|
Reference Find out which famous people share the same birthday as you |
|
|||||||
|
August 17th August 17th is the 229th day of the year (230th day in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 136 days remaining until the end of the year. On this page, we have placed information about August 17th, including famous people born on, historical events that occurred on, holidays and observances that fall on, and astrological connections of, this day. Famous People born on August 17th 1601 Pierre de Fermat (mathematician) 1629 John III Sobieski (King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania) 1786 Davy Crockett (frontiersman) 1844 Menelik II (Emperor of Ethiopia) 1882 Samuel Goldwyn (film producer)  1887 Charles I of Austria (Emperor of Austria 1848-1916) 1893 Mae West (actress) 1913 Mark Felt (FBI agent, whistleblower - "Deep Throat") 1920 Maureen+O'Hara (actress) 1926 George Melly (singer) 1929 Francis Gary Powers (U2 pilot) 1930 Ted Hughes (poet) 1932 V. S. Naipaul (author) 1943 Robert De Niro (actor)  1944 Larry Ellison (Co-founder of Oracle) 1951 Alan Minter (boxer) 1952 Nelson Piquet (racing driver) 1958 Belinda Carlisle (singer) 1958 Sir Fred Goodwin (former banker and Chief Executive of Royal Bank of Scotland 2001-2009 - nicknamed "Fred the Shred") 1959 David Koresh (cult leader) 1960 Sean Penn (actor)  1977 Thierry Henry (soccer player) August 17th in History 1945 Indonesia proclaims independence from the Netherlands. 1947 The Radcliffe Line delineating the border between India and Pakistan is revealed. 1960 Gabon independent from France. 1970 Venera 7 space probe is launched towards Venus. It will subsequently become the first space probe to transmit data from the surface of another planet.  1977 The icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. 1982 First Compact Discs (CDs) released to the public.  2008 Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win 8 gold medals at one Olympics. August 17th is also Independence Day (Indonesia) Celebration of birth of Marcus Garvey (Rastafari Movement) Astrology People born on August 17th are Leo  Leo Information: Leo Links:
Disclaimer: Birth dates and other information are thought to be correct, but there is a possibility that some entries may contain inadvert errors. If you spot such an error, please contact us. Sorry, we can not accept suggestions for additional entries at this time, due to the huge backlog of suggestions we have already received.
|
| Contact Us About/Terms of Use Privacy Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures †Disclosure: Advertising Link(s): Our company may receive a payment if you purchase a product/service after following this link. Disclosure: Our company's websites' content (including this website's content) includes advertisements for our own company's websites, products, and services, and for other organization's websites, products, and services. In the case of links to other organization's websites, our company may receive a payment, (1) if you purchase products or services, or (2) if you sign-up for third party offers, after following links from this website. Unless specifically otherwise stated, information about other organization's products and services, is based on information provided by that organization, the product/service vendor, and/or publicly available information - and should not be taken to mean that we have used the product/service in question. Additionally, our company's websites contain some adverts which we are paid to display, but whose content is not selected by us, such as Google AdSense ads. For more detailed information, please see Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures Our sites use cookies, some of which may already be set on your computer. Use of our site constitutes consent for this. For details, please see Privacy. Click privacy for information about our company's privacy, data collection and data retention policies, and your rights. Copyright © 2000-2023, Answers 2000 Limited CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. In Association With Amazon.com Answers 2000 Limited is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. In Association With Amazon.co.uk 
Answers 2000 Limited is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk. As an Amazon Associate, our company earns from qualifying purchases. Amazon, the Amazon logo, Endless, and the Endless logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. |
|