Birth Month Day of 10-17 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Felicity Jones
Actress | Rogue One
Felicity Rose Hadley Jones is an English actress. Jones was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, and grew up in Bournville. Her parents met while working at the Wolverhampton Express and Star. Her father was a journalist while her mother was in advertising. They divorced when she was three, and she ...
2. Matthew Macfadyen
Actor | Pride & Prejudice
David Matthew Macfadyen was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Meinir (Owen), a drama teacher and actress, and Martin Macfadyen, an oil executive. He is of Scottish and Welsh descent. Because of his father's career, he spent at least part of his childhood in Indonesia, before finishing his ...
3. Sharon Leal
Actress | Dreamgirls
Sharon Leal is a military brat. She was born in Tuscon, Arizona. Sharon then moved with her parents to the Philippines, till she was 6 years old. She went to prayer-school there. Then, her parents packed up to move back to the US and settled in Fresno, California. Her mother, Angelita, who is ...
4. Max Irons
Actor | The Host
Max Irons was born on October 17, 1985 in Camden, London, England as Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons. He is an actor, known for The Host (2013), Dorian Gray (2009) and Red Riding Hood (2011).
5. Michael McKean
Actor | This Is Spinal Tap
Michael McKean was born on October 17, 1947 in New York City, New York, USA as Michael John McKean. He is an actor, known for This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Clue (1985) and Better Call Saul (2015). He has been married to Annette O'Toole since March 20, 1999. He was previously married to Susan Russell.
6. Julie Adams
Actress | Creature from the Black Lagoon
Born in Iowa, Betty May Adams grew up in Arkansas and made her acting debut in a third grade play, "Hansel and Gretel". When she grew up and decided to become an actress, she moved to California, where she worked three days a week as a secretary (to support herself) and spent the remainder of her ...
7. Rita Hayworth
Actress | Gilda
Spanish dancer Eduardo Cansino's daughter Margarita studied dancing beginning in her girlhood. At age 12, the mature-looking Rita joined Eduardo's stage act, in which she was spotted three years later by Fox studio head Winfield R. Sheehan, leading to her first studio contract and film debut at age...
8. Andy Whitfield
Actor | Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Andy Whitfield was born on October 17, 1971 in Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. He was an actor, known for Spartacus: War of the Damned (2010), Gabriel (2007) and The Clinic (2010). He was married to Vashti Whitfield. He died on September 11, 2011 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
9. Mike Judge
Writer | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Mike Judge was born on October 17, 1962 in Guayaquil, Ecuador as Michael Craig Judge. He is a writer and producer, known for Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), Beavis and Butt-Head (1993) and King of the Hill (1997).
10. Montgomery Clift
Actor | From Here to Eternity
Edward Montgomery Clift (nicknamed 'Monty' his entire life) was born on October 17, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, just after his twin sister Roberta and eighteen months after his brother Brooks Clift. He was the son of Ethel "Sunny" Anderson (Fogg) and William Brooks Clift. His father made a lot of ...
11. Wood Harris
Actor | Remember the Titans
Harris was born Sherwin David Harris in Chicago, Illinois, to John and Mattie Harris. However, he works under his nickname, "Wood". Attended New York University Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School. Has performed in many films and various stage productions including plays by August Wilson, ...
12. Margot Kidder
Actress | Superman
Margot Kidder was born Margaret Ruth Kidder in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, to Jocelyn Mary "Jill" (Wilson), a history teacher from British Columbia, and Kendall Kidder, a New Mexico-born mining engineer and explosives expert. Margot was a delightful child who took pride in ...
13. Bill Hudson
Actor | Hysterical
Bill Hudson was born on October 17, 1949 in Portland, Oregon, USA as William L. Hudson. He is an actor and composer, known for Hysterical (1983), What The (2011) and Big Shots (1987). He was previously married to Cindy Williams and Goldie Hawn.
14. Deanna Russo
Actress | Burning Love
Deanna Russo was born on October 17, 1979 in New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Burning Love (2012), Being Human (2011) and Knight Rider (2008). She has been married to Michael Daniel Cassady since 2014. They have one child.
15. Norm MacDonald
Actor | Billy Madison
MacDonald was born Norman Gene MacDonald in Québec City, Québec on October 17, 1959. He began his career in stand-up comedy. MacDonald's first job was writing for The Dennis Miller Show (1992) and then Roseanne (1988). While writing for Roseanne (1988), he was noticed by Lorne Michaels, who liked ...
16. Erin Karpluk
Actress | Being Erica
Erin Karpluk was born on October 17, 1978 in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Being Erica (2009), Reasonable Doubt (2014) and Godiva's (2005).
17. Mark Gatiss
Actor | The League of Gentlemen
Mark Gatiss is an accomplished author, actor and playwright. Originally from Sedgefield, County Durham, he graduated from Bretton Hall Drama College with a BA (honors) in Theatre Arts.
He was one-quarter of the award-winning comedy team The League of Gentlemen (1999), and became heavily involved in ...
18. Eminem
Soundtrack | 8 Mile
Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Deborah R. (Nelson) and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr., who were in a band together, Daddy Warbucks. He is of English, as well as some German, Scottish, and Swiss-German, ancestry. Marshall spent his early childhood being shoved ...
19. Irene Ryan
Actress | The Beverly Hillbillies
Before becoming known to millions as Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Irene Ryan was already an established vaudeville, radio and movie actress, though not as famous prior to her television stint. She accompanied Bob Hope on his famous military tours and she was known as "the gal who makes...
20. Chris Lowell
Actor | The Help
Chris Lowell was born on October 17, 1984 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Help (2011), Beside Still Waters (2013) and Up in the Air (2009).
21. Bianca Brigitte VanDamme
Actress | Assassination Games
Bianca Bree grew up in the film industry watching her father, martial artist/actor Jean-Claude Van Damme preform on sets all over the world and is extremely athletic due to her mother, ex-bodybuilder and fitness competitor Gladys Portugues.
Having two very athletic parents, Bianca was thrown into ...
22. Dora Madison
Actress | Everybody Wants Some!!
Dora Madison was born and raised in Hutto Texas, the youngest of seven kids.
Dora stars as new paramedic "Chili" on NBC's "Chicago Fire." She will next be seen in the "Unt. Terrence Malick Project" and Paramount's "That's What I'm Talking About" from director Richard Linklater. Earlier this year ...
23. Rob Marshall
Director | Chicago
Rob Marshall was born on October 17, 1960 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He is known for his work on Chicago (2002), Into the Woods (2014) and Nine (2009).
24. George Wendt
Actor | Cheers
George Robert Wendt III was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, USA, to Loretta Mary (Howard) and George Robert Wendt, who was a realtor and navy officer. He attended a strict Jesuit prep school and then dropped out of Notre Dame University after a few uneventful years. He worked with the Windy ...
25. Beverly Garland
Actress | It Conquered the World
Born in Santa Cruz, California, Beverly Garland studied dramatics under Anita Arliss, the sister of renowned stage and screen star George Arliss. She acted in little theater in Glendale then in Phoenix after her family relocated to Arizona. Garland also worked in radio and appeared scantily clad in...
26. Sam Bottoms
Actor | Apocalypse Now
Sam Bottoms was born on October 17, 1955 in Santa Barbara, California, USA as Samuel John Bottoms. He was an actor, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and Seabiscuit (2003). He was married to Laura Bickford and Susan Arnold. He died on December 16, 2008 in Los Angeles, ...
27. Jean Arthur
Actress | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
This marvelous screen comedienne's best asset was only muffled during her seven years' stint in silent films. That asset? It was, of course, her squeaky, frog-like voice, which silent-era cinema audiences had simply no way of perceiving, much less appreciating. Jean Arthur, born Gladys Georgianna ...
28. Aymeline Valade
Actress | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Aymeline Valade was born on October 17, 1984 in Montpellier, Hérault, France. She is an actress, known for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Saint Laurent (2014) and Riviera (2005).
29. Guy Henry
Actor | Rogue One
Guy Henry is a British stage and screen actor. He is best-known for his roles in Rome (2005) and John Adams (2008). He trained at RADA (1979-1981). He has done most of his work at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) and Harry Potter ...
30. Laura Regan
Actress | Dead Silence
Laura Regan was born on October 17, 1977 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Dead Silence (2007), My Little Eye (2002) and Unbreakable (2000). She has been married to Farhad Safinia since 2007.
31. Marsha Hunt
Actress | Pride and Prejudice
Stardom somehow eluded this vastly gifted actress. Had it not perhaps been for her low-level profile compounded by her McCarthy-era blacklisting in the early 1950s, there is no telling what higher tier Marsha Hunt might have attained. Perhaps her work was not flashy enough, or too subdued, or ...
32. Tom Poston
Actor | Newhart
Veteran comedic actor Tom Poston, he with the bugged-out eyes that commonly accentuated a vague look of bewilderment, was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1921 and, by age nine, was appearing with an acrobatic troupe. He was attending Bethany College in West Virginia when World War II broke out and he ...
33. Michelle Ang
Actress | Fear the Walking Dead
Michelle is already well known around the world from her work as a regular cast member on the Australian show "Neighbours", "Outrageous Fortune" and the hit teen show "The Tribe".
She won "Best Actress in A Feature Film" at the New Zealand Film and Television Awards 2011 for "My Wedding and Other ...
34. Alimi Ballard
Actor | Fast Five
Alimi ("Ali - Me") can be seen as Dr. Robert Dubois on the acclaimed original drama series QUEEN SUGAR from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker creator/executive producer Ava DuVernay and executive producer Oprah Winfrey on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.
Ballard recently dazzled on the screen as the ...
35. Spring Byington
Actress | You Can't Take It with You
The possessor of one of Hollywood's gentlest faces and warmest voices, and about as sweet as Tupelo honey both on-and-off camera, character actress Spring Byington was seldom called upon to play callous or unsympathetic (she did once play a half-crazed housekeeper in Dragonwyck (1946)). Although ...
36. Arthur Miller
Writer | The Crucible
Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915, in New York City, to Augusta (Barnett) and Isidore Miller. His family was of Austrian Jewish descent. His father manufactured women's coats, but his business was devastated by the Depression, seeding his son's disillusionment with the American Dream...
37. Robert Lowery
Actor | Batman and Robin
Robert Lowery was born Robert Larkin Hanks in Kansas City, Missouri, the only living child of Roscoe Hanks, noted Kansas City attorney and oil investor; and Leah Thompson, concert pianist and organist. He attended local Kansas City schools and graduated from Paseo High School in 1931 with a record ...
38. Rizwan Manji
Actor | The Dictator
Rizwan Manji was born on October 17, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for The Dictator (2012), Charlie Wilson's War (2007) and Transformers (2007). He has been married to Taslim Manji since June 12, 2002.
39. Vincent Van Patten
Writer | The Flunky
Vincent Van Patten was born on October 17, 1957 in Bellerose, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Flunky (2000), Hell Night (1981) and Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979). He has been married to Eileen Davidson since April 15, 2003. They have one child. He was previously married to ...
40. Cameron Esposito
Actress | Take My Wife
Cameron Esposito is a nationally touring stand-up comedian, actor and writer based in Los Angeles known for her appearances on CBS, NBC, Comedy Central, E!, TBS, IFC and the Cartoon Network.
Cameron is the host/creator of Buzzfeed's Ask A Lesbian series and the host of the popular Put Your Hands ...
41. Angel Parker
Actress | Runaways
Sophisticated, hard-working, and an undeniable talent, Angel Parker has brought to life some of the most dynamic and diverse characters on screen today. Angel can currently be seen starring on Marvel's "Runaways," slated to debut on HULU November 21, 2017. The series follows six diverse teenagers ...
42. Zulu
Actor | I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew
Gilbert Francis Lani Damian Kauhi was born on October 17, 1937 on the Big Island of Hawaii. He was better known by the nickname his classmates gave him in high school, "Zulu". His most famous role was that of "Detective Kono Kalakaua" on the hit TV series, Hawaii Five-O (1968). The show helped ...
43. John Marley
Actor | Love Story
Veteran character actor John Marley was one of those familiar but nameless faces that television and filmgoers did not take a shine to until the late 1960s, when he had hit middle age. Distinctive for his craggy face, dark bushy brows and upswept silvery hair, his life (born in 1907) started out ...
44. J.C. MacKenzie
Actor | The Departed
J.C. MacKenzie was a student at Concordia University when he saw his first play. Within two years, he was accepted at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
He has made over 150 appearances in films and television, and on stage. He is best-known for his role as "Ludlow" in Martin Scorsese's ...
45. Björn Bengtsson
Actor | The Last Kingdom
Björn Bengtsson was born on October 17, 1973 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden as Björn Mikael Bengtsson. He is an actor, known for The Last Kingdom (2015), Tjockare än vatten (2014) and Bröderna Karlsson (2010).
46. Witney Carson
Actress | Dancin': It's On!
Witney Carson was born on October 17, 1993 in American Fork, Utah, USA as Witney Capri Carson. She is an actress, known for Dancin': It's On! (2015), Dancing with the Stars (2005) and The Bachelor (2002). She has been married to Carson McAllister since January 1, 2016.
47. Thomas Kopache
Actor | Catch Me If You Can
Thomas Kopache is an actor born in Manchester, New Hampshire on October 17, 1945 who is best known for his role as Assistant Secretary of State Bob Slatterly on The West Wing (1999) and for appearing in many roles on all of the various "Star Trek" spin-off television shows. Kopache has played seven...
48. Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Actor | Ragtime
Howard E. Rollins Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1950. He was the youngest of four children born to Howard E. Rollins Sr. (steelworker) and Ruth R. Rollins (domestic worker). Rollins graduated from Towson State College, where he studied theater. His first break into acting came when a ...
49. Sabrina Scharf
Actress | Easy Rider
Sabrina Scharf was born on October 17, 1943 in Delphos, Ohio, USA as Sandra Mae Trentman. She is an actress, known for Easy Rider (1969), Star Trek (1966) and Hells Angels on Wheels (1967). She was previously married to Bob Schiller.
50. Bob Seagren
Actor | Soap
Bob Seagren was born on October 17, 1946 in Pomona, California, USA as Robert Lloyd Seagren. He is an actor, known for Soap (1977), Wonder Woman (1975) and Charlie's Angels (1976). He was previously married to Peggy McIntaggart.