The 168th day of the year, the 169th in a leap year
Born on 17 June
Every 17 June birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Gemini, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- GeminiAir, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- Pearl, Moonstone, AlexandriteThe 1912 list gave Pearl and Moonstone.
- Birth flower
- Rose, HoneysuckleUsually taken today to mean love and bonds of affection.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Wednesday16 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 June in any year.
Which weekday 17 June falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 17 June falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.
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How common a birthday 17 June is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,831 babies were born on 17 June in each year of the twenty, making it the 126th 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 June
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Igor Stravinsky | 1882–1971 | Russian, French, and American composer |
| Venus Williams | 1980– | American tennis player |
| Edward I | 1239–1307 | King of England from 1272 to 1307 |
| M. C. Escher | 1898–1972 | Dutch graphic artist |
| Mohamed ElBaradei | 1942– | Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1997 to 2009, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient |
| Charles XII of Sweden | 1682–1718 | King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718; born 17 June in the Julian calendar, which is 27 June in the Gregorian |
| Martin Bormann | 1900–1945 | German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery |
| Charles Gounod | 1818–1893 | French composer |
| Jordan Henderson | 1990– | English association football player |
| Tigran Petrosian | 1929–1984 | Soviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion |
| Kendrick Lamar | 1987– | American rapper and songwriter |
| Heinz Guderian | 1888–1954 | German general |
| Thomas Haden Church | 1960– | American actor |
| Eddy Merckx | 1945– | Belgian cyclist |
| William Crookes | 1832–1919 | British chemist and physicist |
| François Jacob | 1920–2013 | French biologist and geneticist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1965 |
| George Akerlof | 1940– | American economist and Koshland Professor of Economics |
| Newt Gingrich | 1943– | American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives |
Died on 17 June
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Morsi | 1951–2019 | president of Egypt from 2012 to 2013 |
| Uthman | died 656 | Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate from 644 to 656 |
| Joseph Addison | 1672–1719 | English essayist, poet, playwright and politician |
| Süleyman Demirel | 1924–2015 | 9th President of the Republic of Turkey |
| John III Sobieski | 1629–1696 | King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania |
| Thomas Kuhn | 1922–1996 | American historian, physicist and philosopher |
| Pope Adeodatus II | died 676 | pope |
| Kenneth Kaunda | 1924–2021 | First president of Zambia |
| Mumtaz Mahal | 1593–1631 | Mughal empress |
| Bolesław I the Brave | 967–1025 | first King of Poland |
| Arthur Harden | 1865–1940 | British biochemist |
| Cyd Charisse | 1922–2008 | American dancer and actress |
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