| 18661 | February 17 | Birth | 1931 – Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 18662 | February 17 | Birth | 1933 – Larry Jennings, American magician and author (d. 1997) |
| 18663 | February 17 | Birth | 1933 – Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (d. 2007) |
| 18664 | February 17 | Birth | 1934 – Alan Bates, English actor and singer (d. 2003) |
| 18665 | February 17 | Birth | 1934 – Barry Humphries, Australian comedian, actor, and author |
| 18666 | February 17 | Birth | 1935 – Christina Pickles, English-American actress and producer |
| 18667 | February 17 | Birth | 1936 – Jim Brown, American football player and actor |
| 18668 | February 17 | Birth | 1937 – Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (d. 2014) |
| 18669 | February 17 | Birth | 1939 – John Leyton, English actor and singer |
| 18670 | February 17 | Birth | 1940 – Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer |
| 18671 | February 17 | Birth | 1940 – Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006) |
| 18672 | February 17 | Birth | 1941 – Julia McKenzie, English actress, singer, and director |
| 18673 | February 17 | Birth | 1942 – Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (d. 1989) |
| 18674 | February 17 | Birth | 1943 – Joe Medjuck, Canadian actor and producer |
| 18675 | February 17 | Birth | 1944 – Bruce Fogle, Canadian veterinarian and author |
| 18676 | February 17 | Birth | 1944 – Karl Jenkins, Welsh saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer (Soft Machine) |
| 18677 | February 17 | Birth | 1945 – Brenda Fricker, Irish actress |
| 18678 | February 17 | Birth | 1946 – Dodie Stevens, American singer |
| 18679 | February 17 | Birth | 1946 – Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian-American author and academic |
| 18680 | February 17 | Birth | 1947 – Ben Cramer, Dutch singer and actor |
| 18681 | February 17 | Birth | 1947 – Helge Jordal, Norwegian actor and singer |
| 18682 | February 17 | Birth | 1948 – José José, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actor |
| 18683 | February 17 | Birth | 1948 – Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 18684 | February 17 | Birth | 1948 – Don Scardino, American actor and director |
| 18685 | February 17 | Birth | 1949 – Fred Frith, English guitarist and songwriter (Henry Cow, Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew) |
| 18686 | February 17 | Birth | 1950 – Rickey Medlocke, American guitarist (Blackfoot and Lynyrd Skynyrd) |
| 18687 | February 17 | Birth | 1951 – Rashid Minhas, Pakistani soldier and pilot (d. 1971) |
| 18688 | February 17 | Birth | 1952 – Karin Büttner-Janz, German gymnast and physician |
| 18689 | February 17 | Birth | 1952 – Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech bass player (Energit and Etc...) (d. 1991) |
| 18690 | February 17 | Birth | 1953 – Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Dutch politician |