List of Famous people born on November 17th

Mario Soldati was an Italian writer and film director. In 1954 he won the Strega Prize for Lettere da Capri. He directed several works adapted from novels, and worked with leading Italian actresses, such as Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida.

Nehomar Andrés Cermeño Febres is a Venezuelan professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) super bantamweight title from 2016 to 2017. He also held the WBA interim titles at bantamweight and super bantamweight between 2009 and 2014. As an amateur, Cermeño represented Venezuela at the 2000 Olympics as a bantamweight, reaching the Round of 16.

Erika Dunkelmann was a German film and television actress. Based in East Germany, she worked regularly for the state-controlled DEFA studios.

Mónika Császár is a retired Hungarian gymnast. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze medal in the team competition. Her best individual result was fourth place on the balance beam. She won another bronze team medal at the 1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Günter Naumann was a German actor. He is Best known for his performance in the TV-serials Zur See and Polizeiruf 110.

Edmund Michał Piszcz was, from 22 October 1988, the bishop of Warmia, Poland. On 25 March 1992 he was promoted to the rank of archbishop, together with his diocese, the Archbishopric of Warmia. He retired on 30 May 2006.

Ihor Mykhailovych Bakai, sometimes spells as Igor Bakai, is a former Ukrainian statesman, and politician, Director of the Naftogaz (1998–2000). Afraid of criminal charges against him, Bakai fled Ukraine to Russia following the Orange Revolution, where in 2005 he received citizenship.

Rashanda McCants is an American former professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association. Her brother is Rashad McCants, who also played professional basketball.

Roger Leloup is a Belgian comic strip artist, novelist, and a former collaborator of Hergé, who would rely upon him to create detailed, realistic drawings and elaborate decoration for The Adventures of Tintin. He is most famous for the Yoko Tsuno comic series.