List of Famous people born on November 17th

John Wesley Young was an American mathematician who, with Oswald Veblen, introduced the axioms of projective geometry, coauthored a 2-volume work on them, and proved the Veblen–Young theorem. He was a proponent of Euclidean geometry and held it to be substantially "more convenient to employ" than non-Euclidean geometry. His lectures on algebra and geometry were compiled in 1911 and released as Lectures on Fundamental Concepts of Algebra and Geometry.

Henrietta Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield, formerly Lady Henrietta Thynne, was the second wife of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield.

Sir Francis Boynton, 4th Baronet, of Barmston in the East Riding of Yorkshire, was an English landowner and member of parliament.

Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2009, and 2011 to 2013.