Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 17

Births

 * 1682 - Bartholomew Roberts, AKA Black Bart, notorious Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
 * 1749 - Edward Jenner, English medical researcher (d. 1823) (pictured)
 * 1873 - Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (d. 1935)
 * 1873 - Dorothy Richardson, English writer (d. 1957)
 * 1936 - Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (d. 2010)
 * 1956 - Bob Saget, American actor, comedian, and television host (d. 2022)
 * 1961 - Enya, Irish singer and songwriter

Deaths

 * 1510 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445)
 * 1829 - John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
 * 1838 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754)
 * 1875 - John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)
 * 1886 - John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804)
 * 1947 - George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
 * 1992 - Lawrence Welk, American musician (b. 1903)