Born on August 17
50 famous people found
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Sarah HILDRETH BUTLER
American stage actress
1816 - 1876 -
Ted HUGHES
English poet and children's writer
1930 - 1998 -
Mark "Deep Throat" FELT
Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), revealed himself to be the Watergate scandal's whistleblower, "Deep Throat"
1913 - 2008 -
Mae WEST
American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol
1893 - 1980 -
Leslie Groves
United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project
1896 - 1970 -
Manon TARDON
French Resistance fighter
1913 - 1989 -
Hubert de Chevigny
French aviator
1949 - 2022 -
Wendell Holmes
American actor
1914 - 1962 -
Pierre Bardou-Job
French industrialist, manufacturer of JOB cigarette papers, and art collector
1826 - 1892 -
Mariano GOYBET
French Army general
1861 - 1943 -
Jean Bourlès
French professional road bicycle racer
1930 - 2021 -
Peter Benoit
Belgian composer
1834 - 1901 -
Jean DELACHENAL
French politician
1924 - 2018 -
Kent TWITCHELL
American muralist
1942 -
Harry HOPKINS
American social worker, the 8th Secretary of Commerce, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's closest advisor on foreign policy during World War II
1890 - 1946 -
Louis-Émile JOLLAN
French politician
1790 - 1878 -
Camille MOREAU-NÉLATON
French painter
1840 - 1897 -
Camille RASPAIL
French politician and physician
1827 - 1893 -
Louis LEFOULON
French World War I soldier
1884 - 1915 -
Charlotte FORTEN GRIMKÉ
African-American anti-slavery activist, poet, and educator
1837 - 1914