17 March (people)


 * 1937 - Actor Michael Napier-Brown was born.
 * 1947 - Actor Petra Markham was born.
 * 1963 - BBC Head of Fiction Jane Tranter, who was responsible for commissioning the very first series of the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who, was born.
 * 1976 - Actor Stephen Gately was born.
 * 1984 - Actor John Dearth died.
 * 2011 - Actor Michael Gough died.