Celebrities born on May 17

Rolf Kristian Larsen is an actor from Stavanger in Norway. He portrayed the character "Morten-Tobias" in the Norwegian film "Fritt Vilt" (English title "Cold Prey") in 2006. He also starred in the film "Mannen som elsket Yngve" ("The Man Who Loved Yngve"), released in February 2008. This film is based on a novel of the same name by the Stavanger author Tore Renberg, and Larsen starred as "Jarle Klepp", his first leading role. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rolf Kristian Larsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Raymond Gérôme (17 May 1920 — 3 February 2002) was a Belgian-born, French stage and screen actor. Gérôme was born as Raymond Joseph Léon De Backer in Koekelberg. He made his first stage appearance in 1946, in a stage production of Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher and he entered films in 1954. He is best known to English speaking audiences for his roles as The Commander in The Brain and Inspector Renard in The Greengage Summer. In later life, he lent his voice to dubbing - he provided the voice of Governor Ratcliffe in the French release of Pocahontas. In 1982 he was awarded a Pix du Brigadier for his performance in L'Extravagant Mister Wilde. Gérôme died in 2002, at his home in Les Lilas. Source: Article "Raymond Gérôme" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Taj Mahal is an American blues musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments.

Andrea Jane Corr MBE is an Irish musician, songwriter, and actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the lead singer of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock group The Corrs along with her three elder siblings Caroline, Sharon, and Jim. Wikipedia

Janet Banzet (who often used the stage name of "Marie Brent" and several other names) was a Texas born actress who was in many sexploitation films of the late 1960s and early 1970s. She starred in several provocatively titled films directed by Michael Findlay and Joseph W. Sarno. In 1970 she was in The Party at Kitty and Stud's better known under the title Italian Stallion which is Sylvester Stallone's first film. She passed away in 1971 of a suicide.

Max Boublil (born Maximilien Léon Boublil; 17 May 1979) is a French actor of Sephardi Jewish descent, singer and comedian. He has released 2 albums. Boublil started his career as a comedian in a number of films (Le Bon Fils, Les Gaous, Doo Wop, T.I.C.), in television films and series such as (Sous le Soleil, Navarro, Quai N°1, Hé M'sieur!, Mystère) and a number of advertisements (Crunch, Yoplait, Direct Assurance). In May 2007, he released the provocative and humorous song "Ce soir... tu vas prendre" online and gained big fame and was invited to appear on "Dating" spot on Le Grand Journal on Canal+. He left in October 2007, to concentrate on his one-man shows between 2007 and 2009 including a long French tour Max prend.... and in the provinces under the title Max prend la route starting January 2008. He also took part in TV shows such as One Man Sauvage and did comedy in Max les veut toutes, a F2H production broadcast on Comédie! and NRJ 12 and in May and June 2010, in the television reality show Dilemme on W9 where he presented Le Mag de Max. In September 2010, he came with his new show Le one man musical that included songs and sketches. For his music career, he has released two albums, the debut L'album released on 14 February 2011 and the follow up Le 2ème album in June 2012. He is also well known for his humoristic takes on certain songs and personalities such as in "Ce soir tu vas prendre", "Susan Boyle", "Chanson raciste", "J'aime les moches" and others. Max Boublil co-written and appeared in the film Les Gamins with Alain Chabat, which was released in April 2013. Source: Article "Max Boublil" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.