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)