Tony Roche (78)
May 17th, 1945

Australian tennis player – Tony Roche was born in Wagga Wagga (City in New South Wales, Australia) on May 17th, 1945 and is 78 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 17

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

75

Winfried Kretschmann

German politician

*May 17th, 1948, Spaichingen

67

Sugar Ray Leonard

American boxer

*May 17th, 1956, Wilmington

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

77

Udo Lindenberg

German rock musician and composer

*May 17th, 1946, Gronau

61

Thomas Rachel

German politician (CDU)

*May 17th, 1962, Birkesdorf

73

Hawa Abdi

Somalian physician, activist (1947-2020)

*May 17th, 1947, Mogadishu †August 5th, 2020, Mogadishu

74

Dennis Hopper

American actor and director (1936–2010)

*May 17th, 1936, Dodge City †May 29th, 2010, Venice

40

Howard Ashman

American playwright and lyricist (1950-1991)

*May 17th, 1950, Baltimore †March 14th, 1991, New York City

65

Bob Saget

American actor and comedian (1956–2022)

*May 17th, 1956, Philadelphia †January 9th, 2022, Orlando

69

Jesse Winchester

American-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer

*May 17th, 1944, Bossier City †April 11th, 2014, Charlottesville

82

Gary Paulsen

American writer (1939–2021)

*May 17th, 1939, Minneapolis †October 13th, 2021, Tularosa

83

Alan Kay

American computer scientist (born 1940)

*May 17th, 1940, Springfield

34

Tessa Virtue

Canadian ice dancer

*May 17th, 1989, London

70

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

President of Kazakhstan since 2019

*May 17th, 1953, Almaty

77

F. Paul Wilson

American novelist

*May 17th, 1946, Jersey City

59

David Eigenberg

American actor

*May 17th, 1964, New York City

61

Ferenc Krausz

Austrian-Hungarian laser physicist

*May 17th, 1962, Mór

71

Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira

Spanish politician

*May 17th, 1952, Cambrils

75

Dick Gaughan

British musician

*May 17th, 1948, Glasgow

68

Antonio Lanfranchi

Italian archbishop

*May 17th, 1946, Grondone †February 17th, 2015, Modena

72

Jean Gabin

French actor, recording artist (1904-1976)

*May 17th, 1904, 9th arrondissement of Paris †November 15th, 1976, Neuilly-sur-Seine

73

Alan Johnson

British politician (born 1950)

*May 17th, 1950, Paddington

94

Bill Minor

American journalist

*May 17th, 1922, Hammond †March 28th, 2017, Ridgeland

74

Bill Bruford

English drummer

*May 17th, 1949, Sevenoaks

71

Christian Burchard

German musician

*May 17th, 1946, Hof †January 17th, 2018

76

Michael Wolffsohn

German historian

*May 17th, 1947, Tel Aviv

89

Ruhollah Khomeini

Iranian politician and religious leader (1900–1989)

*May 17th, 1900, Khomein †June 3rd, 1989, Tehran

90

John Patrick

American playwright and screenwriter (1905-1995)

*May 17th, 1905, Louisville †November 7th, 1995, Delray Beach

87

Maureen O'Sullivan

Irish-American actress (1911-1998)

*May 17th, 1911, Boyle †June 23rd, 1998, Scottsdale

Also born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

79

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

79

Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

*March 30th, 1945, Ripley

79

Linda Hunt

American actress

*April 2nd, 1945, Morristown

78

Patrick Modiano

French writer

*July 30th, 1945, Boulogne-Billancourt

78

Alain Juppé

92nd Prime Minister of France

*August 15th, 1945, Mont-de-Marsan

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

Tony Roche