| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Luther Allison |
Musician |
17-Aug-1939 |
12-Aug-1997 |
Electric blues player |
| Evelyn Ankers |
Actor |
17-Aug-1918 |
29-Aug-1985 |
Captive Wild Woman |
| Abu Bakar Bashir |
Terrorist |
17-Aug-1938 |
|
Spiritual Leader of Jemaah Islamiah |
| John Blatnik |
Politician |
17-Aug-1911 |
17-Dec-1991 |
Congressman from Minnesota, 1947-75 |
| John Brahm |
Film Director |
17-Aug-1893 |
12-Oct-1982 |
The Lodger |
| George S. Brown |
Military |
17-Aug-1918 |
5-Dec-1978 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78 |
| Austin Butler |
Actor |
17-Aug-1991 |
|
Zippy Brewster on Ned's Declassified |
| William Carey |
Religion |
17-Aug-1761 |
9-Jun-1834 |
English Baptist Missionary Society |
| Belinda Carlisle |
Singer |
17-Aug-1958 |
|
Lead vocalist for The Go-Go's |
| Norm Coleman |
Politician |
17-Aug-1949 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota, 2003-09 |
| David Conrad |
Actor |
17-Aug-1967 |
|
Jim Clancy on Ghost Whisperer |
| Charles Cooley |
Educator |
17-Aug-1864 |
8-May-1929 |
Looking-glass self |
| Martha Coolidge |
Film Director |
17-Aug-1946 |
|
Valley Girl |
| Brady Corbet |
Actor |
17-Aug-1988 |
|
Thunderbirds |
| Glenn Corbett |
Actor |
17-Aug-1930 |
16-Jan-1993 |
Lincoln Case on Route 66 |
| Jim Courier |
Tennis |
17-Aug-1970 |
|
Winner of 4 Grand Slam titles |
| Davy Crockett |
Military |
17-Aug-1786 |
6-Mar-1836 |
King of the Wild Frontier |
| Justin Dart |
Business |
17-Aug-1907 |
26-Jan-1984 |
Drug store magnate |
| Robert De Niro |
Actor |
17-Aug-1943 |
|
The Godfather: Part II |
| Frederick B. Dent |
Government |
17-Aug-1922 |
|
US Commerce Secretary, 1973-75 |
| William L. Eagleton, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Aug-1926 |
27-Jan-2011 |
US Ambassador to Syria, 1984-88 |
| Larry Ellison |
Business |
17-Aug-1944 |
|
CEO of Oracle |
| Wesley Eure |
Actor |
17-Aug-1951 |
|
Land of the Lost |
| Julian Fellowes |
Actor |
17-Aug-1949 |
|
Shadowlands |
| W. Mark Felt |
Government |
17-Aug-1913 |
18-Dec-2008 |
Watergate's Deep Throat |
| Pierre de Fermat |
Mathematician |
17-Aug-1601 |
12-Jan-1665 |
Fermat's Last Theorem |
| Jonathan Franzen |
Author |
17-Aug-1959 |
|
The Corrections |
| Marcus Garvey |
Activist |
17-Aug-1887 |
10-Jun-1940 |
Pan-African black nationalist |
| Samuel Goldwyn |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Aug-1882 |
31-Jan-1974 |
Put the G in MGM |
| Leslie R. Groves |
Military |
17-Aug-1896 |
13-Jul-1970 |
Director of the Manhattan Project |
| Jon Gruden |
Football |
17-Aug-1963 |
|
Head Coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2002-08 |
| Leroy R. Hassell, Sr. |
Judge |
17-Aug-1955 |
9-Feb-2011 |
Virginia Chief Justice, 2003-11 |
| John Hawkes |
Novelist |
17-Aug-1925 |
15-May-1998 |
The Blood Oranges |
| Thierry Henry |
Soccer |
17-Aug-1977 |
|
Barcelona FC |
| Rick Hilton |
Business |
17-Aug-1955 |
|
Father of Paris and Nicky Hilton |
| Richmond Pearson Hobson |
Military |
17-Aug-1870 |
16-Mar-1937 |
Spanish-American War hero |
| Harry Lloyd Hopkins |
Government |
17-Aug-1890 |
29-Jan-1946 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40 |
| Rachel Hurd-Wood |
Actor |
17-Aug-1990 |
|
Wendy Darling |
| Eric Johnson |
Guitarist |
17-Aug-1954 |
|
Ah Via Musicom |
| Robert Joy |
Actor |
17-Aug-1951 |
|
Dr. Sid Hammerback on CSI: NY |
| Paul Kammerer |
Biologist |
17-Aug-1880 |
23-Oct-1926 |
Proponent of Lamarckian inheritance |
| F. Ray Keyser, Jr. |
Politician |
17-Aug-1927 |
|
Governor of Vermont, 1961-63 |
| Andrew Koenig |
Actor |
17-Aug-1968 |
14-Feb-2010 |
Growing Pains |
| David Koresh |
Religion |
17-Aug-1959 |
19-Apr-1993 |
Branch Davidian cult leader |
| Winston Lord |
Diplomat |
17-Aug-1937 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1977-85 |
| Bryton McClure |
Actor |
17-Aug-1986 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
| Josh McDowell |
Religion |
17-Aug-1939 |
|
Evidence That Demands A Verdict |
| Don McKellar |
Actor |
17-Aug-1963 |
|
Last Night |
| Alan B. Miller |
Business |
17-Aug-1937 |
|
Founder of Universal Health Services |
| Alan Minter |
Boxing |
17-Aug-1951 |
|
English boxing champ |
| Harlan E. Mitchell |
Politician |
17-Aug-1924 |
13-Sep-2011 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1958-61 |
| Herta Müller |
Author |
17-Aug-1953 |
|
German writer |
| V. S. Naipaul |
Author |
17-Aug-1932 |
|
A House for Mr. Biswas |
| Maureen O'Hara |
Actor |
17-Aug-1920 |
|
Miracle on 34th Street |
| George O'Leary |
Football |
17-Aug-1946 |
|
Head Coach, U. of Central Florida |
| Elizabeth Paté-Cornell |
Educator |
17-Aug-1948 |
|
Risk analysis expert, Stanford professor |
| Dustin Pedroia |
Baseball |
17-Aug-1983 |
|
Boston Red Sox |
| Sean Penn |
Actor |
17-Aug-1960 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| Jorge Posada |
Baseball |
17-Aug-1971 |
|
New York Yankees catcher |
| Boog Powell |
Baseball |
17-Aug-1941 |
|
Baltimore Orioles |
| Francis Gary Powers |
Military |
17-Aug-1929 |
1-Aug-1977 |
U2 shot down over the Soviet Union |
| David Price |
Politician |
17-Aug-1940 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 4th |
| Giuliana Rancic |
TV Personality |
17-Aug-1975 |
|
E! News Anchor |
| Larry Rivers |
Painter |
17-Aug-1923 |
14-Aug-2002 |
American pop artist |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. |
Politician |
17-Aug-1914 |
17-Aug-1988 |
Congressman from New York, 1949-55 |
| Mark Salling |
Actor |
17-Aug-1982 |
|
Noah Puckerman on Glee |
| Eric Schlosser |
Author |
17-Aug-1959 |
|
Fast Food Nation |
| John III Sobieski |
Royalty |
17-Aug-1629 |
17-Jun-1696 |
King of Poland, 1674-96 |
| Thomas Stothard |
Painter |
17-Aug-1755 |
27-Apr-1834 |
English subject painter |
| Gene Stratton Porter |
Novelist |
17-Aug-1863 |
7-Dec-1924 |
A Girl of the Limberlost |
| Samuel Cardinal Stritch |
Religion |
17-Aug-1887 |
27-May-1958 |
Archbishop of Chicago, 1939-58 |
| Guillermo Vilas |
Tennis |
17-Aug-1952 |
|
Winner of 4 Grand Slam titles |
| Bessie Potter Vonnoh |
Sculptor |
17-Aug-1872 |
8-Mar-1955 |
American sculptor in bronze |
| Donnie Wahlberg |
Singer |
17-Aug-1969 |
|
New Kids on the Block |
| Mae West |
Actor |
17-Aug-1893 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Go up and see her sometime |
| John Hay Whitney |
Business |
17-Aug-1904 |
8-Feb-1982 |
New York Herald Tribune |
| Monty Woolley |
Actor |
17-Aug-1888 |
6-May-1963 |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| Jiang Zemin |
Head of State |
17-Aug-1926 |
|
President of China, 1993-2003 |
