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August 17th

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523 Notable birthdays

Chris Tsangarides

British record producer (1956–2018).

Born August 17th, 1956 in Banbury.

Died January 7th, 2018 at 61 years old (pneumonia, heart failure). [ref]

Marion Rousse

French cyclist.

Born August 17th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Saint-Saulve.

Larry Rivers

American artist (1923-2002).

Born August 17th, 1923 in New York City, The Bronx.

Died August 14th, 2002 at 78 years old in New York City, Southampton.

Troy Brouwer

Canadian ice hockey player.

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

Bobby Murdoch

Scottish football player (1944–2001).

Born August 17th, 1944 in Rutherglen.

Died May 15th, 2001 at 56 years old in Glasgow (stroke).

Seamus Mallon

Irish politician (1936–2020).

Born August 17th, 1936 in Markethill. [ref]

Died January 24th, 2020 at 83 years old in Markethill. [ref]

Henri Winkelman

Dutch military officer (1876–1952).

Born August 17th, 1876 in Maastricht.

Died December 27th, 1952 at 76 years old in Soesterberg.

Scott Halberstadt

American actor.

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

Spiros Focás

Greek actor.

Born August 17th, 1937 in Patras.

Died November 10th, 2023 at 86 years old in Elefsina. [ref]

Philippe Aghion

French economist.

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

Patrick Manning

Politician from trinidad and tobago.

Born August 17th, 1946 in San Fernando.

Died July 2nd, 2016 at 69 years old in San Fernando General Hospital (leukemia). [ref]

Johannes Geis

German footballer.

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

Felipe Pardo

Colombian footballer.

Born August 17th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Quibdó.

Alen Islamović

Bosnian musician.

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

Shaquielle McKissic

American basketball player.

Born August 17th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Seattle.

Robert Thirsk

Canadian astronaut.

Born August 17th, 1953 (age 72 years) in New Westminster. [ref]

Anthony E. Zuiker

American television producer.

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

Harve Bennett

American television and film producer (1930-2015).

Born August 17th, 1930 in Chicago.

Died March 4th, 2015 at 84 years old in Medford.

Oleg Tabakov

Soviet and russian actor and theatre director (1935–2018).

Born August 17th, 1935 in Saratov.

Died March 12th, 2018 at 82 years old in Moscow (sepsis). [ref]

Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabad

King of hyderabad (1866–1911).

Born August 17th, 1866 in Hyderabad State.

Died August 29th, 1911 at 45 years old in Hyderabad State.

Yun-ju Lin

Taiwanese table tennis player.

Born August 17th, 2001 (age 24 years) in Yuanshan.

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

British poet and writer (1840–1922).

Born August 17th, 1840 in Petworth. [ref]

Died September 10th, 1922 at 82 years old in Sussex. [ref]

Øyvind Leonhardsen

Norwegian association football player.

Born August 17th, 1970 (age 55 years) in Kristiansund Municipality.

David Legwand

American ice hockey player.

Born August 17th, 1980 (age 45 years) in Detroit.

Soony Saad

Lebanese-american soccer player.

Born August 17th, 1992 (age 33 years) in Wyandotte. [ref]

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