Yevgeniya Sechenova

Soviet athlete (1918–1990).

Born August 17th, 1918 in Sevastopol.

Died June 25th, 1990 at 71 years old in Moscow.

Karsten Brannasch

German bobsledder.

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

László Bödör

Hungarian footballer.

Born August 17th, 1933 (age 92 years) in Budapest. ^[ref]

Karel Engliš

Czech politician, economist, professor, university educator and science writer (1880-1961).

Born August 17th, 1880 in Hrabyně. ^[ref]

Died June 15th, 1961 at 80 years old in Hrabyně. ^[ref]

Vida Beselienė

Lithuanian basketball player.

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

Mitsunori Fujiguchi

Japanese association football player.

Born August 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Maebashi.

Louis Cattiaux

French painter, poet and writer (1904-1953).

Born August 17th, 1904 in Valenciennes.

Died July 16th, 1953 at 48 years old in Paris.

Shinya Nakano

Japanese association football player.

Born August 17th, 2003 (age 22 years) in Saga.

Olav Sunde

Athletics competitor (1903–1985).

Born August 17th, 1903 in Christiania.

Died November 10th, 1985 at 82 years old in Oslo.

Kazuki Oiwa

Japanese association football player.

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

Lin Sang

Archer.

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

Marisabel Lomba

Judoka.

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

Ciro Verratti

Italian fencer (1907-1971).

Born August 17th, 1907 in Archi.

Died July 6th, 1971 at 63 years old in Milan (traffic collision).

Olaf Barda

Norwegian chess player (1909–1971).

Born August 17th, 1909 in Christiania.

Died May 2nd, 1971 at 61 years old in Oslo.

Andreas Schlütter

German cross-country skier.

Born August 17th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Suhl.

Taro Hasegawa

Japanese association football player.

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

Takeshi Ono

Japanese association football player and manager.

Born August 17th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Chiba Prefecture.

José Luis Ballester Tuliesa

Spanish sailor.

Born August 17th, 1968 (age 57 years) in Vinaròs.

Henri De Wolf

Belgian cyclist (1936-2023).

Born August 17th, 1936 in Deinze.

Died January 12th, 2023 at 86 years old ^[ref]

Dai Dai Ntab

Dutch long track speed skater.

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

Lars Elton Myhre

Norwegian alpine skier.

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

Frank Siebeck

German hurdler.

Born August 17th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Schkeuditz.

Nina Muradyan

Volleyball player.

Born August 17th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Yerevan.

Sergio Vargas

Argentine footballer.

Born August 17th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Buenos Aires.

Petra Nováková

Czech cross-country skier.

Born August 17th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Karlovy Vary.