List of Famous people born on September 17th

Roman Mählich is an Austrian football manager and a former player.

Paul Benedict was an American actor who made numerous appearances in television and movies beginning in 1965. He was known for his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show Sesame Street and as the English neighbor Harry Bentley on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons.

Major-General Chaim Herzog was an Israeli politician, general, lawyer and author who served as the sixth President of Israel between 1983 and 1993. Born in Belfast and raised predominantly in Dublin, the son of Ireland's Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1935 and served in the Haganah Jewish paramilitary group during the 1936–39 Arab revolt. As an officer in the British Army during World War II, he was called "Vivian" the direct English translation of "Chaim" - because his first commanding officer would not say "Chaim." He returned to Palestine after the war and, following the end of the British Mandate and Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948, operated in the battles for Latrun during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He retired from the Israel Defence Forces in 1962 with the rank of major-general.

Udoka Timothy Azubuike is a Nigerian professional basketball player for the Salt Lake City Stars, on assignment from the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks.

Wolfgang Perner was an Austrian biathlete. The IOC banned Perner for life from competing in the Olympics as the result of a doping scandal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Didier Lamkel Zé is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Antwerp as a forward.

Serge Klarsfeld is a Romanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter known for documenting the Holocaust in order to establish the record and to enable the prosecution of war criminals. Since the 1960s, he has made notable efforts to commemorate the Jewish victims of German-occupied France and has been a supporter of Israel.

(Henri) James Simon was a German-Jewish entrepreneur, art collector, philanthropist and patron of the arts during the Wilhelmine period. He donated most of his significant collections to the Berlin State Museums, including the famous Nefertiti bust.

Silence Wang is a Chinese pop singer and songwriter. He made his debut with the album Slowly Understand (慢慢懂) on 19 November 2010, and now he has published 8 albums. His songs range from hip hop and rap to contemporary pop.

Marina Correia Lima is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. She is a prominent female pioneer of Brazilian rock music.