2017: The Year in People

Generation Alpha · Year of the Rooster 🐓 · Born in 2017 turn 9 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$2.42

Median home

$195,000

Minimum wage

$7.25/hr

Movie ticket

$8.97

US population

7.55B

US president

Donald Trump

Top song

"Shape of You" — Ed Sheeran

Top film

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Top TV show

Sunday Night Football

Best Picture

The Shape of Water

In the news: #MeToo movement; solar eclipse crosses the US

What happened in 2017

2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.

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Died in 2017

Chris Cornell1964–2017 · American musician
Bill Paxton1955–2017 · American actor
Aaron Hernandez1989–2017 · American football player and murderer
Gene Cernan1934–2017 · American astronaut and lunar explorer
John Hurt1940–2017 · English actor
David Cassidy1950–2017 · American actor and musician
Chuck Berry1926–2017 · American musician
August Ames1994–2017 · Canadian pornographic actress
Glen Campbell1936–2017 · American musician
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon1930–2017 · British photographer and filmmaker
Adnan Khashoggi1935–2017 · Saudi Arabian businessman and arms dealer
Christine Keeler1942–2017 · English model and showgirl