May 17

May 17

Born on This Day

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  • USO Entertainers
  • Olympic Boxers
  • Cast of Dancing with the Stars

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Boxer / 1956 -

  Sugar Ray Leonard was a champion Olympic and professional welterweight boxer. He retired from the sport in 1997 and was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame.

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  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Born: May 17, 1956
  Age: 57 years old
  Birthplace: Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States
  Occupation: Boxer
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  • Name Changers
  • Famous Taureans
  • Famous Singers

  Enya

  Songwriter, Singer / 1961 -

  Irish singer Enya performed with her family's band Clannad before making it big with her solo album Watermark in 1988.

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  Enya

  1961 | 52 years old
  Songwriter, Singer

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  • TV Dads
  • Famous Taureans
  • Famous Actors

  Bob Saget

  Television Actor, Talk Show Host / 1956 -

  Bob Saget is a comedic TV personality and actor who found success first on the sitcom Full House and later on America's Funniest Home Videos.
  

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  Bob Saget

  1956 | 57 years old
  Television Actor, Talk Show Host

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  • Numerous Nuptials
  • Actors Turned Directors
  • Celebrity Golfers

  Dennis Hopper

  Film Actor, Television Actor, Director / 1936 - 2010

  Actor/director Dennis Hopper came to fame with 1969's Easy Rider. Later films like Blue Velvet and River's Edge cemented his legend.

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  Dennis Hopper

  Born: May 17, 1936
  Birthplace: Dodge City, Kansas, United States
  Occupation: Film Actor, Television Actor, Director
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  • Famous Taureans
  • Famous Singers
  • Famous People Born in 1918

  Birgit Nilsson

  Singer / 1918 - 2005

  Opera singer Birgit Nilsson was the leading Wagnerian soprano of her time. She sang at most of the great houses and festivals of the world.

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  Birgit Nilsson

  1918 | 87 years old
  Singer

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  • Famous Taureans
  • Famous Actresses
  • Famous Film Actresses

  Maureen O'Sullivan

  Film Actress / 1911 - 1998

  Maureen O'Sullivan was an actress best known for playing Jane in the Tarzan film series opposite Johnny Weismuller.

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  Maureen O'Sullivan

  1911 | 86 years old
  Film Actress

May 17

Died on This Day

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  • Celebrity Enlistees
  • Name Changers
  • Famous Pisceans

  Tony Randall

  Television Actor / 1920 - 2004

  Tony Randall was an actor who played popular television character Felix Unger on the hit series The Odd Couple.

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  Tony Randall

  Died: May 17, 2004
  Age: 84 years old
  Place: New York, New York , United States
  Occupation: Television Actor
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  • Famous Painters
  • Famous Artists
  • Famous Italians

  Sandro Botticelli

  Painter / 1445 - 1510

  Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance-era. He contributed to the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel and painted the immortal The Birth of Venus.

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  Sandro Botticelli

  1510 | 65 years old
  Painter

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  • Famous Conductors
  • Famous Television Personalities

  Lawrence Welk

  Conductor, Television Personality / 1903 - 1992

  Bandleader and TV performer Lawrence Welk’s TV program featured band music with vocalists, dancers, and instrumental soloists, and was a huge success.
  

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  Lawrence Welk

  1992 | 89 years old
  Conductor, Television Personality