List of Famous people born on September 17th

Ivan Yegorovich Zabelin was a Russian historian and archaeologist with a Slavophile bent who helped establish the National History Museum on Red Square and presided over this institution until 1906. He was the foremost authority on the history of the city of Moscow and a key figure in the 19th-century Russian Romantic Nationalism.

Jean Huré was a French composer and organist. Though educated at a monastery in Angers, as a musician, he was mostly self-taught.

Calvin Stewart Brice was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Ohio. He is best remembered for his single term in the United States Senate, his role as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and his formative role in the American rail industry. He was a leading Bourbon Democrat.

Jack McDonald was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 71 films between 1912 and 1930. He was born in San Francisco, California.