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August 17, 1991 Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world Chess Champion
August 17, 1986 Bryton McClure, Lakewood California, actor, Richie-Family Matters
August 17, 1977 Jake Patellis, actor, Paul Bowman-Good Life
August 17, 1977 Thierry Henry, French Athlete
August 17, 1973 A J Wood, born in Pittsburgh, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold
August 17, 1973 Kerry Mock, WLAF linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy
August 17, 1973 Paul Wiggins, offensive linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers
August 17, 1973 Tim Forsyth, Australian high jumper, Olympics-bronze-92, 96
August 17, 1972 Ernie Conwell, tight end for the St. Louis Rams
August 17, 1970 Bernard Wilson, NFL defensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals
August 17, 1970 Brad Bretz, WLAF quarterback for the Frankfurt Galaxy
August 17, 1970 Jim Courier, born in Sanford, Florida, tennis champ, 1990, 91 French
August 17, 1969 Christian Laettner, NBA forward and center, Atlanta Hawks, Oly-gold-92
August 17, 1969 Donald E Wahlberg, Jr., Boston, rocker, New Kids-Hangin' Tough
August 17, 1969 Ed Cunningham, NFL center for the Arizona Cardinals
August 17, 1969 Maria Strandlund, born in Akersberga, Sweden, tennis star, 1987 Futures NOR
August 17, 1969 Donnie Wahlberg, American Actor
August 17, 1968 Ed McCaffrey, NFL wide reciever, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32
August 17, 1968 Vince Marrow, WLAF TE for the Frankfurt Galaxy
August 17, 1967 James Jenkins, NFL tight end for the Washington Redskins
August 17, 1967 Kenny Davidson, NFL defensive end for the Houston Oilers
August 17, 1967 Nelson Emerson, Hamilton, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers
August 17, 1966 Cedric Figaro, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals
August 17, 1966 Zefross Moss, NFL tackle, Detroit Lions, New England Patriots
August 17, 1965 Dottie Mochrie Pepper, born in Saratoga Springs, New York, golfer, 1992 Dinah Shore
August 17, 1965 Fred Grim, soccer player, Cambuur L, Ajax
August 17, 1965 Glen Goldsmith, rocker, What You See is What You Get
August 17, 1965 Robert Manry, Cleveland newspaper editor/sailed the Atlantic, in craft
August 17, 1965 Steve Gorman, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, rock drummer, Black Crowes
August 17, 1964 Pete McCutcheon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Quebec Open
August 17, 1963 Carmen Berg, Bismark ND, playmate, July, 1987
August 17, 1962 Gilby Clarke, U.S. pop guitarist, Guns n' Roses-Civil War
August 17, 1961 Jamie Macoun, Newmarket, NHL defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs
August 17, 1960 Bruce Penhall, Balboa California, actor, Savage Beach
August 17, 1960 Sean Penn, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
August 17, 1959 David Koresh, American Criminal
August 17, 1959 Jonathan Franzen, American Novelist
August 17, 1958 Belinda Carlisle, born in Hollywood, California, GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth
August 17, 1955 Colin Moulding, English pop guitarist, XTC
August 17, 1955 Janet Quist Austin, Texas, playmate, Dec, 1978
August 17, 1955 Kevin Welch, California, country songwriter/actor, Thing Called Love
August 17, 1953 Kevin Rowlands, rock vocalist, Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen
August 17, 1953 Robert Brent Thirsk, BC Canada, astronaut, STS 78
August 17, 1952 Guillermo Vilas, Argentina, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1977
August 17, 1952 Kathryn C Thornton, Montgomery, Alabama, PhD/astronaut, STS 33, 49, 61, 73
August 17, 1952 Nelson Piquet, auto racer, 3-time Formula One champ, 1981, '83, '87
August 17, 1952 Thomas J Hennen, Albany Georgia, astronaut, STS 44
August 17, 1951 Alan Minter, England, light-middleweight boxer 1972 Olympics bronze
August 17, 1951 Robert Joy, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Big Shots, Suicide Club
August 17, 1949 Sib Hashian, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock drummer, Boston
August 17, 1949 Norm Coleman, American Politician
August 17, 1948 Bo Rucker, born in Tampa, Florida, actor, Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up
August 17, 1947 Gary Talley, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock guitarist, Box Tops
August 17, 1946 Hans Vandenburg, Dutch singer/guitarist, Gruppo Sportivo
August 17, 1944 Larry Ellison, American Businessman
August 17, 1943 Edward Cowie, composer
August 17, 1943 Koos Postema, editor-in-chief, Vrije Volk, /Dutch TV host
August 17, 1943 Robert De Niro, born in New York City, actor, Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver
August 17, 1943 Yukio Kasaya, Japan, 70m ski jumper, Olympics gold 1972
August 17, 1941 Boog Powell, baseball player, AL MVP 1970
August 17, 1941 Ibrahim Babangida, president of Nigeria, 1985-
August 17, 1940 David E Price, Rep-D-North Carolina
August 17, 1940 Thomas Williams, U.S., ice hockey play 1960 Olympics gold
August 17, 1940 David E. Price, American Politician
August 17, 1939 Luther Allison, Mayflower, Arkansas, rock guitarist, Bad News is Coming
August 17, 1939 Josh McDowell, American Writer
August 17, 1938 Abu Bakar Bashir, Activist
August 17, 1937 Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Illyin, Russia, cosmonaut
August 17, 1936 Ivan Parik, composer
August 17, 1934 Maureen Connally, champion tennis player, Wimbledon
August 17, 1932 Chet Allen, Chickasha Oklahoma, actor, Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter
August 17, 1932 Vidiadhar S Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist, Middle Passage
August 17, 1932 V. S. Naipaul, Indian Novelist
August 17, 1930 James Gulliver, businessman
August 17, 1930 Ted Hughes, British poet laureate
August 17, 1929 Francis Gary Powers, U.S. spy, U.S.S.R. captures him in 1959 U-2 incident
August 17, 1928 Jean R Adams, entomologist
August 17, 1928 Thomas Jefferson Anderson, composer
August 17, 1928 Willem Duys, Dutch radio/TV host
August 17, 1927 Bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier, Fund of Funds
August 17, 1927 Robert Moore, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Marshall-Diana
August 17, 1926 Haakon Barfod, Norway, yachting, Olympics gold 1948, 52
August 17, 1926 Jean Poiret, French actor and writer, Le Dernier Metro
August 17, 1925 John Hawkes, U.S. writer, 2nd Skin
August 17, 1925 John Howard Purnell, scientist
August 17, 1924 Evan S Connell, U.S. writer
August 17, 1924 Helen Wallis, cartographer/librarian
August 17, 1924 John A Emmens, art historian/poet, Kunst and Vliegwerk
August 17, 1924 Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist
August 17, 1923 Anton Kersjes, violinist and conductor, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch
August 17, 1923 Larry Rivers, [Grossberg], New York City, painter, Washington crossing Delaware-1953
August 17, 1922 Paul Wiens, writer
August 17, 1922 Ralph Roberts, Salisbury, North Carolina, actor, Tradition, Gone are the Days
August 17, 1922 Roy Tattersall, cricketer, brilliant England off-spinner early 50's
August 17, 1921 Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer
August 17, 1921 Maureen O'Hara, [Fitzsimmons], Dublin, actress, Miracle on 34th St
August 17, 1920 Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Massachusetts, singer, Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire
August 17, 1918 Mort Marshall, New York City, actor, Cully-Dumplings
August 17, 1917 P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer, Singular Love
August 17, 1917 Safa Khulusi, writer
August 17, 1917 Jiang Zemin, Chinese Leader
August 17, 1916 Eleanor Steber, opera singer
August 17, 1916 John de Young, resistance fighter
August 17, 1914 Franklin D Roosevelt, Jr., son of FDR/, Rep-D-NY, 1949-55
August 17, 1913 W. Mark Felt, American Public Servant
August 17, 1912 Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop
August 17, 1911 Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince
August 17, 1911 Jan Lode Cantens, Flemish dramatist, God's Murderer
August 17, 1910 Eric Aaltonen, composer
August 17, 1910 J A Manusama, Moluccan politician
August 17, 1910 R Peyrefitte, writer
August 17, 1908 Kurt Hessenberg, composer
August 17, 1907 Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer
August 17, 1906 Hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer
August 17, 1906 Marcello J das Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, 1968-74
August 17, 1905 John Hay Whitney, publisher, New York Herald Trib 1961-67
August 17, 1903 Abram Chasins, composer
August 17, 1901 Henri Tomasi, Marseilles France, composer, Don Juan de Manara
August 17, 1900 Quincy Howe, born in Boston, Massachusetts, newscaster, CBS Weekend News
August 17, 1898 Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian
August 17, 1896 Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter and poet, Laws of the Americas
August 17, 1894 Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, Jorden
August 17, 1894 Johan Polet, Dutch sculptor
August 17, 1892 Mae West, Brooklyn, actress, Go Up and See Her Sometime, Klondike Annie
August 17, 1890 Harry L Hopkins, U.S. politician, Loan and Lease law
August 17, 1890 Harry Hopkins, American Diplomat
August 17, 1888 Monty Wooley, New York City, actor, Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner
August 17, 1887 Charles I, last emperor of Austria-Hungary, 1916-18
August 17, 1887 Marcus Garvey, began back-to-Africa movement among U.S. blacks
August 17, 1885 Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist, Wife and society
August 17, 1885 Kurt Hiller, writer
August 17, 1882 Samuel Goldwyn, [Goldfish], movie producer, MGM
August 17, 1880 Leo Ascher, composer
August 17, 1880 Percy Sherwell, cricketer, great South African batsman-keeper-captain
August 17, 1878 Reg Duff, cricketer, Australian bat, century on debut 1902
August 17, 1876 Daubler, writer
August 17, 1876 Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations, 1919-33
August 17, 1876 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940
August 17, 1876 Theodor Daubler, German writer, Northern Lights
August 17, 1870 Frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine
August 17, 1856 Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author, Satan the master
August 17, 1851 Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist
August 17, 1844 Menelik II, King of Ethiopia, 1896-1913
August 17, 1841 Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet
August 17, 1840 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer, Irish Land League
August 17, 1839 Hubert Platt Main, composer
August 17, 1839 Thijs [Matthijs] Maris, Dutch painter/etcher
August 17, 1834 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor, Leie/Rubens Cantata
August 17, 1828 George William Warren, composer
August 17, 1819 James Henry Van Alen, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1886
August 17, 1817 Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister, 1870-71
August 17, 1811 Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist, Free Will
August 17, 1786 Davy Crockett, U.S., frontiersman/adventurer/politician, Alamo
August 17, 1779 Franz de Paula Roser, composer
August 17, 1775 Philippe Libon, composer
August 17, 1761 William Carey, English Clergyman
August 17, 1720 Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, Contes de La Fontaine
August 17, 1686 Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer
August 17, 1586 Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer, Christenburg



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