Pierre Chaunu

French historian & academic (1923-2009).

Born August 17th, 1923 in Belleville-sur-Meuse. ^[ref]

Died October 23rd, 2009 at 86 years old in Caen (fall). ^[ref]

Enrique de Lucas

Spanish footballer.

Born August 17th, 1978 (age 47 years) in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.

Lotte Jacobi

German-american photographer.

Born August 17th, 1896 in Toruń. ^[ref]

Died May 6th, 1990 at 93 years old in Concord. ^[ref]

Sokol Kushta

Albanian footballer.

Born August 17th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Vlorë.

Ludwig von Hofmann

German painter (1861-1945).

Born August 17th, 1861 in Darmstadt. ^[ref]

Died August 23rd, 1945 at 84 years old in Pillnitz. ^[ref]

Nikolai Gubenko

Soviet and russian actor, film director, screenwriter, politician.

Born August 17th, 1941 in Odesa.

Died August 16th, 2020 at 78 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Hans Kreysing

German general (1890-1969).

Born August 17th, 1890 in Göttingen.

Died April 14th, 1969 at 78 years old in Oldenburg.

Cristian Pulhac

Romanian footballer.

Born August 17th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Iași.

Joel Sánchez

Mexican footballer.

Born August 17th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Guadalajara.

Luigi Mastrangelo

Italian volleyball player.

Born August 17th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Mottola.