| 44311 | April 17 | Birth | 1903 – Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator (d. 1978) |
| 44312 | April 17 | Birth | 1903 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (d. 1976) |
| 44313 | April 17 | Birth | 1903 – Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (d. 1975) |
| 44314 | April 17 | Birth | 1905 – Louis Jean Heydt, American journalist and actor (d. 1960) |
| 44315 | April 17 | Birth | 1905 – Arthur Lake, American actor and singer (d. 1987) |
| 44316 | April 17 | Birth | 1906 – Sidney Garfield, American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente (d. 1984) |
| 44317 | April 17 | Birth | 1909 – Alain Poher, French politician, President of France (d. 1996) |
| 44318 | April 17 | Birth | 1910 – Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Defence (d. 1990) |
| 44319 | April 17 | Birth | 1910 – Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter and producer (d. 1999) |
| 44320 | April 17 | Birth | 1910 – Helenio Herrera, French footballer and manager (d. 1997) |
| 44321 | April 17 | Birth | 1911 – Hervé Bazin, French author and poet (d. 1996) |
| 44322 | April 17 | Birth | 1911 – Lester Rodney, American soldier and journalist (d. 2009) |
| 44323 | April 17 | Birth | 1912 – Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 44324 | April 17 | Birth | 1914 – George W. Davis, American art director (d. 1984) |
| 44325 | April 17 | Birth | 1914 – Mac Raboy, American illustrator (d. 1967) |
| 44326 | April 17 | Birth | 1915 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 2000) |
| 44327 | April 17 | Birth | 1915 – Martin Clemens, Scottish soldier (d. 2009) |
| 44328 | April 17 | Birth | 1915 – Joe Foss, American general and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (d. 2003) |
| 44329 | April 17 | Birth | 1915 – Regina Ghazaryan, Armenian painter (d. 1999) |
| 44330 | April 17 | Birth | 1916 – Win Maung, 3rd President of Union of Myanmar (d. 1989) |
| 44331 | April 17 | Birth | 1916 – A. Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 1981) |
| 44332 | April 17 | Birth | 1918 – William Holden, American actor and singer (d. 1981) |
| 44333 | April 17 | Birth | 1919 – Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec |
| 44334 | April 17 | Birth | 1919 – Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2012) |
| 44335 | April 17 | Birth | 1920 – Edmonde Charles-Roux, French journalist and author |
| 44336 | April 17 | Birth | 1921 – Sergio Sollima, Italian director (d. 2015) |
| 44337 | April 17 | Birth | 1923 – Lindsay Anderson, Indian-English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994) |
| 44338 | April 17 | Birth | 1923 – Solly Hemus, American baseball player, coach, and manager |
| 44339 | April 17 | Birth | 1923 – Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (d. 2014) |
| 44340 | April 17 | Birth | 1923 – Gianni Raimondi, Italian tenor and actor (d. 2008) |