Michael Wenden (74)
November 17th, 1949

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder – Michael Wenden was born in Sydney (Capital city of New South Wales, Australia) on November 17th, 1949 and is 74 years old today.

Other personalities born on November 17

73

Carlo Verdone

Italian actor, screenwriter and film director

*November 17th, 1950, Rome

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

71

Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

*November 17th, 1952, Soweto

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

49

Bill Lancaster

American screenwriter (1947-1997)

*November 17th, 1947, Los Angeles †January 4th, 1997, Los Angeles

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

69

Roland Matthes

German swimmer

*November 17th, 1950, Pößneck †December 20th, 2019, Wertheim

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

57

Peter Cook

British actor, satirist, writer and comedian (1937-1995)

*November 17th, 1937, Torquay †January 9th, 1995, Hampstead

35

Dean Paul Martin

American actor and singer (1951-1987)

*November 17th, 1951, Santa Monica †March 21st, 1987, San Gorgonio Mountain

72

Stephen Root

American actor

*November 17th, 1951, Sarasota

79

Jim Boeheim

American basketball coach and player

*November 17th, 1944, Lyons

77

Petra Burka

Canadian figure skater

*November 17th, 1946, Amsterdam

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

81

Bob Gaudio

American musician

*November 17th, 1942, The Bronx

76

James Warwick

English actor

*November 17th, 1947, Broxbourne

75

Tom Wolf

Governor of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2023

*November 17th, 1948, York

72

Werner Hoyer

German politician (born 1951)

*November 17th, 1951, Wuppertal

59

Rock Hudson

American actor (1925–1985)

*November 17th, 1925, Winnetka †October 2nd, 1985, Marina del Rey

77

Martin Barre

British guitarist

*November 17th, 1946, Birmingham

37

Nani

Portuguese association football player

*November 17th, 1986, Praia

72

Ray Ohara

Japanese bassist, composer, music producer (1951-)

*November 17th, 1951, Ota

41

Evelyne Brochu

Canadian singer and actor

*November 17th, 1982, Quebec City

Also born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

75

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

67

Baldwin Lonsdale

Ni-Vanuatu politician and Anglican priest

*November 30th, 1949, Mota Lava †June 17th, 2017, Port Vila

75

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

*April 30th, 1949, Lisbon

75

Valery Leontiev

Soviet and Russian singer

*March 19th, 1949, Ust-Usa

74

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

74

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

75

Bernard Arnault

French entrepreneur

*March 5th, 1949, Roubaix

49

Lenny McLean

English boxer (1949-1998)

*April 9th, 1949, Hoxton †July 28th, 1998, London Borough of Bexley

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

74

Atik Jauhari

Badminton player and trainer

*August 14th, 1949, Tangerang City

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

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