How common is a October 17 birthday?
October 17 is an average birthday in the U.S. It ranks 122nd out of 366 days, with an average of 11,351 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 2% more than a typical day.
- Rank
- 122nd of 366
- Births on an average day
- 11,351
- Zodiac sign
- ♎ Libra
- Likely conceived around
- January 24
Where October 17 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on October 17
- Arthur Miller(1915)
- Ernie Els(1969)
- Zhao Ziyang(1919)
- Eminem(1972)
- Susan Stroman(1954)
- Jimmy Breslin(1930)
- Cameron Mackintosh(1946)
- Rob Marshall(1960)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data