The 198th day of the year, the 199th in a leap year
Born on 17 July
Every 17 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 17 July in any year.
Which weekday 17 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 17 July falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 17 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,890 babies were born on 17 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 24th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 17 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Angela Merkel | 1954– | chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 |
| Donald Sutherland | 1935–2024 | Canadian actor |
| James Cagney | 1899–1986 | American actor and dancer |
| Queen Camilla | 1947– | Queen consort of the United Kingdom since 2022 |
| Ismail I | 1487–1524 | founder and first shah of Safavid Iran |
| Georges Lemaître | 1894–1966 | Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest |
| António Costa | 1961– | Portuguese politician, President of the European Council since 2024 |
| Kenan Evren | 1917–2015 | President of Turkey |
| Letsie III | 1963– | King of Lesotho since 1996 |
| Juan Antonio Samaranch | 1920–2010 | IOC president 1980–2001 |
| Phyllis Diller | 1917–2012 | American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist |
| David Hasselhoff | 1952– | American actor, singer, producer, and businessman |
| Elbridge Gerry | 1744–1814 | vice president of the United States from 1813 to 1814 |
| Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | 1831–1896 | Shah of Qajar Iran from 1848 to 1896 |
| Wong Kar-wai | 1958– | Chinese-born Hong Kong filmmaker |
| Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten | 1714–1762 | German philosopher |
| Carlos Alberto Torres | 1944–2016 | Brazilian association football player and manager |
| Terence Tao | 1975– | Australian-American mathematician |
Died on 17 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Smith | 1723–1790 | Scottish moral philosopher and political economist |
| Mimar Sinan | 1490–1588 | 16th-century Ottoman chief architect and civil engineer |
| Nicholas II | 1868–1918 | 14th and last Emperor of Russia (1894–1917) |
| Henri Poincaré | 1854–1912 | French mathematician, physicist and engineer |
| Billie Holiday | 1915–1959 | American jazz singer |
| Peter III of Russia | 1728–1762 | Emperor of Russia in 1762 |
| Edward Heath | 1916–2005 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 |
| Pope Leo IV | died 855 | pope of the Catholic Church |
| Juan Manuel Fangio | 1911–1995 | Argentine racing driver |
| John Coltrane | 1926–1967 | American jazz saxophonist |
| Felix Baumgartner | 1969–2025 | Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper |
| Alexandra Feodorovna | 1872–1918 | Empress consort of Russia |
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