Dave Jones

Footballer and manager (born 1956).

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

Jessie Burton

British author and actress.

Born August 17th, 1982 (age 43 years) in London.

Tom Ford

English snooker player.

Born August 17th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Glen Parva. ^[ref]

Riad Al Solh

Lebonese politician (1894–1951).

Born August 17th, 1894 in Sidon.

Died July 17th, 1951 at 56 years old in Amman (gunshot wound).

Eimantas Stanionis

Lithuanian boxer.

Born August 17th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Kaunas. ^[ref]

Georgia Gibbs

American singer.

Born August 17th, 1919 in Worcester.

Died December 9th, 2006 at 87 years old in New York City (leukemia). ^[ref]

Luther Allison

American blues guitarist (1939–1997).

Born August 17th, 1939 in Mayflower, Widener.

Died August 12th, 1997 at 57 years old in Madison (lung cancer).

Cleve Moler

American mathematician specializing in numerical analysis (born 1939).

Born August 17th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Salt Lake City.

Karena Lam

Taiwanese-canadian actress.

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

Jorginho

Brazilian association football player and manager (born 1964).

Born August 17th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Malcolm MacDonald

British politician and diplomat (1901-1981).

Born August 17th, 1901 in Lossiemouth.

Died January 11th, 1981 at 79 years old in Maidstone.

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist.

Born August 17th, 1932 in Pessac. ^[ref]

Died August 11th, 2022 at 89 years old in Ampus. ^[ref]

Gene Stratton-Porter

American writer and naturalist (1863–1924).

Born August 17th, 1863 in Wabash County, Lagro.

Died December 6th, 1924 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision).

Ismail Jakobs

German association football player.

Born August 17th, 1999 (age 26 years) in Cologne.

Frederick Lau

German actor.

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

Traian Vuia

Romanian aviation pioneer (1872–1950).

Born August 17th, 1872 in Surducu Mic.

Died September 3rd, 1950 at 78 years old in Bucharest.

Rachel Pollack

American science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory tarot (1945–2023).

Born August 17th, 1945 in Brooklyn.

Died April 7th, 2023 at 77 years old in New York City (Hodgkin lymphoma). ^[ref]

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer.

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

Geoffrey Elton

British historian (1921–1994).

Born August 17th, 1921 in Tübingen.

Died December 4th, 1994 at 73 years old in England (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician.

Born August 17th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Houthalen-Helchteren.

Latisha Chan

Taiwanese female tennis player.

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

Kate McNeil

American actress.

Born August 17th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Philadelphia.

Fritz Wepper

German actor (1941–2024).

Born August 17th, 1941 in Munich.

Died March 25th, 2024 at 82 years old in Munich. ^[ref]

David Price

Professor and u.s. representative.

Born August 17th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Erwin.

Trina Robbins

American comic artist and comics historian (1938–2024).

Born August 17th, 1938 in New York City.

Died April 10th, 2024 at 85 years old in San Francisco. ^[ref]