May 17

Doppelgängers (7) | Birthdays (3) | Events (1) | Passed (3)

May 17, 2026

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I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.
- Aleister Crowley


7 Doppelgängers Today

I track 9,188 doppelgängers out of 21,283 people in my custom software, specializing in look alikes who were born in the same week in history. Similar looking public figures are always born within a few days of each other. This is a phenommenon seen across all of documented history.

Born in 1988 and 1990


Born on May 17, 1990

Travis Buchanan

July 2025 plane crash victim

Born on May 19, 1988

Anyma

Solo project of Matteo Milleri, an Italian-American electronic music producer, DJ, and multidisciplinary artist also known as one half of the duo Tale of Us and the co-founder of Afterlife Records

Born within 3 days in 1971


Born on May 14, 1971

Sofia Coppola

American filmmaker and actress

Born on May 17, 1971

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

Queen of the Netherlands as the wife of King Willem-Alexander

Born within 5 days in 1930


Born on May 12, 1930
(1930 - 2013)

Jesús Franco

Known as a prolific director of low-budget exploitation and B-movies

Born on May 17, 1930

Frank Price

American retired television writer and film studio executive

Born in 1987 and 1982


Born on May 17, 1982

Madyson Marquette

Wrote a memoir about the adult film industry

Born on May 17, 1987

Jennifer Guskin

Lolita express survivor from Epstein Island

Born within 5 days in 1924


Born on May 22, 1924
(1924 - 2018)

Charles Aznavour

French singer of Armenian ancestry, as well as a lyricist, actor and diplomat

Born on May 17, 1924

Hannes Messemer

German actor from Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria

Born within 3 days in 1948


Born on May 14, 1948

Meg Foster

American film and television actress

Born on May 17, 1948

Teresa Carpenter

American author

Born in 1972 and 1973


Born on May 17, 1973

Josh Homme

American musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer known for founding Queens of The Stone Age.

Born on May 17, 1972
(1972 - 2020)

Michael Reinoehl

American far-left activist who murdered a MAGA supporter in 2020


3 Birthdays Today

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Annabella, Lady Byron

Annabella, Lady Byron

  born on May 17, 1792.
Educational reformer and philanthropist who established the first industrial school in England, and was an active abolitionist

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Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

  (1904 — 1976)
French actor and singer

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Caroline of Brunswick

Caroline of Brunswick

  (1768 — 1821)
Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover as the wife of King George IV from 29 January 1820 until her death in 1821


1 Events
On This Day

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The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia began operations, on a one-year experimental basis, as a service of the Australian Inland Mission

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia began operations, on a one-year experimental basis, as a service of the Australian Inland Mission

It happened on May 17, 1928

Founded by Presbyterian minister John Flynn, the AIM Aerial Medical Service initially had its home base at Cloncurry, Queensland.
Featuring: John Flynn.

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3 People Who
Passed On This Day

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William Figge

William Figge

  (1919 — 1976)
American photographer w/ Playboy Magazine

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Peter Boardman

Peter Boardman

  (1950 — 1982)
English mountaineer and author who died on the North East Ridge of Mount Everest in 1982

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John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara

John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara

  (1884 — 1964)
English aviation pioneer and Conservative politician

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