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| April 17th, 2007 (April 17 2007) | Death | Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (born in 1910) | |
| April 17th, 1997 (April 17 1997) | Death | Allan Francovich, American documentarian | |
| April 17th, 1997 (April 17 1997) | Death | Piet Hein, Danish scientist and poet (born in 1905) | Piet Hein Quotes |
| April 17th, 1987 (April 17 1987) | Death | Cecil Harmsworth King, owner of Mirror Group Newspapers (born in 1901) | |
| April 17th, 1977 (April 17 1977) | Birth | Chad Hedrick, American speed skater | |
| April 17th, 1977 (April 17 1977) | Birth | Sizzla, Jamaican dancehall artist | |
| April 17th, 1977 (April 17 1977) | Birth | Phil Jamieson, Australian singer (Grinspoon) | |
| April 17th, 1977 (April 17 1977) | Death | William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (born in 1913) | |
| April 17th, 1967 (April 17 1967) | Birth | Marquis Grissom, American baseball player | |
| April 17th, 1967 (April 17 1967) | Birth | Kimberly Elise, American actress | |
| April 17th, 1967 (April 17 1967) | Birth | Henry Ian Cusick, Peruvian-born Scottish actor | |
| April 17th, 1967 (April 17 1967) | Birth | Liz Phair, American musician/songwriter | |
| April 17th, 1967 (April 17 1967) | Death | Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (born in 1908) | |
| April 17th, 1957 (April 17 1957) | Birth | Nick Hornby, English author | |
| April 17th, 1947 (April 17 1947) | Birth | Linda Martin, Irish singer | |
| April 17th, 1947 (April 17 1947) | Birth | Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player | |
| April 17th, 1937 (April 17 1937) | Birth | Ferdinand Piech, Austrian-German automotive engineer and executive | |
| April 17th, 1937 (April 17 1937) | Death | Yi Sang, Korean Poet (born in 1910) | |
| April 17th, 1917 (April 17 1917) | Birth | Bill Clements, American politician | |
| April 17th, 1907 (April 17 1907) | Event | The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than any other day. | |
| April 17th, 1897 (April 17 1897) | Birth | Thornton Wilder, American dramatist (died in 1975) | Thornton Wilder Quotes |
| April 17th, 1877 (April 17 1877) | Birth | Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat (died in 1949) | |
| April 17th, 1837 (April 17 1837) | Birth | J.P. Morgan, American financier (died in 1913) | |
| April 17th, 1797 (April 17 1797) | Event | Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America. | |
| April 17th, 1427 (April 17 1427) | Death | John IV, Duke of Brabant (born in 1403) | |
| April 17th, 1397 (April 17 1397) | Event | Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the book s pilgrimage to Canterbury starts. | Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes |
| April 17th, 0617 (April 17 0617) | Death | Donnan of Eigg, Celtic Christian martyr, patron saint of Eigg | |
