List of Famous people born on October 17th

Patricio Echegaray was an Argentine politician. He was born in San José de Jáchal, Argentina. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Argentina from 1986 until his death in 2017. Before, Echegaray served as the 26th General Secretary of the Juvenile Communist Federation from 1980 through 1985. He was a member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature from 2000 to 2003.

Eugenio Javier Hernández Flores, is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was the mayor of Ciudad Victoria from 2001 to 2004 and Governor of the state of Tamaulipas from 2004 to 2010, and was also federal deputy in 2000 and coordinator of the Financial Committee of Tomas Yarrington during his campaign. On May 27, 2015, he was indicted on charges of money laundering alongside his brother-in-law Oscar Gomez Guerra by the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ).

Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria was an Archduchess of Austria by birth.

Fabrice Lapierre is a Mauritian-born Australian long jumper.

Manuel 'Manu' Trigueros Muñoz is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a midfielder.

David Timor Copoví is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Getafe CF.

Jean Parédès (1914–1998) was a French film actor.

Vincent Van Patten is an American actor, former professional tennis player, and the commentator for the World Poker Tour.

John Charles, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld at Gelnhausen, was a German prince and ancestor of the cadet branch of the royal family of Bavaria known, from the early 19th century, as Dukes in Bavaria. He took Gelnhausen as the name of his branch of the family after acquiring that estate in 1669.

Michael Craig Judge is an American animator, actor, voice artist, writer, filmmaker and musician. He is the creator of the animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head, and co-creator of the television series King of the Hill (1997–2010), The Goode Family (2009), Silicon Valley (2014–2019), and Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (2017–2018). He also wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), Office Space (1999), Idiocracy (2006), and Extract (2009).