List of Famous people born on October 17th

Zhang Zhixi, is a Chinese actress. She is known for her role as Lady Zhen in the historical drama The Advisor's Alliance.

Juan Carlos Campo Moreno is a Spanish judge and politician who currently serves as Minister of Justice of Spain and ex officio First Notary of the Kingdom. He's also Member of the Congress of Deputies.

Edward Paul Hernández is an American politician who previously served in the California State Senate. A Democrat, he represented the 22nd Senate district, which includes the San Gabriel Valley cities of Alhambra, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Covina, La Puente, San Gabriel, and West Covina. Prior to the 2014 redistricting, he represented the 24th Senate district.

Isaiah Todd is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m) and 206 pounds (93 kg), he plays the power forward position. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best power forwards in the 2020 class. A former Michigan commit, Todd chose to forgo his college eligibility to join the Ignite. He finished his high school career at the Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Barbara Alexandra "Sandra" Reemer was an Indo-Dutch singer and television presenter. She has represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest on three separate occasions, tying with Corry Brokken for most appearances representing the country.

Doodhnath Singh was an Indian Hindi language writer, critic and poet. Born in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, Singh studied Hindi at the University of Allahabad and served as an assistant professor there until 1994. In 2014, the government of Uttar Pradesh honoured him with their Bharat Bharti Samman.

Kombarana Ganapathy Bopaiah is an Indian politician who was also the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has been appointed as pro tem speaker of the Legislative Assembly by the Governor of the Karnataka.

Karl Georg Büchner was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. His literary achievements, though few in number, are generally held in great esteem in Germany and it is widely believed that, had it not been for his early death, he might have joined such central German literary figures as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller at the summit of their profession.

Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov was a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, including general relativity, quantum field theory, as well as the theory of quantum liquids. He is well known for his role in developing the Landau-Khalatnikov theory of superfluidity and the so-called BKL conjecture in the general theory of relativity.

Sandro Schwarz is a German football manager and a former player who is the manager of Russian club FC Dynamo Moscow.