Celebrities Born on April 17
Who was born on April 17?
Famous people born on April 17 include Timur, Victoria Beckham, Karen Blixen. It is day 107 of the year, and everyone born on this date is a Aries (Fire sign).
Timur
the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
Victoria Beckham
English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer
Karen Blixen
Danish writer
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
Jennifer Garner
American actress
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000
J. P. Morgan
American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)
Shkodran Mustafi
German association football player and manager
Juan Ponce de León
Personality
Rooney Mara
American actress (born 1985)
Medhi Benatia
Moroccan footballer
Takuya Honda
Japanese association football player
Calendar Facts
Day of the year
#107
of 365 (non-leap)
Days until next
261
days from today
Birthday Number 8 — The Powerhouse
The birthday number is the numerology reduction of the day (day 17 → 8). It adds a personal note to the Life Path number.
Power · Abundance · Achievement · Authority — To build not for personal power but for collective good. The integrated 8 uses material mastery as a tool for creating l…
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Spring (Northern Hemisphere) — a season of beginnings and renewal.
Chinese Zodiac
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April Birthstone — Diamond
Diamond is the April birthstone, and if that feels slightly excessive — you draw the hardest, rarest, most expensive gemstone on the calendar — consider what it actually is before you consider what it costs. Diamond is pure carbon. The same element in graphite (which writes on paper), in charcoal, i…
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