Today in History
March 17, 2026
12 notable people were born on this day
Born on March 17
View all →Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
1920 – 1975
President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh
politicianwriter
BangladeshPak Doo-ik
1943 – Present
North Korean footballer
association football playerassociation football coach
North KoreaÁlvaro Recoba
1976 – Present
Uruguayan footballer
association football playerassociation football coach
UruguayFeatured Historical Figures
Mahathir Mohamad
1925 – Present
Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020
autobiographerhead of governmentpolitician
MalaysiaKlaus Iohannis
1959 – Present
President of Romania from 2014 to 2025
physics teacherschool teacherschool inspector
RomaniaLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
1945 – Present
President of the Federative Republic of Brazil from 2003 to 2011 and since 2023
turnertrade unionistpolitician
BrazilMohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
1961 – Present
President of the United Arab Emirates
politician
United Arab EmiratesAlexis Tsipras
1974 – Present
Prime Minister of Greece (2015; 2015–2019)
civil engineerpolitician
GreeceDani Rodrik
1957 – Present
Turkish economist and publicist (born 1957)
university teachereconomist
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