List of Famous people born on November 17th

Frederick Leypoldt was a German-American bibliographer, the founder of Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Index Medicus and other publications.

Paul B. La Farge is an American novelist, essayist and academic. As of 2017, he has published five novels: The Artist of the Missing (1999), Haussmann, or the Distinction (2001), The Facts of Winter (2005), Luminous Airplanes (2011) and The Night Ocean (2017), all of which, particularly Haussmann, have earned positive critical attention. His essays, fiction and reviews have been published in venues such as The Village Voice, Harper's, and The New Yorker.

Eugène Mougin was a French competitor in the sport of archery. Mougin competed in one event, winning the 50 metre Au Chapelet competition. He is now considered by the International Olympic Committee to have won a gold medal. No scores are known from that competition.

Hiroshi Matsumoto is a Japanese engineer and atmospheric scientist. He serves as the president of RIKEN, and until August 2014 was the president of Kyoto University. He is a member of the Japanese government's committee on space policy. He has a Doctorate in Engineering. He was born in Zhangjiakou, China.

Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was a German Neo-plasticist painter. He was one of the first painters to work for his entire career within an abstract style.

Rade Vrčakovski better known by his stage name Vrčak (Врчак) is a Macedonian pop-rap performer, songwriter and physician.

Christian Karl Reisig was a German philologist and linguist who was a native of Weißensee.