People born on August 17

1977

Thierry Henry, French football star (b: August 17, 1977)
► Biography of Thierry Henry

Tarja Turunen, lead singer of Nightwish (b: August 17, 1977)
► Biography of Tarja Turunen

William Gallas, French football defender (b: August 17, 1977)
► Biography of William Gallas

1974

Salem Abraha, singer-songwriter (b: August 17, 1974)
► Biography of Salem Abraha

1971

Jorge Posada, Major League Baseball All-Star (b: August 17, 1971)
► Biography of Jorge Posada

1970

Jim Courier, former tennis champion (b: August 17, 1970)
► Biography of Jim Courier

1969

Donnie Wahlberg, actor, singer (b: August 17, 1969)
► Biography of Donnie Wahlberg

1968

Ed McCaffrey, American football player (b: August 17, 1968)
► Biography of Ed McCaffrey

1966

Rodney Mullen, Skateboarder (b: August 17, 1966)
► Biography of Rodney Mullen

1964

Colin James, blues musician (b: August 17, 1964)
► Biography of Colin James

1962

Gilby Clarke, musician Guns N' Roses (b: August 17, 1962)
► Biography of Gilby Clarke

1960

Sean Penn, actor, director (b: August 17, 1960)
► Biography of Sean Penn

1959

David Koresh, cult leader (b: August 17, 1959 ; d: April 19, 1993)
► Biography of David Koresh

1958

Belinda Carlisle, singer, guitarist (b: August 17, 1958)
► Biography of Belinda Carlisle

Kirk Stevens, Canadian snooker player (b: August 17, 1958)
► Biography of Kirk Stevens

1954

Eric Johnson, guitarist (b: August 17, 1954)
► Biography of Eric Johnson

1952

Nelson Piquet, Brazilian formula one driver (b: August 17, 1952)
► Biography of Nelson Piquet

Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player (b: August 17, 1952)
► Biography of Guillermo Vilas

1951

Alan Minter, boxer (b: August 17, 1951)
► Biography of Alan Minter

1943

Robert De Niro, actor (b: August 17, 1943)
► Biography of Robert De Niro

1939

Luther Allison, blues musician, guitarist (b: August 17, 1939 ; d: August 12, 1997)
► Biography of Luther Allison

1932

V. S. Naipaul, writer (b: August 17, 1932)
► Biography of V. S. Naipaul

1930

Glenn Corbett, actor (b: August 17, 1930)
► Biography of Glenn Corbett

Ted Hughes, English poet (b: August 17, 1930 ; d: October 28, 1998)
► Biography of Ted Hughes

1929

Francis Gary Powers, U-2 pilot (b: August 17, 1929)
► Biography of Francis Gary Powers

1926

Jiang Zemin, former President of the People's Republic of China (b: August 17, 1926)
► Biography of Jiang Zemin

1920

Maureen O'Hara, actress (b: August 17, 1920)
► Biography of Maureen O'Hara

1913

Rudy York, baseball player (b: August 17, 1913 ; d: February 5, 1970)
► Biography of Rudy York

W. Mark Felt, FBI associate director and Deep Throat Watergate informant (b: August 17, 1913)
► Biography of W. Mark Felt

1911

Mikhail Botvinnik, chess player (b: August 17, 1911 ; d: May 5, 1995)
► Biography of Mikhail Botvinnik

1904

Leopold Nowak, musicologist (b: August 17, 1904 ; d: May 27, 1991)
► Biography of Leopold Nowak

1893

Mae West, American actress and playwright (b: August 17, 1893 ; d: November 22, 1980)
► Biography of Mae West

1887

Marcus Garvey, Jamaican leader, Rastafari prophet (b: August 17, 1887 ; d: June 10, 1940)
► Biography of Marcus Garvey

Emperor Charles I of Austria (b: August 17, 1887)
► Biography of Charles I of Austria

1882

Samuel Goldwyn, Hollywood producer (b: August 17, 1882 ; d: January 31, 1974)
► Biography of Samuel Goldwyn

1866

Julia Marlowe, nee Sarah Frost, Shakespearean actress (b: August 17, 1866)
► Biography of Julia Marlowe

1786

Davy Crockett, frontiersman, soldier (b: August 17, 1786 ; d: March 6, 1836)
► Biography of Davy Crockett

1629

King John III of Poland (b: August 17, 1629)
► Biography of John III of Poland

1578

Francesco Albani, Italian painter (b: August 17, 1578 ; d: October 4, 1660)
► Biography of Francesco Albani

1562

Hans Leo Hassler (baptised), German composer (b: August 17, 1562 ; d: June 8, 1612)
► Biography of Hans Leo Hassler

1473

Richard, Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower (b: August 17, 1473)
► Biography of Richard, Duke of York (Prince in the Tower)

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