Chika Sakamoto

Japanese voice actress.

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

Duke Pearson

American jazz pianist (1932–1980).

Born August 17th, 1932 in Atlanta.

Died August 4th, 1980 at 47 years old in Atlanta.

Karim Abdel Aziz

Egyptian actor.

Born August 17th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Agouza.

Martin Sandberger

Ss and rsha officer (1911-2010).

Born August 17th, 1911 in Charlottenburg.

Died March 30th, 2010 at 98 years old in Stuttgart.

Joseph Marchand

French missionary (1803-1835).

Born August 17th, 1803 in Passavant.

Died November 30th, 1835 at 32 years old in Ho Chi Minh City (flaying).

Oliver St John Gogarty

Irish physician, writer and politician (1878-1957).

Born August 17th, 1878 in Dublin.

Died September 22nd, 1957 at 79 years old in New York City.

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager.

Born August 17th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Geislingen an der Steige.

Carlos Cruz-Diez

Venezuelan artist (1923–2019).

Born August 17th, 1923 in Caracas.

Died July 27th, 2019 at 95 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. ^[ref]

Kati Outinen

Finnish actress.

Born August 17th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Helsinki.

Jan Kromkamp

Dutch association football player (born 1980).

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

Charles Judels

Dutch-american actor (1882–1969).

Born August 17th, 1882 in Amsterdam.

Died February 14th, 1969 at 86 years old in San Francisco.

Arend Lijphart

Dutch political scientist.

Born August 17th, 1936 (age 89 years) in Apeldoorn.

Manuele Blasi

Italian footballer.

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

John Hawkes

American novelist (1925–1998).

Born August 17th, 1925 in Stamford.

Died May 15th, 1998 at 72 years old in Providence.

Roger Peyrefitte

French diplomat and writer (1907–2000).

Born August 17th, 1907 in Castres.

Died November 15th, 2000 at 93 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (Parkinson's disease).

Aleksa Terzić

Association football player (1999–).

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

Ike Quebec

American jazz tenor saxophonist (1918-1963).

Born August 17th, 1918 in Newark.

Died January 16th, 1963 at 44 years old in New York City (lung cancer).

Henry Drummond

Scottish evangelist, writer and lecturer (1851-1897).

Born August 17th, 1851 in Stirling.

Died March 11th, 1897 at 45 years old in Kent (bone cancer).

Mohamed Abdelaziz

Sahrawi politician.

Born August 17th, 1947 in Smara.

Died May 31st, 2016 at 68 years old in Tindouf (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Ilinca Băcilă

Romanian singer.

Born August 17th, 1998 (age 27 years) in Târgu Mureș.

Charlotte Forten Grimké

American writer and activist (1837-1914).

Born August 17th, 1837 in Philadelphia.

Died July 23rd, 1914 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C..

Artur Ioniță

Moldovan footballer.

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

Edward Lazear

American economist (1948-2020).

Born August 17th, 1948 in New York City.

Died November 23rd, 2020 at 72 years old in Reno (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Fred Grim

Dutch footballer and manager.

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

Stephan Eicher

Swiss singer.

Born August 17th, 1960 (age 65 years) in Münchenbuchsee.