John L. Piotrowski (90)
February 17th, 1934

United States general – John L. Piotrowski was born in Detroit (City in and county seat of Wayne County, Michigan, United States) on February 17th, 1934 and is 90 years old today.

Other personalities born on February 17

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

68

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

41

Bao Chunlai

Chinese badminton player

*February 17th, 1983, Changsha

61

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

96

Ásmundur Bjarnason

Icelandic sprinter

*February 17th, 1927, Húsavík †February 1st, 2024, Húsavík

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

95

Hal Holbrook

American actor (1925–2021)

*February 17th, 1925, Cleveland †January 23rd, 2021, Beverly Hills

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

83

Julia McKenzie

British actress, presenter, director, writer

*February 17th, 1941, Enfield

24

Freja Ravn

Danish badminton player

*February 17th, 2000, Copenhagen

69

Mo Yan

Chinese novelist and screenwriter

*February 17th, 1955, Gaomi

87

Jim Brown

American football player and actor (1936–2023)

*February 17th, 1936, St. Simons †May 18th, 2023, Los Angeles

40

Magnus Sahlberg

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1984, Gothenburg

75

Arthur Kennedy

American actor (1914–1990)

*February 17th, 1914, Worcester †January 5th, 1990, Branford

26

Soh Wooi Yik

Malaysian badminton player

*February 17th, 1998, Kuala Lumpur

62

Lou Diamond Phillips

American film, television, and stage actor

*February 17th, 1962, Naval Base Subic Bay

71

Pertti Karppinen

Finnish rower

*February 17th, 1953, Vehmaa

63

Angela Eagle

British politician; Labour MP for Wallasey (born 1961)

*February 17th, 1961, Bridlington

43

Paris Hilton

American media personality and socialite

*February 17th, 1981, New York City

89

Christina Pickles

British-American actress

*February 17th, 1935, Yorkshire

95

Patricia Routledge

English actress and singer

*February 17th, 1929, Birkenhead

64

Fausto Mesolella

Italian composer

*February 17th, 1953, Caserta †March 30th, 2017, Macerata Campania

46

Rory Kinnear

English actor

*February 17th, 1978, London

51

Lucy Davis

British actress (born 1973)

*February 17th, 1973, Solihull

89

Stanley Norman Cohen

American geneticist

*February 17th, 1935, Perth Amboy

95

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Chilean-French filmmaker and comics writer

*February 17th, 1929, Tocopilla

63

Ariane Ehrat

Swiss alpine skier

*February 17th, 1961, Schaffhausen

33

Ed Sheeran

English singer-songwriter

*February 17th, 1991, Halifax

Also born in 1934

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

83

Jörg Kuebart

German general (1934-2018)

*September 2nd, 1934, Olsztyn †February 14th, 2018, Bad Honnef

34

Yuri Gagarin

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)

*March 9th, 1934, Klushino †March 27th, 1968, Novosyolovo

82

Alois Mock

Austrian politician (1934-2017)

*June 10th, 1934, Euratsfeld †June 1st, 2017, Vienna

82

Leonard Cohen

Canadian poet and singer-songwriter (1934–2016)

*September 21st, 1934, Montreal †November 7th, 2016, Los Angeles

68

Manfred Durniok

German film producer

*May 2nd, 1934, Berlin †March 7th, 2003, Berlin

81

Uwe Friedrichsen

German actor

*May 27th, 1934, Altona †April 30th, 2016, Hamburg

62

Carl Sagan

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

*November 9th, 1934, Brooklyn †December 20th, 1996, Seattle

81

Garry Marshall

American actor and filmmaker (1934–2016)

*November 13th, 1934, The Bronx †July 19th, 2016, Burbank

84

Jessy Rameik

German actor, singer and voice actor

*April 18th, 1934, Riga †August 31st, 2018, Berlin

32

Brian Epstein

British personal manager and impresario (1934–1967)

*September 19th, 1934, Liverpool †August 27th, 1967, London

85

Alexey Leonov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

*May 30th, 1934, Listvyanka †October 11th, 2019, Burdenko Hospital

82

Roman Herzog

Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1934-2017)

*April 5th, 1934, Landshut †January 10th, 2017, Bad Mergentheim

89

Sophia Loren

Italian actress

*September 20th, 1934, Rome

88

Bill Russell

American basketball player and coach (1934–2022)

*February 12th, 1934, Monroe †July 31st, 2022, Mercer Island

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

*August 6th, 1934, Krásný Dvůr †February 11th, 2017

89

Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Nigerian writer

*July 13th, 1934, Ogun State

81

Billy Paul

American singer (1934-2016)

*December 1st, 1934, Philadelphia †April 24th, 2016, Blackwood

72

Paul Carr

American actor (1934–2006)

*February 1st, 1934, New Orleans †February 17th, 2006, Los Angeles

83

Norbert Kunisch

German classical archaeologist

*December 16th, 1934, Dortmund †May 2nd, 2018, Oxford

83

Bernd Maydell

German jurist (1934-2018)

*July 19th, 1934, Tallinn †May 3rd, 2018, Sankt Augustin

89

Maggie Smith

English actress

*December 28th, 1934, Ilford

89

Judi Dench

English actress (born 1934)

*December 9th, 1934, York

90

Jane Goodall

English primatologist and anthropologist (*1934)

*April 3rd, 1934, Hampstead

69

Alan Bates

British actor

*February 17th, 1934, Allestree †December 27th, 2003, City of Westminster

89

Sylvia Syms

English actress (1934–2023)

*January 6th, 1934, Woolwich †January 27th, 2023, Denville Hall

80

Michael Graves

American architect and designer of consumer products

*July 9th, 1934, Indianapolis †March 12th, 2015, Princeton

89

Brigitte Bardot

French actress and singer

*September 28th, 1934, Paris

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

90

Shirley MacLaine

American actress

*April 24th, 1934, Richmond

John L. Piotrowski