Ri Kwang-hyok

North korean footballer.

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

Robert Mshvidobadze

Russian judoka (1989-).

Born August 17th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Gori.

Joseph Kamga

Cameroonian footballer.

Born August 17th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Cameroon.

Ryszard Piec

Polish footballer (1913-1979).

Born August 17th, 1913 in Świętochłowice.

Died January 27th, 1979 at 65 years old in Świętochłowice.

Igor Trandenkov

Russian pole vaulter.

Born August 17th, 1966 (age 59 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Andrzej Jakimowski

Polish film director and screenwriter.

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

Zdravko Ježić

Croatian water polo player (1931–2005).

Born August 17th, 1931 in Niš.

Died June 19th, 2005 at 73 years old in New York City.

Pierre Cérésole

Swiss pacifist, engineer and quaker (1879-1945).

Born August 17th, 1879 in Lausanne.

Died October 23rd, 1945 at 66 years old in Lutry.

Vladimir Maslennikov

Russian sports shooter.

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

Arthur Rowe

English shot putter (1936-2003).

Born August 17th, 1936 in Barnsley.

Died September 13th, 2003 at 67 years old in Barnsley.

Thomas Koch

Austrian ice hockey player.

Born August 17th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.

Olena Krasovska

Ukrainian athletics competitor.

Born August 17th, 1976 (age 49 years) in Kyiv.

Yekaterina Andryushina

Russian handball player.

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

Mustafa Topchubashov

Azerbaijani physician (1895–1981).

Born August 17th, 1895 in Yerevan.

Died November 20th, 1981 at 86 years old in Baku.

Alar Kotli

Estonian architect (1904–1963).

Born August 17th, 1904 in Väike-Maarja Rural Municipality.

Died October 4th, 1963 at 59 years old in Tallinn.

Princess Mathilde of Bavaria

Bavarian princess and poet (1877-1906).

Born August 17th, 1877 in Lindau.

Died August 6th, 1906 at 28 years old in Davos (tuberculosis).

Andreas Kirchner

East german bobsledder (1953–2010).

Born August 17th, 1953 in Erlbach-Kirchberg.

Died November 10th, 2010 at 57 years old in Suhl. ^[ref]

Ramaz Urushadze

Soviet footballer (1939-2012).

Born August 17th, 1939 in Lanchkhuti.

Died March 8th, 2012 at 72 years old

Crescencia Pérez

Argentinian nun (1897–1932).

Born August 17th, 1897 in General San Martín.

Died May 20th, 1932 at 34 years old in Vallenar (lung disease).

Sho Hatsuyama

Cyclist.

Born August 17th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Japan.

Ioachim Moldoveanu

Romanian footballer (1913-1981).

Born August 17th, 1913 in Alba County.

Died July 31st, 1981 at 67 years old in Craiova.

Alexander Smirnov

Russian ice hockey player.

Born August 17th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Voskresensk. ^[ref]

Gonzalo Serrano

Spanish cyclist.

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

Ralph McKittrick

American golfer and tennis player (1877-1923).

Born August 17th, 1877 in St. Louis.

Died May 4th, 1923 at 45 years old in St. Louis.

Jaroslav Košnar

Slovak footballer (1930-1985).

Born August 17th, 1930 in Czechoslovakia.

Died April 21st, 1985 at 54 years old