The Birthday Gazette

Born on November 17

November 17 birthdays & history

If you were born on November 17, you share a birthday with Martin Scorsese, Cyril Ramaphosa and Eugene Wigner. November 17 babies are Scorpio, with topaz as their birthstone and the chrysanthemum as their birth flower. November 17 is the 322nd day of the year in leap years (321st in other years).

Famous people born on November 17

  • 1942Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
  • 1952Cyril Ramaphosa, South African businessman and politician, fifth President of South Africa
  • 1902Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1978Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
  • 1944Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1749Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning
  • 1896Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher
  • 1966Sophie Marceau, French actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 1986Nani, Portuguese footballer
  • 1925Rock Hudson, American actor

What happened on November 17

  • 1292John Balliol was chosen to be King of Scots over Robert de Brus.
  • 1558Elizabeth I became Queen of England and of Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era.
  • 1592Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, succeeded his father John III as King of Sweden.
  • 1800The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
  • 1831Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
  • 1858Modified Julian Day zero.
  • 1858The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.
  • 1869In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
  • 1896The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
  • 1903The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
  • 1950The 14th Dalai Lama assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of 15.
  • 1989Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, beginning the Disney Renaissance.

Also observed on November 17

  • International Students' Day
  • Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)

Questions, answered

What star sign is November 17?

People born on November 17 are Scorpio. Their birthstone is topaz and their birth flower is the chrysanthemum.

Which famous people were born on November 17?

Martin Scorsese (1942), Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), Eugene Wigner (1902), Rachel McAdams (1978), Danny DeVito (1944), Nicolas Appert (1749) were all born on November 17.

What happened on November 17 in history?

Among other things: in 1903, The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority"); in 1950, The 14th Dalai Lama assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of 15; in 1989, Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, beginning the Disney Renaissance.

Can I get a newspaper front page from November 17?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any November 17 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “November 17”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.