List of Famous people born on October 17th
José Argote
José Ramón Argote Vega is a Venezuelan football referee. He works as a vet and became FIFA ref in 2008, and is a CONMEBOL category 3 referee.
Önder Özen
Zeki Önder Özen is a Turkish soccer coach and former player. He managed Bugsaş Spor and had been an assistant coach & match analyst of Fenerbahçe S.K..
Carlos Loret de Mola
Carlos Loret de Mola Álvarez is a Mexican journalist. He has a bachelor's degree in Economics for the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).
Ismail Akbay
İsmail Akbay was a Turkish scientist. He is mostly remembered as the first Turk to work for NASA.
Junko Hirotani
Junko Kido , better known by her stage name Junko Hirotani , was a Japanese singer.
Werner Asam
Werner Asam is a German television actor, director, and writer.
Wallyson
Wallyson Ricardo Maciel Monteiro, simply known as Wallyson, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for ABC.
Ismail Chirine
Ismail Hussein Chirine was a royal Egyptian diplomat. He served as commander in chief of the Egyptian army. His ancestors had relations to Muhammad Ali dynasty.
Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine
Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine is a French philosopher, essayist, and historian of East European history and culture.
Glenn Braggs
Glenn Erick Braggs is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder and designated hitter. Braggs was a member of the Cincinnati Reds team that defeated the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 World Series. He is an alumnus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.