Born on August 17
56 famous people found
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Nelson Piquet
Brazilian former racing driver and businessman
1952 -
David Koresh
American cult leader who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993
1959 - 1993 -
Robert DE NIRO
American actor, producer, and director
1943 -
Maureen O'Hara
Irish film actress and singer
1920 - 2015 -
Sean PENN
American actor, screenwriter and film director
1960 -
Davy CROCKETT
American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician
1786 - 1836 -
Hervé MORIN
French politician
1961 -
Allain BOUGRAIN-DUBOURG
French journalist
1948 -
Jean DE LA BRUYÈRE
French philosopher and moralist
1645 - 1696 -
Franklin Delano ROOSEVELT, JR
American lawyer, politician, and businessman
1914 - 1988 -
SEMPÉ
French cartoonist
1932 - 2022 -
Jean POIRET
French actor, director, and screenwriter
1926 - 1992 -
Alexandre LACASSAGNE
French physician and criminologist
1843 - 1924 -
Pierre DOUGLAS
French journalist
1941 -
Alexis CORBIERE
French politician
1968 -
Austin Butler
American actor
1991 -
Siri VON ESSEN
Swedish-speaking Finnish noblewoman and actress
1850 - 1912 -
Joseph MARCHAND
French missionary in Vietnam and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society
1803 - 1835 -
Maria DERAISMES
French author and major pioneering force for women's rights
1828 - 1894 -
Roger DAMOISEAU
French founder of the Damoiseau rum distillery
1901 - 1968