List of Famous people born on October 17th

Gregory Scott Daves was an American professional wrestler. He was best known by his ring name Cincinnati Red.

Lawrence Bender is an American film producer. Throughout his career, Bender-produced films have received 36 Academy Award nominations, resulting in eight wins.

Grace Gao is a Chinese-born Canadian female badminton player from Calgary, Alberta. She began playing the sport in her hometown Beijing, and became a naturalized citizen of Canada in 2009, after immigrating with her parents at age 14. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Mixed doubles event with partner Toby Ng.

Paolo Orsi was an Italian archaeologist and classicist.

Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy was a French journalist. He was born in Paris, and is son of the linguist Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838), who in 1813, was created a baron. From 1828 to 1877, he was a literary and political contributor to the Journal des Débats. He became a curator at the Bibliothèque Mazarine in 1836 and became its administrator in 1848. He was elected to the Académie française on 18 May 1854, and became a senator in 1865.

Honesto Flores Ongtioco is a Filipino bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first and current Bishop of Cubao, and also served as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Malolos from May 12, 2018 to August 21, 2019. He had previously served as Bishop of Balanga as its second bishop.