Famous People Born on August 17

♌ Leo

• Luther Allison (1939) — American blues guitarist (1939–1997)
• Guillermo Vilas (1952) — Argentine tennis player
• William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes (1894) — British motor manufacturer
• Antwaan Randle El (1979) — American football player and coach (born 1979)
• Pieter van der Hoog (1888) — Dutch physician and writer (1888–1957)
• Jim Courier (1970) — American tennis player (born 1970)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (1914) — American politician and businessman (1914–1988)
• Xie Zhenye (1993) — Chinese sprinter (born 1993)
• Maru Teferi (1992) — Israeli marathon runner (born 1992)
• Martin Sandberger (1911) — German Nazi SS officer (1911–2010)
• Dave Penney (1964) — English football player and manager (born 1964)
• Boog Powell (1941) — American baseball player (born 1941)
• Joyner Lucas (1988) — American rapper (born 1988)
• Robert De Niro (1943) — American actor (born 1943)
• Jackie Walorski (1963) — American politician (1963–2022)
• Robin Cousins (1957) — British former competitive figure skater
• Patrick Manning (1946) — Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1991–1995, 2001–2010)
• Jonathan Franzen (1959) — American writer (born 1959)
• Charles I of Austria (1887) — Habsburg monarch from 1916 to 1918
• João Donato (1934) — Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist (1934–2023)
• Don Sweeney (1966) — Canadian ice hockey player
• Gilby Clarke (1962) — American guitarist (born 1962)
• Cheerleader Melissa (1982) — American professional wrestler (born 1982)
• Lennart Torstensson (1603) — Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillor and Governor-General (1603–1651)
• Lil Pump (2000) — American rapper (born 2000)
• Álvaro Pino (1956) — Spanish cyclist
• John Humphrys (1943) — Welsh broadcaster, journalist and author (born 1943)
• Andrus Kivirähk (1970) — Estonian writer (born 1970)
• Georgia Gibbs (1919) — American jazz and pop singer (1919–2006)
• Christian Laettner (1969) — American basketball player (born 1969)