Rabih Abou-Khalil

Lebanese musician.

Born August 17th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Beirut.

Anna Filosofova

Russian activist (1837–1912).

Born August 17th, 1837 in Saint Petersburg.

Died March 30th, 1912 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin

Ethiopian writer (1936-2006).

Born August 17th, 1936 in Ethiopia.

Died February 25th, 2006 at 69 years old in Manhattan. ^[ref]

Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth

Scottish diplomat, secretary general of the league of nations (1876-1951).

Born August 17th, 1876 in Fulford.

Died December 15th, 1951 at 75 years old in West Sussex.

Abdyl Frashëri

Albanian statesman, diplomat (1839-1892).

Born August 17th, 1839 in Frashër.

Died October 11th, 1892 at 53 years old in Istanbul.

Daniel Pancu

Romanian footballer.

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

John Kosmina

Australian soccer player.

Born August 17th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Adelaide.

George Scratchley Brown

Us air force general (1918-1978).

Born August 17th, 1918 in Montclair.

Died December 5th, 1978 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C. (prostate cancer).

Daniel Köllerer

Austrian tennis player.

Born August 17th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Wels.

Johann Kaspar Mertz

Hungarian guitarist and composer (1806–1856).

Born August 17th, 1806 in Bratislava.

Died October 14th, 1856 at 50 years old in Vienna.

Andriy Kuzmenko

Ukrainian singer and actor (1968-2015).

Born August 17th, 1968 in Sambir.

Died February 2nd, 2015 at 46 years old in Kryvyi Rih Raion (traffic collision).

Julien Escudé

French footballer (born 1979).

Born August 17th, 1979 (age 46 years) in Chartres.

Eduard Strauch

German ss, security police and security service commander and convicted war criminal.

Born August 17th, 1906 in Essen. ^[ref]

Died September 15th, 1955 at 49 years old in Uccle.

Lothar Bisky

German politician (1941–2013).

Born August 17th, 1941 in Korzybie, Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Died August 13th, 2013 at 71 years old in Leipzig.

Anamika

Indian writer, poet and literary critic.

Born August 17th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Muzaffarpur.

Marc Wilson

Irish footballer (born 1987).

Born August 17th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Aghagallon.

Charles Rogier

Belgian journalist, statesman (1800-1885).

Born August 17th, 1800 in Saint-Quentin.

Died May 27th, 1885 at 84 years old in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.

Sagopa Kajmer

Turkish rapper (born 1978).

Born August 17th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Samsun.

Michael Preetz

German association football player.

Born August 17th, 1967 (age 58 years) in Düsseldorf.

Oksana Domnina

Russian ice dancer.

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

Vasudevan Baskaran

Field hockey player.

Born August 17th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Arani. ^[ref]

Leszek Lichota

Polish actor.

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

Khaled Mohieddin

Egyptian politician (1922-2018).

Born August 17th, 1922 in Tesfa - Kafr Shokr.

Died May 6th, 2018 at 95 years old in Cairo.

Fabian Herbers

German footballer.

Born August 17th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Ahaus. ^[ref]

Theodoros Pangalos

Greek politician, former minister of foreign affairs (1938–2023).

Born August 17th, 1938 in Elefsina.

Died May 31st, 2023 at 84 years old in Athens. ^[ref]