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<html> <head> <title>Born on August 17th</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Born on August 17th LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/764/000041641/">Luther Allison</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1997</tt></td> <td>Electric blues player</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/450/000102144/">Evelyn Ankers</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1985</tt></td> <td>Captive Wild Woman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/483/000045348/">Abu Bakar Bashir</a></td> <td><center>Terrorist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Spiritual Leader of Jemaah Islamiah</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/036/000122667/">John Blatnik</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1991</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Minnesota, 1947-75</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/095/000174570/">John Brahm</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1982</tt></td> <td>The Lodger</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000172075/">George S. Brown</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1978</tt></td> <td>Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/088/000347044/">Austin Butler</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1991</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Zippy Brewster on Ned's Declassified</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/075/000104760/">William Carey</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1761</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1834</tt></td> <td>English Baptist Missionary Society</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/464/000024392/">Belinda Carlisle</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lead vocalist for The Go-Go's</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/209/000032113/">Norm Coleman</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Minnesota, 2003-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/622/000132226/">David Conrad</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1967</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td> Jim Clancy on Ghost Whisperer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000165350/">Charles Cooley</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1929</tt></td> <td>Looking-glass self</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/033/000078796/">Martha Coolidge</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Valley Girl</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/209/000160726/">Brady Corbet</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1988</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Thunderbirds</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/722/000136314/">Glenn Corbett</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1993</tt></td> <td>Lincoln Case on Route 66</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/800/000027719/">Jim Courier</a></td> <td><center>Tennis</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Winner of 4 Grand Slam titles</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000082621/">Davy Crockett</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1786</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1836</tt></td> <td>King of the Wild Frontier</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/132/000168625/">Justin Dart</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1984</tt></td> <td>Drug store magnate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/765/000023696/">Robert De Niro</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Godfather: Part II</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/300/000167796/">Frederick B. Dent</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Commerce Secretary, 1973-75</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/684/000122318/">William L. Eagleton, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-2011</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Syria, 1984-88</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/439/000022373/">Larry Ellison</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Oracle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/012/000207388/">Wesley Eure</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Land of the Lost</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/170/000348123/">Julian Fellowes</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Shadowlands</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/709/000097418/">W. Mark Felt</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-2008</tt></td> <td>Watergate's Deep Throat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000087507/">Pierre de Fermat</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1601</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1665</tt></td> <td>Fermat's Last Theorem</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/726/000110396/">Jonathan Franzen</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Corrections</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000032002/">Marcus Garvey</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1940</tt></td> <td>Pan-African black nationalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/447/000114105/">Samuel Goldwyn</a></td> <td><center>Film/TV Producer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1974</tt></td> <td>Put the G in MGM</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/739/000055574/">Leslie R. Groves</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1970</tt></td> <td>Director of the Manhattan Project</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000164831/">Jon Gruden</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Head Coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2002-08</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/952/000167451/">Leroy R. Hassell, Sr.</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-2011</tt></td> <td>Virginia Chief Justice, 2003-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/085/000084830/">John Hawkes</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1998</tt></td> <td>The Blood Oranges</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/319/000111983/">Thierry Henry</a></td> <td><center>Soccer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1977</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Barcelona FC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/699/000160219/">Rick Hilton</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Father of Paris and Nicky Hilton</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/069/000111733/">Richmond Pearson Hobson</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>Spanish-American War hero</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/876/000080636/">Harry Lloyd Hopkins</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1946</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/277/000161791/">Rachel Hurd-Wood</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1990</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wendy Darling</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/271/000109941/">Eric Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ah Via Musicom</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/056/000135648/">Robert Joy</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dr. Sid Hammerback on CSI: NY</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/265/000057094/">Paul Kammerer</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1926</tt></td> <td>Proponent of Lamarckian inheritance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/495/000122129/">F. Ray Keyser, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Vermont, 1961-63</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/214/000213572/">Andrew Koenig</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-2010</tt></td> <td>Growing Pains</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/102/000030012/">David Koresh</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1993</tt></td> <td>Branch Davidian cult leader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/164/000119804/">Winston Lord</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1977-85</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000160803/">Bryton McClure</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1986</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Young and the Restless</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/025/000033923/">Josh McDowell</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Evidence That Demands A Verdict</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/902/000174380/">Don McKellar</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Last Night</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/516/000177982/">Alan B. Miller</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Founder of Universal Health Services</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000024214/">Alan Minter</a></td> <td><center>Boxing</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>English boxing champ</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/653/000275825/">Harlan E. Mitchell</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-2011</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Georgia, 1958-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/909/000208285/">Herta Müller</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>German writer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/981/000027900/">V. S. Naipaul</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>A House for Mr. Biswas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/858/000022792/">Maureen O'Hara</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Miracle on 34th Street</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000165759/">George O'Leary</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Head Coach, U. of Central Florida</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/507/000160027/">Elizabeth Paté-Cornell</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Risk analysis expert, Stanford professor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/485/000163993/">Dustin Pedroia</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1983</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Boston Red Sox</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/331/000025256/">Sean Penn</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Fast Times at Ridgemont High</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000110603/">Jorge Posada</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>New York Yankees catcher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/686/000025611/">Boog Powell</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Baltimore Orioles</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000057931/">Francis Gary Powers</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1977</tt></td> <td>U2 shot down over the Soviet Union</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/108/000039988/">David Price</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, North Carolina 4th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/121/000349071/">Giuliana Rancic</a></td> <td><center>TV Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1975</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>E! News Anchor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/117/000206496/">Larry Rivers</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-2002</tt></td> <td>American pop artist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000205328/">Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1988</tt></td> <td>Congressman from New York, 1949-55</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/385/000273563/">Mark Salling</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1982</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Noah Puckerman on Glee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/133/000124758/">Eric Schlosser</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Fast Food Nation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/932/000092656/">John III Sobieski</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1629</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1696</tt></td> <td>King of Poland, 1674-96</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/148/000097854/">Thomas Stothard</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1755</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1834</tt></td> <td>English subject painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/321/000112982/">Gene Stratton Porter</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Dec-1924</tt></td> <td>A Girl of the Limberlost</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000174224/">Samuel Cardinal Stritch</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1958</tt></td> <td>Archbishop of Chicago, 1939-58</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/874/000173355/">Guillermo Vilas</a></td> <td><center>Tennis</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Winner of 4 Grand Slam titles</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/700/000086442/">Bessie Potter Vonnoh</a></td> <td><center>Sculptor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1872</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1955</tt></td> <td>American sculptor in bronze</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000026145/">Donnie Wahlberg</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>New Kids on the Block</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/828/000031735/">Mae West</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1980</tt></td> <td>Go up and see her sometime</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/126/000059946/">John Hay Whitney</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1982</tt></td> <td>New York Herald Tribune</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/605/000092329/">Monty Woolley</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-1963</tt></td> <td>The Man Who Came to Dinner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/366/000045231/">Jiang Zemin</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of China, 1993-2003</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=106429" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/244/000000244/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/244/244/s244.jpg" width=128> New York Times Company</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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