Who are famous people born on August 17?

Famous people born on August 17 include Pierre de Fermat (1601), John III Sobieski (1629), Menilek II (1844), Samuel Goldwyn (1882), Marcus Garvey (1887).

What star sign is someone born on August 17?

Someone born on August 17 is a Leo.

What is the birthstone for August 17?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

How common is a birthday on August 17?

In the US, August 17 is the No. 79 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,765 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on August 17

Famous people born on August 17, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♌ Star sign
Leo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 79 of 366

Born on August 17

Pierre de Fermat
born 1601 · French mathematician and lawyer
John III Sobieski
born 1629 · King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1629–1696)
Menilek II
born 1844 · Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa (1844-1913)
Samuel Goldwyn
born 1882 · Polish-American film producer (1882–1974)
Marcus Garvey
born 1887 · Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur (1887-1940)
Mae West
born 1893 · American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980)
Jiang Zemin
born 1926 · former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1926–2022)
V. S. Naipaul
born 1932 · Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)
Robert De Niro
born 1943 · American actor (born 1943)
Herta Müller
born 1953 · German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)
Thierry Henry
born 1977 · French association football player and manager
Sean Penn
born 1960 · American actor
Larry Ellison
born 1944 · American internet entrepreneur and businessman (born 1944)
William Gallas
born 1977 · French footballer (born 1977)
Austin Butler
born 1991 · American actor (born 1991)
Daniel González Güiza
born 1980 · Spanish association football player
Rayan Cherki
born 2003 · French footballer (born 2003)
Muslim Magomayev
born 1942 · Soviet-Azerbaijani singer
Lil Pump
born 2000 · American rapper (born 2000)
Tiemoué Bakayoko
born 1994 · French footballer (born 1994)
Philippe Aghion
born 1956 · French economist
Andrés Pastrana Arango
born 1954 · President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002
Ismail Jakobs
born 1999 · Senegalese-German association football player
Nikolai Gubenko
born 1941 · Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter, politician (1941–2020)
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Farah Zeynep Abdullah
born 1989 · Turkish actor and singer (born 1989)
Luis Mandoki
born 1954 · Mexican film director
Demir Ege Tıknaz
born 2004 · Turkish association football player (born 2004)
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Héctor Sanabria
born 1945 · Mexican footballer (1945–2024)
Jana Mahmoud
born 2004 · gymnast
Rexhep Meidani
born 1944 · Albanian politician
Katri Helena
born 1945 · Finnish singer
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Mitsunori Fujiguchi
born 1949 · Japanese association football player
Nelson Piquet
born 1952 · Brazilian racing driver (born 1952)
Ingrid Daubechies
born 1954 · Belgian physicist and mathematician
Rabih Abou-Khalil
born 1957 · Lebanese musician
Kati Outinen
born 1961 · Finnish actress
Jorginho
born 1964 · Brazilian association football player and manager
Anton Pfeffer
born 1965 · Austrian footballer
Uhm Jeong-hwa
born 1969 · South Korean singer and actress
Øyvind Leonhardsen
born 1970 · Norwegian association football player

August 17 in history

2019A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured.
2005The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
1988President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
1970Soviet Union Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
1958Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
1947The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
1943World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
1916World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
1896Bridget Driscoll becomes the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
1863American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
1808The Finnish War: The Battle of Alavus is fought.
1723Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
1585Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
1488Konrad Bitz, the Bishop of Turku, marks the date of his preface to Missale Aboense, the oldest known book of Finland.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Saint Beatrice of Silva
Christian feast day: Saint Clare of Montefalco
Christian feast day: Elias of Enna
Christian feast day: Saint Hyacinth of Poland
Christian feast day: Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga
Christian feast day: Saint Jeanne Delanoue
Christian feast day: Saint Mammes of Caesarea
Christian feast day: Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler (Episcopal Church)
Christian feast day: August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Engineer's Day (Colombia)

August 17 in every year

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Questions about August 17 birthdays

Who are famous people born on August 17?: Famous people born on August 17 include Pierre de Fermat (1601), John III Sobieski (1629), Menilek II (1844), Samuel Goldwyn (1882), Marcus Garvey (1887).
What star sign is someone born on August 17?: Someone born on August 17 is a Leo.
What is the birthstone for August 17?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
How common is a birthday on August 17?: In the US, August 17 is the No. 79 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,765 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).