Celebrities Born on September 17
Who was born on September 17?
Famous people born on September 17 include Narendra Modi, Jimmie Johnson, Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovskii. It is day 260 of the year, and everyone born on this date is a Virgo (Earth sign).
Narendra Modi
Politician
Current Prime Minister of India, Digital India, Make in India, Swachh Bharat
Jimmie Johnson
American racing driver
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovskii
Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)
Antoninus Pius
15th Roman Emperor (138–161)
Ludovico Ariosto
Italian poet (1474–1533)
Anne Bancroft
American actress (1931–2005)
Almazbek Atambayev
4th President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Agostinho Neto
President of Angola (1975-1979)
Hank Williams
American singer-songwriter (1923–1953)
Ken Kesey
American novelist (1935–2001)
Billy the Kid
American outlaw and gunfighter (1859–1881)
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
Western Zodiac Sign
People born on September 17 are Virgo (Earth sign, ruled by Mercury).
Full Virgo guide →Calendar Facts
Day of the year
#260
of 365 (non-leap)
Days until next
48
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…
Full numerology 8 guide →Season
Summer (Northern Hemisphere) — long days, full energy, peak sun.
Chinese Zodiac
Your Chinese zodiac animal depends on your birth year, not just the day. Find your Chinese zodiac →
September Birthstone — Sapphire
Sapphire has meant something specific across almost every major civilization in recorded history: the sky, the divine, the truth. The ancient Persians believed the entire sky was blue because it reflected a giant sapphire on which the earth rested — which is a poetic way of describing a stone that f…
Full Sapphire guide →Is September 17 YOUR birthday?
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