The 260th day of the year, the 261st in a leap year
Born on 17 September
Every 17 September birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Virgo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- VirgoEarth, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- SapphireThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Aster, Morning gloryUsually taken today to mean patience and affection.
- Most common weekdays
- Saturday and Thursday16 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 September in any year.
Which weekday 17 September falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 17 September falls on every day of the week: Saturday 16, Thursday 16, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Tuesday 15.
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How common a birthday 17 September is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,921 babies were born on 17 September in each year of the twenty, making it the 16th 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 September
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Narendra Modi | 1950– | Prime Minister of India since 2014 |
| Bernhard Riemann | 1826–1866 | German mathematician |
| Anastacia | 1968– | American singer |
| Konstantin Tsiolkovsky | 1857–1935 | Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory |
| Jimmie Johnson | 1975– | American racing driver |
| Pope Paul V | 1552–1621 | 233rd pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1605 to 1621 |
| Anne Bancroft | 1931–2005 | American actress |
| Almazbek Atambayev | 1956– | President of Kyrgyzstan from 2011 to 2017 |
| Marquis de Condorcet | 1743–1794 | French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist |
| Janez Janša | 1958– | Slovenian politician |
| Ken Kesey | 1935–2001 | American novelist |
| Hank Williams | 1923–1953 | American singer-songwriter |
| Billy the Kid | 1859–1881 | American outlaw and gunfighter |
| Agostinho Neto | 1922–1979 | President of Angola from 1975 to 1979 |
| Charles the Simple | 879–929 | King of West Francia |
| William Carlos Williams | 1883–1963 | American poet |
| Reinhold Messner | 1944– | Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer |
| Damon Hill | 1960– | British racing driver |
Died on 17 September
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Karl Popper | 1902–1994 | Austrian-British philosopher of science |
| Hildegard of Bingen | 1098–1179 | German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of the Church |
| Abdelaziz Bouteflika | 1937–2021 | President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019 |
| Philip IV of Spain | 1605–1665 | King of Spain and Portugal |
| Alfred de Vigny | 1797–1863 | French poet, playwright, and novelist |
| Spiro Agnew | 1918–1996 | vice president of the United States from 1969 to 1973 |
| Ruth Benedict | 1887–1948 | American anthropologist and folklorist |
| Eugène Viollet-le-Duc | 1814–1879 | French architect |
| Adnan Menderes | 1899–1961 | Turkish statesperson |
| Robert Bellarmine | 1542–1621 | Catholic cardinal, saint, and Doctor of the Church |
| Antoine Laurent de Jussieu | 1748–1836 | French botanist |
| Anastasio Somoza Debayle | 1925–1980 | President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and from 1974 to 1979 |
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