Authors Born on February 17
- Dean Williams Basketball Player, 1977
- Denise Richards Television Actor, 1971
- Dennis Green American Football Manager, 1949
- Dominic Purcell Actor, 1970
- Don Coscarelli Film Director, 1954
- Don Scardino Television Director, 1949
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Educator, 1879
- E. J. Hughes Artist, 1913
- Ed Sheeran Singer-Songwriter, 1991
- Edgar Quinet Linguist, 1803
- Ellen Sturgis Hooper Poet, 1812
- Emerson Spartz Founder, 1987
- Ernst Gottlieb Baron Composer, 1696
- Ernst Troeltsch Theologian, 1865
- Fay Godwin Photographer, 1931
- Fred Frith Composer, 1949
- Gene Pitney Singer, 1940
- Guan Moye Novelist, 1955
- H. L. Hunt Businessperson, 1889
- Hal Holbrook Character Actor, 1925
- Isabelle Eberhardt Explorer, 1877
- J. Allen Boone Author, 1882
- Jason Ritter Actor, 1980
- Jeremy Allen White Actor, 1991
- Jeremy Webster Multi-Instrumentalist, 1949
- Jerry O'Connell Actor, 1974
- Jim Brown American Football Player, 1936
- Jim Jordan Politician, 1964
- Jonathan Bennett Philosopher, 1930
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt Actor, 1981
- Kaoru Musician, 1974
- Kelly Carlson Actress, 1976
- Larry the Cable Guy Stand-Up Comedian, 1963
- Les Brown Motivational Speaker, 1945
- Lou Diamond Phillips Actor, 1962
- Lucy Davis Actress, 1973
- Margaret Truman Actress, 1924
- Mark Bittman Journalist, 1950
- Mark Shriver Politician, 1964
- Mary Ann Mobley Actress, 1937