Rowdy Gaines (65)
February 17th, 1959

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, television sports commentator – Rowdy Gaines was born in Winter Haven (City in Polk County, Florida, United States) on February 17th, 1959 and is 65 years old today.

Other personalities born on February 17

68

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

61

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

41

Bao Chunlai

Chinese badminton player

*February 17th, 1983, Changsha

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

62

Lou Diamond Phillips

American film, television, and stage actor

*February 17th, 1962, Naval Base Subic Bay

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

63

Angela Eagle

British politician; Labour MP for Wallasey (born 1961)

*February 17th, 1961, Bridlington

69

Mo Yan

Chinese novelist and screenwriter

*February 17th, 1955, Gaomi

63

Ariane Ehrat

Swiss alpine skier

*February 17th, 1961, Schaffhausen

66

Ferenc Tóthárpád

Hungarian poet

*February 17th, 1958, Kőszeg

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

63

Andrey Korotayev

Russian anthropologist, economic historian, comparative political scientist, and sociologist

*February 17th, 1961, Moscow

24

Freja Ravn

Danish badminton player

*February 17th, 2000, Copenhagen

40

Magnus Sahlberg

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1984, Gothenburg

71

Pertti Karppinen

Finnish rower

*February 17th, 1953, Vehmaa

61

Larry the Cable Guy

American stand-up comedian (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Pawnee City

64

Fausto Mesolella

Italian composer

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

61

Florence Hartmann

French journalist

*February 17th, 1963, France

26

Soh Wooi Yik

Malaysian badminton player

*February 17th, 1998, Kuala Lumpur

51

Lucy Davis

British actress (born 1973)

*February 17th, 1973, Solihull

43

Paris Hilton

American media personality and socialite

*February 17th, 1981, New York City

46

Rory Kinnear

English actor

*February 17th, 1978, London

67

Loreena McKennitt

Canadian musician and composer

*February 17th, 1957, Morden

96

Ásmundur Bjarnason

Icelandic sprinter

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

83

Julia McKenzie

British actress, presenter, director, writer

*February 17th, 1941, Enfield

43

Bernhard Eisel

Road bicycle racer

*February 17th, 1981, Voitsberg

95

Hal Holbrook

American actor (1925–2021)

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

69

Alan Bates

British actor

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

Also born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

64

Ken Watanabe

Japanese actor

*October 21st, 1959, Uonuma

64

Marcia Gay Harden

American actress

*August 14th, 1959, La Jolla

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

64

Evo Morales

President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019

*October 26th, 1959, Oruro

65

Kyle MacLachlan

American actor

*February 22nd, 1959, Yakima

64

Jason Alexander

American actor, comedian, director and television host

*September 23rd, 1959, Newark

65

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

64

Kevin Spacey

American actor (1959-)

*July 26th, 1959, South Orange

65

Ásdís Thoroddsen

Icelandic actress and film director

*February 26th, 1959, Reykjavík

64

César Ferioli

Spanish, Italian rooted comic book artist.

*July 22nd, 1959, Barcelona

Rowdy Gaines