On This Day: February 17

Born

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Bonnie Wright (1991, London, England, UK)
• Michael Bay (1965, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Denise Richards (1971, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA)
• Jerry O'Connell (1974, New York City, New York, USA)
• Rene Russo (1954, Burbank, California, USA)
• Dominic Purcell (1970, Wallasey, England, UK)
• Paris Hilton (1981, New York City, New York, USA)
• Jason Ritter (1980, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Kelly Carlson (1976, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)

Died

• Lee Strasberg (1982, New York City, New York, USA)
• Dan O'Herlihy (2005, Malibu, California, USA)
• Sunshine Parker (1999, Burbank, California, USA)
• Alfred Newman (1970, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Joseph Kearns (1962, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Jack Cole (1974, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Paul Stewart (1986, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Lucille Benson (1984, Scottsboro, Alabama, USA)
• Donald Wolfit (1968, London, England, UK)
• Peter Schrum (2003, Prescott, Arizona, USA)