List of Famous people born on October 17th

Christina Crawford is an American cheerleader, dancer, and former ring announcer and professional wrestler who worked for WWE under the ring name Caylee Turner. She is the younger sister of professional wrestler Alicia Fox.

William Deedes was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1817 to 1826, and a Conservative Party politician.

Alexander Mikhailovich Bakunin was a Russian diplomat, a prominent member of the Tver nobility, poet and publicist from the Bakunin family. He owned the Pryamukhino estate, where he was visited by famous figures of Russian culture including Vissarion Belinsky, Nikolai Stankevich and Timofey Granovsky. He was also the father of the revolutionary socialist Mikhail Bakunin.

Michael L. Tolkin is an American filmmaker and novelist. He has written numerous screenplays, including The Player (1992), which he adapted from his novel of the same name (1988), and for which he received the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay (1993) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The Return of the Player followed (2006).

Bernd Siebert is a German politician. Born in Gudensberg, Hesse, he represents the CDU. Bernd Siebert has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 1994 till 2009, from 2010 till 2017 and since 2020.