17 August Births

August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 136 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

Births

1153 – William IX, Count of Poitiers (d. 1156)
1465 – Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1482)
1473 – Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (d. 1483)
1501 – Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1529)
1556 – Alexander Briant, English martyr and saint (d. 1581)
1578 – Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)
1578 – Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1638)
1582 – John Matthew Rispoli, Maltese philosopher (d. 1639)
1586 – Johann Valentin Andrea, German theologian (d. 1654)
1607 – Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and mathematician (d. 1665)
1603 – Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d. 1651)
1612 – Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (d. 1651)
1629 – John III Sobieski, Polish–Lithuanian king (d. 1696)
1686 – Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (d. 1768)
1753 – Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian (d. 1828)
1768 – Louis Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
1786 – Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (d. 1836)
1786 – Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1861)
1828 – Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician (d. 1897)
1840 – Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (d. 1922)
1849 – William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (d. 1919)
1863 – Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer (d. 1924)
1865 – Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (d. 1950)
1866 – Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)
1873 – John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946)
1877 – Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923)
1878 – Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
1880 – Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player (d. 1948)
1887 – Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)
1887 – Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (d. 1940)
1888 – Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit (d. 1963)
1890 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920)
1890 – Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
1893 – John Brahm, German-American director and production manager (d. 1982)
1893 – Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1894 – William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (d. 1964)
1896 – Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (d. 1970)
1896 – Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1991)
1896 – Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author (d. 1970)
1904 – Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (d. 1984)
1904 – Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991)
1909 – Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985)
1909 – Wilf Copping, English footballer (d. 1980)
1911 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995)
1911 – Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer (d. 2010)
1913 – Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 2008)
1913 – Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989)
1913 – Rudy York, American baseball player and manager (d. 1970)
1914 – Bill Downs, American journalist (d. 1978)
1914 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1988)
1916 – Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012)
1918 – Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (d. 1985)
1918 – Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist (d. 1963)
1918 – Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic (d. 2015)
1919 – Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
1920 – Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1920 – Lida Moser, American photographer and author (d. 2014)
1921 – Geoffrey Elton, German-English historian and academic (d. 1994)
1922 – Roy Tattersall, English cricketer (d. 2011)
1923 – Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
1924 – Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 2013)
1926 – Valerie Eliot, English businesswoman (d. 2012)
1926 – Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and 5th President of China
1927 – Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009)
1927 – F. Ray Keyser Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont (d. 2015)
1928 – T. J. Anderson, American composer, conductor, and educator
1928 – Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011)
1929 – Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (d. 1977)
1930 – Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1930 – Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (d. 1998)
1931 – Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic
1932 – V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (d. 1980)
1932 – Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist
1933 – Mark Dinning, American pop singer (d. 1986)
1934 – João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer
1934 – Ron Henry, English footballer (d. 2014)
1936 – Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
1936 – Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner.
1938 – Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
1939 – Luther Allison, American blues guitarist and singer (d. 1997)
1940 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1940 – Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician
1941 – Lothar Bisky, German businessman and politician (d. 2013)
1941 – Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter
1942 – Shane Porteous, Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter
1943 – Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author
1943 – Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer
1943 – John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author
1943 – Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1944 – Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation
1944 – Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor
1945 – Rachel Pollack, American author, poet, and educator
1946 – Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer
1946 – Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2016)
1947 – Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) (d. 2016)
1947 – Gary Talley, American guitarist (The Box Tops), singer-songwriter, and author
1948 – Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014)
1949 – Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul
1949 – Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013)
1949 – Julian Fellowes, English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician
1949 – Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (Boston) (d. 2017)
1952 – Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012)
1952 – Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
1952 – Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman
1952 – Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
1953 – Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach
1953 – Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate
1953 – Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (d. 2015)
1953 – Kevin Rowland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954 – Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia
1955 – Colin Moulding, English singer-songwriter and bassist
1956 – Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun
1956 – Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
1957 – Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
1957 – Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
1957 – Robin Cousins, British competitive figure skater
1958 – Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
1958 – Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant
1958 – Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver
1959 – Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist
1959 – Jacek Kazimierski, Polish footballer
1959 – Eric Schlosser, American journalist and author
1960 – Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer-songwriter
1960 – Sean Penn, American actor, director, and political activist
1962 – Gilby Clarke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1962 – Dan Dakich, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1963 – Jon Gruden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1964 – Colin James, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1964 – Maria McKee, American singer-songwriter (Lone Justice)
1964 – Dave Penney, English footballer and manager
1965 – Steve Gorman, American drummer
1965 – Dottie Pepper, American golfer
1966 – Jüri Luik, Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th Estonian Minister of Defense
1966 – Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder and stuntman
1966 – Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1968 – Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1968 – Ed McCaffrey, American football player and sportscaster
1968 – Helen McCrory, English actress
1969 – Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach
1969 – Donnie Wahlberg, American singer-songwriter, actor and producer
1969 – Kelvin Mercer, American rapper, songwriter and producer (De La Soul)
1970 – Jim Courier, American tennis player and sportscaster
1970 – Andrus Kivirähk, Estonian author
1970 – Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer and coach
1971 – Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
1971 – Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1971 – Shaun Rehn, Australian footballer and coach
1972 – Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
1974 – Johannes Maria Staud, Austrian composer
1976 – Eric Boulton, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Geertjan Lassche, Dutch journalist and director
1976 – Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1977 – Nathan Deakes, Australian race walker
1977 – William Gallas, French footballer
1977 – Thierry Henry, French footballer
1977 – Mike Lewis, Welsh guitarist
1977 – Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer
1979 – Antwaan Randle El, American football player and journalist
1980 – Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
1980 – Daniel Güiza, Spanish footballer
1980 – Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
1980 – Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1982 – Phil Jagielka, English footballer
1982 – Cheerleader Melissa, American wrestler and manager
1983 – Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
1984 – Dee Brown, American basketball player
1984 – Oksana Domnina, Russian ice dancer
1984 – Garrett Wolfe, American football player
1986 – Rudy Gay, American basketball player
1986 – Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
1988 – Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1988 – Jihadi John, Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS (d. 2015)
1992 – Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013)
1992 – Paige, English professional wrestler
1993 – Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
1995 – Gracie Gold, American figure skater
1995 – Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
1996 – Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player

Source: wikipedia