{"id":2420279,"date":"2026-05-17T08:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2420279"},"modified":"2026-05-17T08:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:07:10","slug":"famous-birthdays-for-may-17-kandi-burruss-sugar-ray-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/famous-birthdays-for-may-17-kandi-burruss-sugar-ray-leonard\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous birthdays for May 17: Kandi Burruss, Sugar Ray Leonard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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May 17 (UPI) —<\/span> Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus.<\/p>\n

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— Inventor Schuyler Wheeler in 1860<\/p>\n

— Baseball Hall of Fame member Cool Papa Bell in 1903<\/p>\n

— Actor Maureen O’Sullivan in 1911<\/p>\n

— Actor Dennis Hopper in 1936<\/p>\n

— Musician Taj Mahal in 1942 (age 84)<\/p>\n

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— Musician Bill Bruford (Yes\/King Crimson) in 1949 (age 77)<\/p>\n

— Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in 1953 (age 73)<\/p>\n

— Actor\/filmmaker Bill Paxton in 1955<\/p>\n

— Actor\/comedian Bob Saget in 1956<\/p>\n

— International Boxing Hall of Fame member Sugar Ray Leonard in 1956 (age 70)<\/p>\n

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— Sports broadcaster Jim Nantz in 1959 (age 67)<\/p>\n

— Musician Enya in 1961 (age 65)<\/p>\n

— Comedian Craig Ferguson in 1962 (age 64)<\/p>\n

— Musician Page McConnell (Phish) in 1963 (age 63)<\/p>\n

— Actor David Eigenberg in 1964 (age 62)\n<\/p>\n

— Musician Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) in 1965 (age 61)<\/p>\n

— Actor Hill Harper in 1966 (age 60)<\/p>\n

— Musician Jordan Knight (New Kids on the Block) in 1970 (age 56)<\/p>\n

— Actor Sasha Alexander in 1973 (age 53)<\/p>\n

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— Musician Andrea Corr (The Corrs) in 1974 (age 52)<\/p>\n

— Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy in 1974 (age 52)<\/p>\n

— Musician\/TV personality Kandi Burruss in 1976 (age 50)<\/p>\n

— Actor Rochelle Aytes in 1976 (age 50)<\/p>\n

— Actor Ginger Gonzaga in 1983 (age 43)<\/p>\n

— Actor\/screenwriter Lena Waithe in 1984 (age 42)<\/p>\n

— Dancer Derek Hough in 1985 (age 41)<\/p>\n

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— Actor Tahj Mowry in 1986 (age 40)<\/p>\n

— Actor Nikki Reed in 1988 (age 38)<\/p>\n

— Actor\/model Karrueche Tran in 1988 (age 38)<\/p>\n

— Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame ice dancer Tessa Virtue in 1989 (age 37)<\/p>\n

— Actor Leven Rambin in 1990 (age 36)<\/p>\n

— Actor Ross Butler in 1990 (age 36)\n<\/p>\n

— Actor Hannah Dodd in 1995 (age 31)<\/p>\n

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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.upi.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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