest trading firms in Hamburg during the second half of the 18th Century. On numerous trade trips, he completely crossed the European continent. One of his greatest achievements was reforming the welfare system of Hamburg. From 1785 he dedicated himself to strengthening agricultural and horticultural projects and built a model agricultural community in Flottbek, close to the gates of Hamburg.