17 March (people)


 * 1937 - Actor Michael Napier-Brown was born.
 * 1942 - Director Ken Grieve was born.
 * 1947 - Actor Petra Markham was born.
 * 1963 - BBC Head of Drama Jane Tranter was born.
 * 1964 - Actor Victor McGuire was born.
 * 1965 - Actor Patrick O'Kane was born.
 * 1970 - Writer Alan Barnes was born.
 * 1976 - Actor Stephen Gately was born.
 * 1984 - Actor John Dearth died.
 * 1992 - Assistant Controller of Television Planning Joanna Spicer died.
 * 1995 - Controller of BBC Television Donald Baverstock died.
 * 2005 - Actor Sheila Gill died.
 * 2006 - Actor Max Harvey died.
 * 2011 - Actor Michael Gough died.
 * 2017 - Film operations manager Ian Brindle died.
 * 2022 - Actor Peter Bowles died.