| 69151 | June 17 | Birth | 1811 – Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician (d. 1879) |
| 69152 | June 17 | Birth | 1818 – Charles Gounod, French composer and academic (d. 1893) |
| 69153 | June 17 | Birth | 1818 – Sophie of Württemberg (d. 1877) |
| 69154 | June 17 | Birth | 1821 – E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (d. 1888) |
| 69155 | June 17 | Birth | 1832 – William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (d. 1919) |
| 69156 | June 17 | Birth | 1839 – Arthur Tooth, English priest (d. 1931) |
| 69157 | June 17 | Birth | 1858 – Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914) |
| 69158 | June 17 | Birth | 1861 – Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905) |
| 69159 | June 17 | Birth | 1861 – Omar Bundy, American general (d. 1940) |
| 69160 | June 17 | Birth | 1863 – Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1934) |
| 69161 | June 17 | Birth | 1867 – Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (d. 1940) |
| 69162 | June 17 | Birth | 1867 – John Robert Gregg, Irish-American educator, publisher, and humanitarian (d. 1948) |
| 69163 | June 17 | Birth | 1867 – Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (d. 1922) |
| 69164 | June 17 | Birth | 1871 – James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist (d. 1938) |
| 69165 | June 17 | Birth | 1876 – William Carr, American rower (d. 1942) |
| 69166 | June 17 | Birth | 1876 – Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author (d. 1922) |
| 69167 | June 17 | Birth | 1880 – Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (d. 1964) |
| 69168 | June 17 | Birth | 1881 – Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter (d. 1955) |
| 69169 | June 17 | Birth | 1882 – Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918) |
| 69170 | June 17 | Birth | 1882 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1971) |
| 69171 | June 17 | Birth | 1888 – Heinz Guderian, German general (d. 1954) |
| 69172 | June 17 | Birth | 1897 – Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint (d. 1911) |
| 69173 | June 17 | Birth | 1898 – M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (d. 1972) |
| 69174 | June 17 | Birth | 1898 – Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (d. 1961) |
| 69175 | June 17 | Birth | 1898 – Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter (d. 2009) |
| 69176 | June 17 | Birth | 1900 – Martin Bormann, German politician (d. 1945) |
| 69177 | June 17 | Birth | 1902 – Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (d. 1989) |
| 69178 | June 17 | Birth | 1902 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982) |
| 69179 | June 17 | Birth | 1903 – Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie (d. 1977) |
| 69180 | June 17 | Birth | 1904 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor and singer (d. 1991) |