On this day — 17 June

Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, 4th Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

French composer (1818–1893)

American rapper (born 1987)

American actor

English film director and screenwriter (born 1936)

American actor

English actor and martial artist (born 1976)

English actress (born 1982)

Mexican singer (born 1971)

American writer and photographer (1880–1964)

Norwegian writer (1808–1845)

American singer and activist (born 1958)

American singer

Japanese actress (1920–2015)

American actor (1904–1991)

Italian painter and architect (1691–1765)

New Zealand actor

German poet

actor from England

American actor, comedian, writer (born 1970)

American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist

American actor

American journalist, novelist, professor (1914-1993)

British singer

American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author (1925–2014)

American actress and voice actress

Australian writer and poet (1867–1922)

Japanese actor, voice actor, singer and narrator

American writer and activist (1871–1938)

American singer and dancer (1989–2014)

American rapper

American fashion designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist

American actor

American author, activist and Neopagan

American artist (1931–2020)

French film director (1907–1990)

Bahamian sprinter

British actress (1919–1996)

American actor

American actor

French violinist (1933–1982)

British-born film actress (1867-1940)

Omaha Native American, physician, and reformer (1865-1915)

Japanese singer and dancer

American comedian

American film producer

American musician

American writer and politician (1933–2006)

American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator (1927–1981)

Finnish rock musician

American composer

US sports journalist and tennis player (1929–2016)

American composer (1902-1989)

English explorer and pastoralist in New South Wales, Australia (1778-1853)

French ice dancer

American country musician (1910–1968)

Irish inventor and writer (1867-1948)

American broadcaster (1945-2018)

English rock and roll and jazz guitarist

Spanish sculptor (1953–2001)

American actor (1947–2008)

German composer (1927-2019)

Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

German soprano singer

Irish guitarist (1957–2013)

Canadian film editor (1909-2004)

American archaeologist and newspaper editor (1821–1888)

German theologian (1693-1775)

Danish philosopher, auther, and scholar (1610-1662)

musician

American historian

British singer (1947–2000)

American bass guitar session musician

Japanese actress

American actor

English musician, singer and songwriter (1949–1987)

Austrian literary writer

American academic (born 1959)

American guitarist (1930–1988)

actress, model

American musician (1916-1999)

Latvian composer

Estonian historian (born 1955)

Turkish athlete (born 1985)

American singer-songwriter

American internist and health care scholar

Scottish journalist

comic author and illustrator (1980-)

American singer (1947-2009)

British broadcaster, music critic and musician

Banjo player (1916–1973)

Polish philosopher and jurist

American opera singer

Turkish fashion designer (born 1955)

American actor, writer, and archivist

Canadian politician (1923–1999)

Iraqi writer, novelist, critic, and journalist

Cree elder (1936–2018)

American historian, physicist and philosopher (1922 – 1996)

American dancer and actress (1921–2008)

British Pre-Raphaelite painter (1833-1898)

American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (1924-2019)

French poet (1674-1762)

American actor and singer (1918–1961)

Italian fashion designer (1944-2007)

British writer (1873–1957)

French writer (1797–1866)

New Zealand writer (1948–2013)

Dutch composer, teacher, and organist (1862-1941)

Archbishop of Prague

American artist (1920-1996)

American composer, administrator and teacher (1923-1983)

English actress (1933-2014)

Brazilian comedian (1962–2006)

Canadian mathematician, chess master, chess writer, chess official (1925-2012)

Estonian politician (1883-1936)

American artist and eccentric

twin brothers and filmmakers

American historian (1893-1975)

Estonian politician (1882–1963)

American internist and health care scholar

American guitarist and bandleader

Popular American belly dancer, dance teacher, choreographer, author, and host of instructional TV series, The Serena Show.

Canadian cartoonist

American writer