List of Famous people born on November 17th

Prince Maximilian William Augustus Albert Charles Gregory Odo of Saxony, Duke of Saxony was a member of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin and a Catholic priest.

Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn was a Russian prince of the House of Golitsyn and field marshal. He was the governor of Saint Petersburg in 1780 to 1783.

Robert John "Bob" Gaudio is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote and produced the vast majority of the band's music, including hits like "Sherry" and "December, 1963 ". Though he no longer performs with the group, Gaudio and lead singer Frankie Valli remain co-owners of the Four Seasons brand.

Albert Bertelsen was a Danish autodidact painter and graphic artist.

Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland was a Norwegian military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer.

Jorge Hernández born in Havana was a boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division by defeating North Korea's Li Byong-Uk in the final. Four years later, when Moscow hosted the Games, he was eliminated in the second round in the flyweight division.

Ranko Žeravica was a Serbian professional basketball coach. With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the senior Yugoslav national team, during the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. In particular, Žeravica's single biggest achievement was guiding the country to its first ever major competition win — a gold medal on home soil, at the 1970 FIBA World Championship — leading to a huge expansion of the game of basketball throughout Yugoslavia.

Dyshawn Pierre is a Canadian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He is from Whitby, Ontario and played college basketball for the Dayton Flyers.

Lajos Básti was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1935 to 1977.