Shabnam

Bangladeshi actress.

Born August 17th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Dhaka.

Farah Zeynep Abdullah

Turkish actress.

Born August 17th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Istanbul. ^[ref]

Kevin Max

American musician, poet and actor.

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

Monty Woolley

American actor (1888–1963).

Born August 17th, 1888 in New York City.

Died May 6th, 1963 at 74 years old in Albany (myocardial infarction).

Richard Hunt

American puppeteer (1951-1992).

Born August 17th, 1951 in Manhattan, The Bronx.

Died January 7th, 1992 at 40 years old in New York City (death from AIDS-related complications).

Yu Aoi

Japanese actress.

Born August 17th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Kasuga. ^[ref]

Muslim Magomayev

Soviet-azerbaijani singer.

Born August 17th, 1942 in Baku.

Died October 25th, 2008 at 66 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Evelyn Ankers

Actress (1918–1985).

Born August 17th, 1918 in Valparaíso.

Died August 29th, 1985 at 67 years old in Maui (ovarian cancer).

Baby Huey

American singer (1944–1970).

Born August 17th, 1944 in Richmond.

Died October 28th, 1970 at 26 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).

Alan Minter

Middleweight boxer champion of the world (1951–2020).

Born August 17th, 1951 in Crawley.

Died September 9th, 2020 at 69 years old in Guildford (cancer). ^[ref]

Julius Harris

Actor (1923–2004).

Born August 17th, 1923 in Philadelphia.

Died October 17th, 2004 at 81 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

John Romita Jr.

American comic book artist.

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

Jake Virtanen

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born August 17th, 1996 (age 29 years) in New Westminster.

David H. McCormick

American politician and businessman (born 1965).

Born August 17th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Washington, D.C..

Erika Toda

Japanese actress.

Born August 17th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Nada-ku.

Robin Cousins

British former competitive figure skater.

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

Dee Brown

American basketball player (born 1984).

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

Steven Zuber

Swiss association football player.

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

Herta Müller

German-romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953).

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

Carlos Newton

Canadian mixed martial artist.

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

Andrés Pastrana Arango

President of colombia from 1998 to 2002.

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

Elly Griffiths

British novelist.

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

Tyrus Thomas

American basketball player.

Born August 17th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Baton Rouge.

David L. Bernhardt

53rd united states secretary of the interior.

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

Ken Kwapis

American film and television director.

Born August 17th, 1957 (age 68 years) in East St. Louis.