| 44401 | April 17 | Birth | 1955 – Mike Stroud, English physician and explorer |
| 44402 | April 17 | Birth | 1956 – Colin Tyre, Lord Tyre, Scottish lawyer and judge |
| 44403 | April 17 | Birth | 1957 – Teri Austin, Canadian actress |
| 44404 | April 17 | Birth | 1957 – Nick Hornby, English author and screenwriter |
| 44405 | April 17 | Birth | 1957 – Julia Macur, English lawyer and judge |
| 44406 | April 17 | Birth | 1957 – Susan Roman, Canadian voice actress |
| 44407 | April 17 | Birth | 1958 – Laslo Babits, Canadian javelin thrower (d. 2013) |
| 44408 | April 17 | Birth | 1959 – Sean Bean, English actor |
| 44409 | April 17 | Birth | 1959 – Jimmy Mann, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 44410 | April 17 | Birth | 1959 – Li Meisu, Chinese shot putter |
| 44411 | April 17 | Birth | 1960 – Vladimir Polyakov, Russian pole vaulter |
| 44412 | April 17 | Birth | 1961 – Frank J. Christensen, American union leader |
| 44413 | April 17 | Birth | 1961 – Boomer Esiason, American football player and sportscaster |
| 44414 | April 17 | Birth | 1961 – Bella Freud, English fashion designer |
| 44415 | April 17 | Birth | 1962 – Marianna Efstratiou, Greek singer |
| 44416 | April 17 | Birth | 1962 – Paul Nicholls, English jockey and trainer |
| 44417 | April 17 | Birth | 1963 – Joel Murray, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 44418 | April 17 | Birth | 1963 – Penny Vilagos, Canadian swimmer |
| 44419 | April 17 | Birth | 1963 – Vicky Vilagos, Canadian swimmer |
| 44420 | April 17 | Birth | 1964 – Ken Daneyko, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster |
| 44421 | April 17 | Birth | 1964 – Maynard James Keenan, American singer-songwriter and producer (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and Green Jellÿ) |
| 44422 | April 17 | Birth | 1964 – Lela Rochon, American actress |
| 44423 | April 17 | Birth | 1964 – Bart Van den Bossche, Flemish singer and actor (d. 2013) |
| 44424 | April 17 | Birth | 1965 – William Mapother, American actor |
| 44425 | April 17 | Birth | 1966 – Vikram, Indian actor, singer, and producer |
| 44426 | April 17 | Birth | 1967 – Henry Ian Cusick, Peruvian-Scottish actor and producer |
| 44427 | April 17 | Birth | 1967 – Kimberly Elise, American actress |
| 44428 | April 17 | Birth | 1967 – Timothy Gibbs, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 44429 | April 17 | Birth | 1967 – Marquis Grissom, American baseball player and coach |
| 44430 | April 17 | Birth | 1967 – Liz Phair, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |