History Births on August 17

Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician (d. 1897)
#Jules_Bernard_Luys
Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist
#Jonathan_Franzen

Kevin Rowland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Kevin_Rowland

Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
#Tyrus_Thomas
Eric Boulton, Canadian ice hockey player
#Eric_Boulton

Jon Gruden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
#Jon_Gruden

Gilby Clarke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
#Gilby_Clarke

Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995)
#Mikhail_Botvinnik

Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
#Seamus_Mallon

Nathan Deakes, Australian race walker
#Nathan_Deakes

Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer
#Robert_De_Niro

Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
#Habibul_Bashar

Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer-songwriter
#Natalie_Sandtorv

Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
#Harve_Bennett

Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 2008)
#Mark_Felt
Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
#Georgia_Gibbs

Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (d. 1985)
#Evelyn_Ankers

Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer (d. 2010)
#Martin_Sandberger
Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit (d. 1963)
#Monty_Woolley

Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)
#Francesco_Albani

Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist (d. 2019)
#Carlos_Cruz-Diez

Bill Downs, American journalist (d. 1978)
#Bill_Downs

Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
#Andriy_Kuzmenko

Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (d. 1950)
#Julia_Marlowe

Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (d. 1768)
#Nicola_Porpora
Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
#Álvaro_Pino

Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian (d. 1828)
#Josef_Dobrovský

Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
#Dustin_Pedroia
Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009)
#Sam_Butera

Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
#Nelson_Piquet

Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
#Harry_Hopkins

Mark Salling, American actor and musician (d. 2018)
#Mark_Salling

Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia
#Andrés_Pastrana_Arango

Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)
#Charles_I_of_Austria

Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (d. 1970)
#Leslie_Groves

Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (d. 2015)
#Maureen_O'Hara

Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
#Jorge_Posada

Kelvin Mercer, American rapper, songwriter and producer
#Kelvin_Mercer

Paige, English wrestler
#Paige_(wrestler)

Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
#Serhiy_Zakarlyuka

Henry Cadwalader Chapman, American physician and naturalist (d. 1909)
#Henry_Cadwalader_Chapman

Thierry Henry, French footballer
#Thierry_Henry

Ed McCaffrey, American football player and sportscaster
#Ed_McCaffrey

Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013)
#Alex_Elisala

Andrus Kivirähk, Estonian author
#Andrus_Kivirähk

Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter
#Phoebe_Bridgers

Jim Courier, American tennis player and sportscaster
#Jim_Courier

Eric Schlosser, American journalist and author
#Eric_Schlosser

Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach
#Mick_Malthouse

Pauline A. Young, African-American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (d. 1991)
#Pauline_A._Young

Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013)
#Sue_Draheim

Julian Fellowes, English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician
#Julian_Fellowes

Rudy Gay, American basketball player
#Rudy_Gay

Lothar Bisky, German businessman and politician (d. 2013)
#Lothar_Bisky

Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder and stuntman
#Rodney_Mullen

Steve Gorman, American drummer
#Steve_Gorman

Ron Henry, English footballer (d. 2014)
#Ron_Henry

Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (d. 1836)
#Davy_Crockett

Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920)
#Stefan_Bastyr

Helen McCrory, English actress
#Helen_McCrory
Gracie Gold, American figure skater
#Gracie_Gold

John III Sobieski, Polish-Lithuanian king (d. 1696)
#John_III_Sobieski
Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
#Sarah_Sjöström

Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
#Reggie_Duff

Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer
#Tarja_Turunen

Colin Moulding, English singer-songwriter and bassist
#Colin_Moulding

Louis Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
#Louis_Desaix

Phil Jagielka, English footballer
#Phil_Jagielka
Rudy York, American baseball player and manager (d. 1970)
#Rudy_York

Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and 5th President of China
#Jiang_Zemin

John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author
#John_Humphrys

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
#Dallin_Watene-Zelezniak

Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
#Theodoros_Pangalos_(politician)

Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer (d. 1924)
#Gene_Stratton-Porter

João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer
#João_Donato

Dee Brown, American basketball player
#Dee_Brown_(basketball,_born_1984)

Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic (d. 2015)
#Michael_John_Wise
Sean Penn, American actor, director, and political activist
#Sean_Penn

Luther Allison, American blues guitarist and singer (d. 1997)
#Luther_Allison

Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011)
#Willem_Duys

Antwaan Randle El, American football player and journalist
#Antwaan_Randle_El

Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014)
#Alexander_Ivashkin

Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (d. 1940)
#Marcus_Garvey

Cheerleader Melissa, American wrestler and manager
#Cheerleader_Melissa
Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman
#Mario_Theissen

Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and mathematician (d. 1665)
#Pierre_de_Fermat

Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989)
#Oscar_Alfredo_Gálvez

Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation
#Larry_Ellison

Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1638)
#Johann,_Prince_of_Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
#Jan_Kromkamp

Michael Preetz, German footballer and manager
#Michael_Preetz

Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer-songwriter
#Stephan_Eicher

Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach
#Christian_Laettner

Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2016)
#Patrick_Manning

Dave Penney, English footballer and manager
#Dave_Penney

Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
#Guillermo_Vilas

Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) (d. 2016)
#Mohamed_Abdelaziz_(Sahrawi_politician)

Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
#Don_Sweeney

Jüri Luik, Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th Estonian Minister of Defense
#Jüri_Luik

Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (d. 1977)
#Francis_Gary_Powers

Erika Toda, Japanese actress
#Erika_Toda

Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player (d. 1948)
#Percy_Sherwell

Jeremi Wi?niowiecki, Polish nobleman (d. 1651)
#Jeremi_Wi?niowiecki

Oksana Domnina, Russian ice dancer
#Oksana_Domnina

Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (d. 1483)
#Richard_of_Shrewsbury,_Duke_of_York

Y? Aoi, Japanese actress and model
#Y?_Aoi

William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (d. 1919)
#William_Kidston

Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter
#Lil_Pump

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (d. 1922)
#Wilfrid_Scawen_Blunt

John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946)
#John_A._Sampson

William Gallas, French footballer
#William_Gallas

Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
#Belinda_Carlisle

Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist (d. 1865)
#Fredrika_Bremer

Alexander Briant, English martyr and saint (d. 1581)
#Alexander_Briant

William IX, Count of Poitiers (d. 1156)
#William_IX,_Count_of_Poitiers

Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician
#Barry_Sheerman

V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
#V._S._Naipaul

Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
#Uhm_Jung-hwa

Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic
#Tony_Wrigley

Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (Boston) (d. 2017)
#Sib_Hashian

F. Ray Keyser Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont (d. 2015)
#F._Ray_Keyser_Jr.

Gary Talley, American guitarist (The Box Tops), singer-songwriter, and author
#Gary_Talley

Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul
#Norm_Coleman

Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (d. 2015)
#Korrie_Layun_Rampan

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1988)
#Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt_Jr.

Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1482)
#Philibert_I,_Duke_of_Savoy

Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
#Dave_"Snaker"_Ray

Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate
#Herta_Müller

Donnie Wahlberg, American singer-songwriter, actor and producer
#Donnie_Wahlberg

Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
#Chanel_Mata'utia

Garrett Wolfe, American football player
#Garrett_Wolfe

Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985)
#Larry_Clinton

Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist
#Jean-Jacques_Sempé

Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d. 1651)
#Lennart_Torstensson

Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer-songwriter
#Lene_Marlin

Jacek Kazimierski, Polish footballer
#Jacek_Kazimierski

Colin James, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
#Colin_James

Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player
#Jake_Virtanen

Maria McKee, American singer-songwriter
#Maria_McKee

Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
#Mae_West

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1861)
#Princess_Victoria_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld