Celebrities who are born on 17th August
August 17, 1904 - Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (d. 1991)
August 17, 1904 - Mary Cain, American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984)
August 17, 1909 - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)
August 17, 1911 - Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (d. 1995)
August 17, 1913 - W. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant
August 17, 1913 - Rudy York, American baseball player (d. 1970)
August 17, 1913 - Oscar Alfredo Galvez, Argentine racing driver (d. 1989)
August 17, 1919 - Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
August 17, 1920 - Maureen O’Hara, Irish actress
August 17, 1921 - Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, British historian (d. 1994)
August 17, 1926 - Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician
August 17, 1926 - George Melly, British singer (d. 2007)
August 17, 1926 - Jean Poiret, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1992)
August 17, 1929 - Francis Gary Powers, American U-2 pilot (d. 1977)
August 17, 1930 - Glenn Corbett, American actor (d. 1993)
August 17, 1930 - Ted Hughes, English poet (d. 1998)
August 17, 1932 - V. S. Naipaul, West Indian writer, Nobel Laureate
August 17, 1933 - Eugene F. Kranz, American NASA executive
August 17, 1933 - Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986)
August 17, 1935 - Oleg Tabakov, Russian actor
August 17, 1938 - Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian Muslim cleric
August 17, 1938 - Theodoros Pangalos, Greek politician
August 17, 1939 - Luther Allison, American musician
August 17, 1939 - Anthony Valentine, British actor
August 17, 1940 - Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (d. 2006)
August 17, 1941 - Jean Pierre Lefebvre, French Canadian film director
August 17, 1941 - Boog Powell, American baseball player
August 17, 1943 - Robert De Niro, American actor
August 17, 1943 - Dave “Snaker” Ray, American musician (d. 2002)
August 17, 1944 - Lawrence Joseph Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, Billionaire
August 17, 1946 - Martha Coolidge, American film director
August 17, 1947 - Gary Talley, American guitarist (Box Tops)
August 17, 1947 - Sylvia Nasar, German-born American economist and author
August 17, 1948 - Rod MacDonald, American musician
August 17, 1949 - Sib Hashian, American drummer (Boston)
August 17, 1951 - Robert Joy, Canadian actor
August 17, 1951 - Alan Minter, British boxer
August 17, 1952 - Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver
August 17, 1952 - Dr. Mario Theissen, German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber)
August 17, 1952 - Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
August 17, 1953 - Judith Regan, American book publisher
August 17, 1953 - Kevin Rowland, English musician (Dexys Midnight Runners)
August 17, 1954 - Eric Johnson, American guitarist
August 17, 1955 - Richard Hilton, American heir
August 17, 1956 - Gail Berman, American film executive
August 17, 1956 - alvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
August 17, 1957 - Robin Cousins, British figure skater
August 17, 1958 - Belinda Carlisle, American singer
August 17, 1958 - Kirk Stevens, Canadian snooker player
August 17, 1959 - David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993)
August 17, 1959 - Jonathan Franzen, American author
August 17, 1960 - Sean Penn, American actor and director
August 17, 1960 - James Daly, American journalist
August 17, 1960 - Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer
August 17, 1962 - Gilby Clarke, American musician (Guns N’ Roses)
August 17, 1963 - S. Shankar, Indian film director.
August 17, 1964 - Colin James, Canadian musician
August 17, 1966 - Maysa Leak, American Jazz Singer
August 17, 1966 - Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder
August 17, 1966 - Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player
August 17, 1967 - Kevin Max, American singer (dc_talk)
August 17, 1968 - Ed McCaffrey, American football player
August 17, 1968 - Helen McCrory, English actress
August 17, 1969 - Christian Laettner, American basketball player
August 17, 1969 - Donnie Wahlberg, American actor and singer
August 17, 1970 - Jim Courier, American tennis player
August 17, 1970 - Rupert Degas, English actor and voice artist
August 17, 1970 - Oyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer
August 17, 1971 - Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player
August 17, 1971 - Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
August 17, 1972 - Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
August 17, 1972 - Ken Ryker, American pornographic actor
August 17, 1974 - Tony Hajjar, Lebanese drummer (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
August 17, 1974 - Nicola Kraus, American novelist
August 17, 1975 - Giuliana DePandi, Italian-born American television personality
August 17, 1975 - Ilhan Mansiz, Turkish footballer
August 17, 1976 - Scott Halberstadt, American actor
August 17, 1977 - Thierry Henry, French footballer
August 17, 1977 - Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer
August 17, 1977 - William Gallas, French footballer
August 17, 1978 - Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer (Tristania)
August 17, 1978 - Karena Lam, Hong Kong actress
August 17, 1979 - Antwaan Randle El, American football player
August 17, 1979 - Marcus Patric, British actor
August 17, 1980 - Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer
August 17, 1980 - Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
August 17, 1980 - Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
August 17, 1982 - Melissa Anderson, American professional wrestler
August 17, 1982 - Phil Jagielka, English footballer
August 17, 1983 - Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
August 17, 1984 - Dee Brown, American basketball player
August 17, 1985 - Yu Aoi, Japanese actress
August 17, 1986 - Rudy Gay, American basketball player
August 17, 1986 - Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
August 17, 1988 - Erika Toda, Japanese actress
August 17, 1990 - Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
August 17, 1990 - Lucy Pejic, Dragon Tamer
August 17, 1990 - Colin Bates, American actor
August 17, 1996 - Ella Cruz, Filipina actress
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