Robert De Niro

American actor, director and producer (born 1943).

Born August 17th, 1943 (age 82 years) in New York City, Manhattan. ^[ref]

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960).

Born August 17th, 1960 (age 65 years) in Santa Monica.

Austin Butler

American actor (born 1991).

Born August 17th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Anaheim.

Donnie Wahlberg

American musician and actor.

Born August 17th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Boston.

Helen McCrory

British actress (1968–2021).

Born August 17th, 1968 in London.

Died April 16th, 2021 at 52 years old in London (breast cancer). ^[ref]

Thierry Henry

French association football player and manager (born 1977).

Born August 17th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Les Ulis.

Paige

British professional wrestler and actress.

Born August 17th, 1992 (age 33 years) in Norwich.

Larry Ellison

American internet entrepreneur and businessman (born 1944).

Born August 17th, 1944 (age 81 years) in The Bronx.

David Koresh

American religious sect leader of branch davidians (1959-1993).

Born August 17th, 1959 in Houston.

Died April 19th, 1993 at 33 years old in Mount Carmel Center (gunshot wound).

Taissa Farmiga

American actress (born 1994).

Born August 17th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Whitehouse Station.

Lil Pump

American rapper (born 2000).

Born August 17th, 2000 (age 25 years) in Miami. ^[ref]

Alex Honnold

American professional mountaineer and extreme climber.

Born August 17th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Sacramento.

Mark Salling

American actor and musician (1982–2018).

Born August 17th, 1982 in Dallas.

Died January 30th, 2018 at 35 years old in Los Angeles. ^[ref]

Phoebe Bridgers

American musician (born 1994).

Born August 17th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Pasadena.

Maureen O'Hara

Irish–american actress and singer (1920–2015).

Born August 17th, 1920 in Ranelagh.

Died October 24th, 2015 at 95 years old in Boise. ^[ref]

Belinda Carlisle

American singer.

Born August 17th, 1958 (age 67 years) in Hollywood.

Jon Gruden

American football coach (born 1963).

Born August 17th, 1963 (age 62 years) in Sandusky.

S. Shankar

Indian filmmaker.

Born August 17th, 1963 (age 62 years) in Kudanthaiyan.

Marcus Garvey

Jamaica-born british political activist, pan-africanist, orator, and entrepreneur (1887-1940).

Born August 17th, 1887 in Saint Ann's Bay.

Died June 10th, 1940 at 52 years old in West Kensington (stroke).

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer-songwriter.

Born August 17th, 2003 (age 22 years) in Sydney. ^[ref]

Mae West

American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980).

Born August 17th, 1893 in Brooklyn.

Died November 22nd, 1980 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).

Francis Gary Powers

American pilot shot down flying a u-2 spy plane over the soviet union (1929-1977).

Born August 17th, 1929 in Jenkins.

Died August 1st, 1977 at 47 years old in Encino (aviation accident).

Jiang Zemin

Former general secretary of the chinese communist party (1926–2022).

Born August 17th, 1926 in Yangzhou.

Died November 30th, 2022 at 96 years old in Shanghai (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, leukemia). ^[ref]

Charles I of Austria

Last monarch of austria-hungary (r. 1916–1918).

Born August 17th, 1887 in Persenbeug Castle. ^[ref]

Died April 1st, 1922 at 34 years old in Funchal (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Richard Hilton

American businessman and member of the family hilton.

Born August 17th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Los Angeles.