List of Famous people born on September 17th

Paul Varelans was an American professional mixed martial artist. He competed in Ultimate Fighting Championship from 1995 to 1996, and had a fixed match in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1996.

Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson is an English actress, television personality and novelist. She is known for her roles on the ITV soap operas Coronation Street, Crossroads (2001–2003) and Emmerdale (2004–2006).

Lesley Roy is an Irish singer-songwriter from Balbriggan. Roy was signed to an independent Irish label in 2006 followed by a record deal with US label Jive Records. She released her debut album Unbeautiful in 2008, which was executive produced by Max Martin and which had a top 40 hit with the single Unbeautiful on US radio. Until switching her focus to songwriting/toplining and attracting the attention of Marc Jordan the former manager credited for launching the career of Rihanna and owner of Rebel One Management & Publishing. As a songwriter Roy has experienced international success with releases for artists including Adam Lambert, Miss Montreal, Medina, Jana Kramer, Marlee Scott, Deorro, Anish Sood and Brendan Murray. In 2019 Lesley was chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with a song she wrote and produced with Robert Marvin, Catt Gravitt and Tom Shapiro. The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however Roy had a top 20 hit in Ireland reaching number 12 in the homegrown charts. Roy was subsequently chosen again to represent Ireland in the 2021 contest, with a different song, titled "Maps".

Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN, and the current Governor of Tamaulipas. García has previously served as a local and federal legislator, having served one term in the Chamber of Deputies and three and a half years in the Senate.

Jaimee Fourlis is a professional Australian tennis player of Greek descent. She grew up in Melbourne and attended Northcote High School. Her family origins are from Agrinio, Greece.

Warren Earl Burger was the 15th chief justice of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1986. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Burger graduated from the St. Paul College of Law in 1931. He helped secure the Minnesota delegation's support for Dwight D. Eisenhower at the 1952 Republican National Convention. After Eisenhower won the 1952 presidential election, he appointed Burger to the position of Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division. In 1956, Eisenhower appointed Burger to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Burger served on this court until 1969 and became known as a critic of the Warren Court.

Gisèle Pascal was a French actress and a former lover of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.

Nikolai Nikolayevich Prokhorkin is a Russian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Scott Richard Hoying is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and musician from Arlington, Texas, who came to international attention as a member of Pentatonix and performer in the duo Superfruit. As of May 2020, Pentatonix has released ten albums, including two number ones, have had four songs in the Billboard Hot 100, and won three Grammy awards as "the first a cappella group to achieve mainstream success in the modern market". As of February 2019, Superfruit’s YouTube channel has over 2.4 million subscribers, and over 392 million views.

Robert Young Lee Jr. is an American comedian, actor, and podcaster, best known for being a cast member on MADtv from 2001 to 2009 and for his roles in the films Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Pineapple Express (2008), and The Dictator (2012). Between 2018 and 2019, Lee co-starred in the ABC single-camera sitcom series Splitting Up Together alongside Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson.