Famous Births on 17 Aug

Famous Births on 17 Aug

1473 - Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)
1562 - Hans Leo Hassler (baptized), German composer (d. 1612)
1578 - Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)
1601 - Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (d. 1665)
1629 - King John III of Poland (d. 1696)
1753 - Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)
1768 - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
1786 - Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, mother of Queen Victoria (d. 1861)
1786 - Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and soldier (d. 1836)
1794 - Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest (d. 1849)
1828 - Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist (d. 1897)
1844 - Menelek II of Ethiopia (d. 1913)
1863 - Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and naturalist (d. 1924)
1866 - Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)
1866 - Julia Marlowe, English actress (d. 1950)
1873 - John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (d. 1946)
1882 - Samuel Goldwyn, Hollywood producer (d. 1974)
1887 - Marcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. 1940)
1887 - Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)
1888 - Monty Woolley, American actor (d. 1963)
1890 - Harry Hopkins, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
1890 - Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator (d. 1920)
1893 - Mae West, American actress (d. 1980)
1896 - Leslie Groves, American military engineer (d. 1970)
1904 - Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (d. 1991)
1904 - Mary Cain, American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984)
1909 - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)
1911 - Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (d. 1995)
1913 - W. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant
1913 - Rudy York, American baseball player (d. 1970)
1913 - Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (d. 1989)
1914 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1988)
1919 - Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
1920 - Maureen O'Hara, Irish actress
1921 - Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, British historian (d. 1994)
1926 - Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician
1926 - George Melly, British singer (d. 2007)
1926 - Jean Poiret, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1929 - Francis Gary Powers, American U-2 pilot (d. 1977)
1930 - Ted Hughes, English poet (d. 1998)
1930 - Glenn Corbett, American actor (d. 1993)
1932 - V. S. Naipaul, West Indian writer, Nobel Laureate
1933 - Eugene F. Kranz, American NASA executive
1933 - Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986)
1935 - Oleg Tabakov, Russian actor
1936 - Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American musician-actor (d. 2007)
1938 - Theodoros Pangalos, Greek politician
1938 - Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian Muslim cleric
1939 - Luther Allison, American musician
1939 - Anthony Valentine, British actor
1940 - Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (d. 2006)
1941 - Jean Pierre Lefebvre, French Canadian film director
1941 - Boog Powell, American baseball player
1943 - Robert De Niro, American actor
1943 - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American musician (d. 2002)
1944 - Lawrence Joseph Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, Billionaire
1946 - Martha Coolidge, American film director
1947 - Gary Talley, American guitarist (Box Tops)
1947 - Sylvia Nasar, German-born American economist and author
1948 - Rod MacDonald, American musician
1949 - Sib Hashian, American drummer (Boston)
1949 - Norm Coleman, American politician
1951 - Alan Minter, British boxer
1951 - Robert Joy, Canadian actor
1952 - Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver
1952 - Dr. Mario Theissen, German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber)
1952 - Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
1953 - Judith Regan, American book publisher
1953 - Kevin Rowland, English musician (Dexys Midnight Runners)
1954 - Eric Johnson, American guitarist
1955 - Richard Hilton, American heir
1956 - Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
1956 - Gail Berman, American film executive
1957 - Robin Cousins, British figure skater
1958 - Belinda Carlisle, American singer
1958 - Kirk Stevens, Canadian snooker player
1959 - David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993)
1959 - Jonathan Franzen, American author
1960 - Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer
1960 - James Daly, American journalist
1960 - Sean Penn, American actor and director
1962 - Gilby Clarke, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
1963 - S. Shankar, Indian film director.
1964 - Colin James, Canadian musician
1966 - Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder
1966 - Maysa Leak, American Jazz Singer
1967 - Kevin Max, American singer (dc_talk)
1968 - Ed McCaffrey, American football player
1968 - Helen McCrory, English actress
1969 - Christian Laettner, American basketball player
1969 - Donnie Wahlberg, American actor and singer
1970 - Oyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer
1970 - Rupert Degas, English actor and voice artist
1970 - Jim Courier, American tennis player
1971 - Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player
1971 - Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
1972 - Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
1972 - Ken Ryker, American pornographic actor
1974 - Tony Hajjar, Lebanese drummer (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
1974 - Nicola Kraus, American novelist
1975 - İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer
1975 - Giuliana DePandi, Italian-born American television personality
1976 - Scott Halberstadt, American actor
1977 - Thierry Henry, French footballer
1977 - Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer
1977 - William Gallas, French footballer
1978 - Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer (Tristania)
1978 - Karena Lam, Hong Kong actress
1979 - Marcus Patric, British actor
1979 - Antwaan Randle El, American football player
1980 - Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer
1980 - Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
1980 - Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
1981 - Kristin Holt, American television personality
1982 - Melissa Anderson, American professional wrestler
1982 - Phil Jagielka, English footballer
1983 - Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
1984 - Dee Brown, American basketball player
1985 - YÅ« Aoi, Japanese actress
1986 - Rudy Gay, American basketball player
1986 - Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
1988 - Erika Toda, Japanese actress
1990 - Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
1990 - Colin Bates, American actor
1996 - Ella Cruz, Filipina actress