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Super Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for August 17

Last Updated 08-19-2025

🎵E. W. "Bud" Wendell -- is 98 in the year 2025 and 99 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1927 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Music Executive, Country Music Figure
Names/Places: RN: Earl Wade Wendell
Misc: in the Country Music Hall of Fame

🎭Julianna McCarthy -- is 96 in the year 2025 and 97 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1929
Actress
TV Shows: Young & the Restless (as Liz Brooks Foster for 24 years)
Movie Titles: Starship Troopers, The Frighteners, Bundy, Striking Distance

💻Margaret (Computers) Hamilton -- is 89 in the year 2025 and 90 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1936 N.S.
Computer Scientist

✍📰🎵🎸Ed Sanders -- is 86 in the year 2025 and 87 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1939
Author, Poet, Publisher, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: The Fugs

🏆⚾John "Boog" Powell -- is 84 in the year 2025 and 85 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1941 N.S.
MLB First Baseman
Misc: AL MVP 1970
Sports Teams: Baltimore Orioles

⛪🎭Robert De Niro -- is 82 in the year 2025 and 83 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1943 N.S.
Roman Catholic, TV/Movie Actor, Producer
Names/Places: b. in New York City
TV Shows: Search for Tomorrow
Movie Titles: Godfather II, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Untouchables, GoodFellas, Awakenings, Frankenstein, Raging Bull, Cape Fear, Mean Streets, Bang the Drum Slowly, Casino, Backdraft, Sleepers, Marvin's Room, Wag the Dog, Jackie Brown, Great Expectations, Meet the Parents, Men of Honor, 15 Minutes, Showtime, City by the Sea, Analyze That, Godsend, Shark Tale, Meet The Fockers, Hide and Seek, The Good Shepherd, Arthur and the Invisibles, Righteous Kill

🎭Allan Royal -- is 81 in the year 2025 and 82 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1944
Actor, Canadian
TV Shows: They Came From Outer Space (as Lt. Col. Tom Barker), Falcon Crest (as R.D. Young), Night Heat (as Tom Kirkwood)
Movie Titles: The Good Witch, Pirates of Silicon Valley

💰Larry Ellison -- is 81 in the year 2025 and 82 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1944 N.S.
Businessperson

🎵John Seiter -- is 81 in the year 2025 and 82 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1944
Singer, Keyboardist, Pop Drummer
Group Names: The Turtles, Spanky & Our Gang

🎵Martin Brinsford -- is 81 in the year 2025 and 82 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1944
Harmonicaist, Percussionist, Saxophonist
Group Names: Brass Monkey

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🎭Martha Coolidge -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1946
Producer/Director
Movie Titles: Valley Girl (director), Real Genius (director), Rambling Rose (director)

✍🎵🎸Gary Talley -- is 78 in the year 2025 and 79 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1947
Author, Songwriter, Bassist, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: The Box Tops

🎭Bo Rucker -- is 77 in the year 2025 and 78 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1948
Actor
Movie Titles: The Devil's Advocate, Superman (1978), Presumed Innocent, Lock Up

🏆⚾Bill Parsons -- is 77 in the year 2025 and 78 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1948
MLB Pitcher

✍🎭Julian Fellowes -- is 76 in the year 2025 and 77 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1949 N.S.
Screenwriter, Actor, Producer, Egyptian
TV Shows: Downtown Abbey (writer)
Movie Titles: Gosford Park (writer), The Tourist (writer), The Young Victoria (writer)

🏆Elaine Morton -- is 76 in the year 2025 and 77 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1949 N.S.
Model, Playmate
Misc: June 1970

🎭Robert Joy -- is 74 in the year 2025 and 75 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1951
Actor, Producer, Canadian
TV Shows: CSI:NY (as Dr. Sid Hammerback)
Movie Titles: Land of the Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, Sweet November

✍🎭🎵Wesley Eure -- is 74 in the year 2025 and 75 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1951 N.S.
Author, Lecturer, Screenwriter, TV/Soap Actor, Producer, Director, Singer
TV Shows: Days of Our Lives (as Mike Horton), Land of the Lost (as Will Marshall), Dragon Tales (creator and writer), Spy TV (writer), Totally Hidden Video (writer and assorted characters)
Movie Titles: C.H.O.M.P.S. (which is the reason why he's in the Demented Datebook!)

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🎵Steve Price -- is 74 in the year 2025 and 75 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1951
Drummer, Rock-Pop Performer
Group Names: Pablo Cruise, sessionist for Grace Slick, Rick James, Mary Jane Girls, other bands

🏆⚾Butch Hobson -- is 74 in the year 2025 and 75 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1951
MLB Manager, MLB Third Baseman, American

🏆🏁Nelson Piquet -- is 73 in the year 2025 and 74 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1952
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer, Brazilian
Names/Places: RN: Nelson Piquet Souto Maior
Misc: 3-time Formula One world champion (1981,83,87); left circuit in 1991 with 23 career wins.

🏆🎾Guillermo Vilas -- is 73 in the year 2025 and 74 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1952
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, Argentine
Misc: Australian Open [1978-79], French open [1977], U.S. Open 1977]

🎭🏆Ted Giannoulas -- is 72 in the year 2025 and 73 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1953 N.S.
Actor, Sports Figure
Misc: The KGB Chicken, The San Diego Chicken, The Famous Chicken, The Chicken. World famous mascot.

🎵Kevin Rowland -- is 72 in the year 2025 and 73 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1953
Songwriter, Hip-Pop Singer/Guitarist, English
Group Names: Dexy's Midnight Runners lead
Song Titles: Geno, Come On Eileen

🎭🏆Janet Quist-Austion -- is 70 in the year 2025 and 71 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1955
Actress, Model, Playmate
Misc: December 1978

🎵Kevin Welch -- is 70 in the year 2025 and 71 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1955
Songwriter, Country Music Singer/Guitarist

🎵🎸Colin Moulding -- is 70 in the year 2025 and 71 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1955
Songwriter, Singer, New Wave Bassist, English
Group Names: XTC, The Dukes of Stratosphere

🎭Tim Bagley -- is 68 in the year 2025 and 69 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1957 N.S.
Actor

🏆🏒Pete Peeters -- is 68 in the year 2025 and 69 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1957
NHL Goaltender, Canadian

🎵🎸Belinda Carlisle -- is 67 in the year 2025 and 68 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1958 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Hip-Pop Singer, Rock and Roll Singer
Names/Places: b. in Hollywood; Morgan Mason's (Pres. Reagan's Speechwriter) wife
Group Names: The Go-Gos, soloist
Song Titles: Our Lips Are Sealed, We Got the Beat, Vacation, Get Up and Go, Head Over Heels, Turn to You, Cool Jerk (previous titles as lead of the Go-Go's), Mad About You, I Feel the Magic, Band of Gold, I Get Weak, Heaven is a Place on Earth, Circle in the Sand, Leave a Light On, Summer Rain
Album Titles: Beauty and the Beat, Vacation, Talk Show (previous titles as lead of The Go-Go's), Belinda, Heaven on Earth, Runaway Horses, Live Your Life Be Free
Video Titles: Runaway Videos, Heaven on Earth, Runaway Horses, Belinda, Belinda Live!, Runaway Live

🏆⚾Bill Landrum -- is 67 in the year 2025 and 68 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1958
MLB Pitcher

🎭Kate McNeil -- is 66 in the year 2025 and 67 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1959 N.S.
Actress
Movie Titles: Monkey Shines, The House on Sorority Row, Sudden Death

✍Jonathan Franzen -- is 66 in the year 2025 and 67 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1959
Author, Novelist, Essayist
Book Titles: The Corrections (2001), Freedom (2010)

✍📰Eric Schlosser -- is 66 in the year 2025 and 67 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1959
Author, Journalist
Misc: known for his investigative journalism
Book Titles: Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, Chew On This, Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

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✍🎭Sean Penn -- is 65 in the year 2025 and 66 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1960
Screenwriter, Actor, Producer/Director
Names/Places: b. in Santa Monica; Madonna's ex-
Misc: ex-Brat Pack
Movie Titles: 21 Grams, Milk, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Colors, Dead Man Walking, Thin Red Line, Sweet and Lowdown, Up at the Villa, I Am Sam, Mystic River

🎵Lisa Coleman -- is 65 in the year 2025 and 66 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1960 N.S.
Composer, Keyboardist, Rhythm and Blues Keyboardist
Group Names: The Revolution (a backing band for Prince), Wendy and Lisa (with Wendy Melvoin)m soloist
TV Shows: Heroes (composer), Nurse Jackie (composer), Crossing Jordan (composer)

🎭Larry B. Scott -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1961
Actor, Producer/Director
TV Shows: Super Force
Movie Titles: The Karate Kid, Revenge of the Nerds, SpaceCamp, Iron Eagle

🎵🎷Everette Harp -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1961
Gospel Performer, Blues Saxophonist, Jazz Saxophonist

🏆🏒Jamie Macoun -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1961
NHL Defensive, Canadian
Misc: played over 1,000 games during a 17-year career

🎭Guy Killum -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1962
Actor
Movie Titles: Crossroads, School Daze

🎵🎸Gilby Clarke -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1962
Music Producer, Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: Guns 'n Roses

🎭🏆Carmen Berg -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1963
Actress, Model, Playmate
Misc: Real Estate Agent; July 1987

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📰🏆🏈Jon Gruden -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1963
Commentator, NFL Coach, College Football Coach, College Football Player

🏆⚾Jeff Fischer -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1963
MLB Pitcher

🏆🏀Dallas Comegys -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1964
NBA Player

🏆🏈John Offerdahl -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1964
NFL Linebacker, College Football Player
Misc: 5x Pro Bowl; Western Michigan University #49 retired and in the team's Hall of Fame

🎵Maria McKee -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1964
Songwriter, Guitarist, Pop Singer, Country Music Singer
Group Names: Lone Justice lead, soloist

🎵🎸Dean J. "Deen" Castronovo -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1964 N.S.
Singer, Rock and Roll Drummer
Group Names: Hardline

🎵🎸Steven Gorman -- is 60 in the year 2025 and 61 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1965
Modern Rock Drummer
Group Names: Black Crowes

🎭Tom Gallop -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1966 N.S.
Actor, Producer
TV Shows: Will and Grace, Hudson Street (as officer Regelski)
Movie Titles: The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Supremacy

🏆🏈Cedric Figaro -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1966
NFL Linebacker

🏆🏈Zefross Moss -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1966
NFL Tackle

🎵🎸Jill Cunniff -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1966
Bassist, Modern Rock Singer
Group Names: Luscious Jackson

🏆🏒Don Sweeney -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1966
NHL Defensive, AHL Figure, Canadian
Misc: played over 1,100 games in the NHL
Sports Teams: Boston Bruins

🎭David Conrad -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1967 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Relativity, Miss Match (as Michael Mendelsohn), Ghost Whisperer (as Jim Clancy)
Movie Titles: Wedding Crashers, Men of Honor, Return to Paradise

🎭Orlagh Cassidy -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1967
Actress
Movie Titles: Still Alice, Young Adult

🏆🏈James Jenkins -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1967
NFL Player

🏆🏈Kenny Davidson -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1967
NFL Player

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🏆🏒Nelson Emerson -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1967
NHL Player, Canadian

🎵🎸Jack Aurora -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1967
Rock and Roll Musician

🎵🎸Kenji Hino -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1967
Rock and Roll Musician
Group Names: R U Ready

🏆🏈Ed McCaffrey -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1968
NFL Wide Receiver

🎵Kelvin "Posdnous" Mercer -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1969 N.S.
Music Producer, Rhythm and Blues Performer, Rapper, Hip Hop Performer
Names/Places: aka Posdnuos or Pos
Group Names: De La Soul

🎭🏆🏈Ed Cunningham -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1969
Filmmaker, Producer, Sports Announcer, NFL Center

🏆🏀Christian Laettner -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1969
Hall of Famer, NBA Forward, Olympic Athlete
Misc: of The Dream Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics
Sports Teams: Minnesota Timberwolves (1992-1996), Atlanta Hawks (1996-1999), Detroit Pistons (1999-2000), Dallas Mavericks (2000-2001), Washington Wizards (2001-2004), Miami Heat (2004-2005), Jacksonville Giants (ABA) (2011-2012), Fort Wayne Mad Ants (assistant coach, D-League, 2012)

🎭🎵Donnie Wahlberg -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1969 N.S.
Actor, Producer, Pop Singer
Names/Places: RFN:Donald E.
Group Names: The New Kids on the Block
TV Shows: Boomtown (as Det. Joel Stevens), Blue Bloods (as Danny Reagan)
Movie Titles: The Sixth Sense, Saw (series)

🎵Posdnuos -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1969 N.S.
Rhythm and Blues Musician
Names/Places: RN: Kelvin Mercer
Group Names: De La Soul

🎭Rupert Degas -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1970
Actor, Producer, English
TV Shows: Bob the Builder
Movie Titles: Evil Dead, Planet 51, Chop Socky Chooks, Rogue Trooper

🏆🏈Bernard Wilson -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1970
NFL Tackle

🏆🏌Dottie Mochrie -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1970
Golfer

🏆🎾Jim Courier -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1970 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, American
Names/Places: RN: James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr.
Misc: Nick Bollettieri Academy classmate of Andre Agassi.

🎭🎵Tammy Townsend -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1970
Actress, Singer
TV Shows: Rock Me Baby (as Pam), K.C. Undercover (as Kira Cooper)
Movie Titles: The Preacher's Kid, The Pest

🏆⚾Jorge Posada -- is 54 in the year 2025 and 55 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1971
MLB Catcher, American, Puerto Rican
Misc: 5x All-Star, 4x World Series champ, 5x Silver Slugger; Yankees #20 retired
Sports Teams: New York Yankees

🏆⚾Jim Converse -- is 54 in the year 2025 and 55 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1971
MLB Pitcher, American

🏆⚾Jeff Abbott -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1972
MLB Player

🏆⚾Adam Butler -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1973
MLB Pitcher

🎭Giuliana Rancic -- is 51 in the year 2025 and 52 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1974 N.S.
Personality, Italian
Names/Places: aka Giuliana DePandi

🏆⚾Matt Anderson -- is 49 in the year 2025 and 50 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1976
MLB Player

🎭🎮Jake Patellis -- is 48 in the year 2025 and 49 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1977
Actor, Video Game Voice Actor
Misc: retired from acting in 2000
TV Shows: The Good Life (as Paul Bowman), George and Leo
Video Games: Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Tale of Orpheo's Curse

🏆⚽Thierry Henry -- is 48 in the year 2025 and 49 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1977 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, French
Misc: forward and striker

🎭🎵Kristin Holt -- is 44 in the year 2025 and 45 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1981
Actress, Personality, Singer
Names/Places: aka Kristin Adams
TV Shows: American Idol (Special Correspondent 2003, contestant 2002)

🏆🏁🎿Jon Olsson -- is 43 in the year 2025 and 44 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1982 N.S.
Skier, Swedish

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🏆⚾Dustin Pedroia -- is 42 in the year 2025 and 43 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1983
MLB Second Baseman
Misc: Silver Slugger, 4x Gold Glove, AL MVP 2008; active as of 2015
Sports Teams: Boston Red Sox

Alex Honnold -- is 40 in the year 2025 and 41 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1985 N.S.
Misc: Rock Climber

🎭Brock Kelly -- is 40 in the year 2025 and 41 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1985
Actor
Movie Titles: Pitch Perfect, Costa Rican Summer, Faded Memories, Portal

🎭Andrea Espada -- is 39 in the year 2025 and 40 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1986 N.S.
TV Hostess, Colombian
TV Shows: UFC Now

🎭🎮Bryton James -- is 39 in the year 2025 and 40 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1986 N.S.
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor, Video Game Voice Actor
Names/Places: RN:Bryton McClure
TV Shows: Family Matters (as Richie Crawford), Hero Factory, The Vampire Diaries, DC Super Friends, Winx Club (series), Zevo-3, The Young and the Restless
Video Games: The Jungle Book: Rhythm 'n Groove

🏆🏀Rudy Gay -- is 39 in the year 2025 and 40 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1986 N.S.
NBA Player

🎭Brady Corbet -- is 37 in the year 2025 and 38 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1988 N.S.
Actor, Director
TV Shows: 24
Movie Titles: Melancholia, Thirteen, Funny Games, Martha Marcy May Marlene

🎵Colton Swon -- is 37 in the year 2025 and 38 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1988 N.S.
Country Music Singer
Group Names: The Swon Brothers

🎭Rachel Hurd-Wood -- is 35 in the year 2025 and 36 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1990 N.S.
Actress, English
TV Shows: Home Fires (as Kate Heaton or Kate Campbell)
Movie Titles: Tomorrow When The War Began, An American Haunting, Peter Pan (2003), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

🎭Austin Butler -- is 34 in the year 2025 and 35 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1991 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Zoey 101, Switched at Birth, The Carrie Diaries (as Sebastian Kydd), The Shannara Chronicles (as Wil Ohmsford)
Movie Titles: Dune: Part Two, Elvis, Aliens in the Attic, The Bling Ring

🏆🥊Saraya-Jade Bevis -- is 33 in the year 2025 and 34 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1992 N.S.
Wrestler, English
Names/Places: Ring Name: Paige

🎭Taissa Farmiga -- is 31 in the year 2025 and 32 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1994 N.S.
Actress
TV Shows: American Horror Story (as Violet Harmon), Wicked City (as Karen McClaren)
Movie Titles: The Final Girls, The Bling Ring, 6 Years, Jamsey Boy, Middleton

🎵Phoebe Bridgers -- is 31 in the year 2025 and 32 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1994 N.S.
Songwriter, Singer

Alice Wolfe Rieichert -- is 30 in the year 2025 and 31 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1995
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Andrea Marcovicci and Daniel's girl

🏆⛸Gracie Gold -- is 30 in the year 2025 and 31 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1995
Figure Skater, Olympic Athlete

🎭Won Ji-an -- is 26 in the year 2025 and 27 in the year 2026; b.8/17/1999 N.S.
Actress, South Korean
Names/Places: RN: Kim In-seon

🎵The Kid Laroi -- is 22 in the year 2025 and 23 in the year 2026; b.8/17/2003 N.S.
Rapper
Names/Places: RN: Charlton Howard; also stylized as The Kid LAROI

Roman Keitel -- is 21 in the year 2025 and 22 in the year 2026; b.8/17/2004
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Daphna Kastner and Harvey's son

Blake Everleigh Zegers -- is 10 in the year 2025 and 11 in the year 2026; b.8/17/2015 N.S.
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Janine Feld and Kevin's twin daughter

Zoe Madison Zegers -- is 10 in the year 2025 and 11 in the year 2026; b.8/17/2015 N.S.
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Janine Feld and Kevin's twin daughter

⚛Pierre de Fermat -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1601 N.S. d.1/12/1665 N.S. (63)
Mathematician, French
Misc: often called the founder of the modern theory of numbers. Together with RenDescartes, Fermat was one of the two leading mathematicians of the first half of the 17th century.

🎵Niccolo Porpora -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1686 N.S. d.3/3/1768 N.S. (81)
Educator, Composer, Italian

🎖⚛William Paterson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1755 N.S. d.6/21/1810 N.S. (54)
Revolutionary, Explorer, Naturalist, British

🎖⚛Davy Crockett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1786 d.3/6/1836 (49)
Soldier, Adventurer, Explorer, Frontiersman
Names/Places: NN: King of the Wild Frontier; RFN:David
Misc: grinned down bears

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⚛Thomas Hodgkin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1798 d.4/5/1866 (67)
Physician, English
Misc: early described (1832) the malignant disease of lymph tissue that bears his name.

🎨Isaiah Rogers -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1800 d.4/13/1869 (68)
Architect

✍Charlotte Grimké -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1837 d.7/23/1914 (76)
Writer, Poet, Educator

✍⚛Gene Stratton Porter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1863 d.12/6/1924 (61)
Author, Naturalist

⚛Charles Horton Cooley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1864 N.S. d.5/7/1929 N.S. (64)
Sociologist

🎭Julia Marlowe -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1865 N.S. d.11/12/1950 N.S. (85)
Stage Actress, English
Names/Places: RN:Sarah Frances Frost
Misc: known especially for her interpretations of William Shakespeare.

🎖Richmond Hobson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1870 d.3/16/1937 (66)
Naval Officer, Hero

⚛Frederick Russell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1870 d.12/29/1960 (90)
Scientist
Misc: developed the first successful typhoid fever vaccine

⚛Paul Kammerer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1880 d.9/23/1926 (46)
Biologist, Austrian
Misc: claimed to have produced experimental evidence that acquired traits could be inherited.

🏆🥊Jack Kearns -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1882 d.7/7/1963 (80)
Boxing Manager
Misc: Boxing promoter

📰Raoul H. Fleishmann -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1885 N.S. d.3/11/1969 N.S. (83)
Publisher
Misc: New Yorker Magazine

💰Marcus Garvey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1887 d.6/10/1940 (52)
Philanthropist
Misc: Universal Negro Improvement Association founder

🎭Monty Woolley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1888 d.5/6/1963 (74)
Movie/Stage Actor
Names/Places: RFMN:Edgar Montillion
Movie Titles: the Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner

⚖Harry L. Hopkins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1890 d.1/29/1946 (55)
Presidential Aide
Misc: New Deal Democratic administrator who personified the ideology of vast federal work programs to relieve unemployment in the 1930s

⚛Abram Kardiner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1891 d.7/20/1981 (89)
Scientist, Psychoanalyst

✍🎭🎵Mae West -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1893 N.S. d.11/22/1980 N.S. (87)
Screenwriter, Playwright, Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, Singer
Misc: b. in Brooklyn; "Come up and see me sometime", "I've never met a man I didn't like", "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted"; career spanned seven decades; d. in Hollywood

🎖Leslie Groves -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1896 d.7/13/1970 (73)
General

✍📰Oliver Waterman Larkin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1896 N.S. d.12/17/1970 N.S. (74)
Author, Historian, Educator

🎭Marty May -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1898 N.S. d.11/11/1975 N.S. (77)
Comedian

✍Janet Lewis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1899 N.S. d.11/30/1998 N.S. (99) or 12/1/1998 N.S. (99)
Novelist, Poet

✍📰Quincy Howe -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1900 d.2/17/1977 (76)
Writer, Newscaster, Commentator, Editor
TV Shows: CBS News, People's Platform, It's News to Me

🏆⚽Jack Leslie -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1901 N.S. d.11/25/1988 N.S. (87)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, English

✍🎭Richard Aldrich -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1902 d.3/31/1986 (83)
Author, Stage Producer

✍🎵Abram Chasins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1903 d.6/21/1987 (83)
Author, Lecturer, Composer, Musicologist, Pianist
Misc: piano teacher, music broadcaster, radio executive

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🎵George Sebastian -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1903 d.4/12/1989 (85)
Conductor, Hungarian

📰⚖💰🏆John Hay Whitney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1904 d.2/8/1982 (77)
Publisher, Diplomat, Philanthropist, Sports Figure

⚛💰Hazel Bishop -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1906 d.12/5/1998 (92)
Inventor, Cosmetic Executive
Misc: non smear lipstick

💰Justin Dart -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1907 d.1/26/1984 (76)
Businessperson
Misc: Rexall Drugs head

✍Roger Peyrefitte -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1907 d.11/5/2000 (93)
Writer, French

🎵Larry Clinton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1909 d.5/2/1985 (75)
Arranger, Composer, Singer, Trumpeter, Bandleader

🏆Mikhail Botvinnik -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1911 Ju-1 or 8/17/1911 N.S. d.5/5/1995 N.S. (83)
Chess Player, Russian
Misc: world chess champion (1948-63)

🎭Walter Herlihy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1912 d.10/6/1956 (44)
TV Host, Announcer
TV Shows: Music at the Meadowbrook

📰Harrison V. Chase -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1913 d.2/6/2000 (86)
Editor
Misc: co-founder & co-editor of Chase's Annual Events

🏆⚾Rudolph "Rudy" York -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1913 N.S. d.2/5/1970 N.S. (56)
MLB First Baseman

Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1914 d.8/17/1988 (74)
Celebrity Son, Canadian
Names/Places: son of FDR and Eleanor

📰William Downs Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1914 d.5/3/1978 (63)
Correspondent
Misc: for CBS Radio from 1942-1962

🎵Walter Brown -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1917 d.6/??/1956
Blues Singer
Misc: sources can't pinpoint the date he died

🎭Mort Marshall -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1918 d.2/1/1979 (60)
Actor

🎭Ralph Roberts -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1918 N.S. d.4/30/1999 N.S. (80)
Actor

🎭Evelyn Ankers -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1918 N.S. d.8/29/1985 N.S. (67)
Movie Actress, British, Chilean
Movie Titles: The Wolf Man

🎵Ike Quebec -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1918 d.1/16/1963 (44)
Tenor-sax

Harold Howe II -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1918 d.11/30/2002 (84)
Educator

🎵Georgia Gibbs -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1919 d.12/9/2006 (87)
Pop Singer
Names/Places: b. in Worcester, MA; NN:Her Nibs; FN:Fredda Lipson Gibbons

🎭🎵Maureen O'Hara -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1920 N.S. d.10/24/2015 N.S. (95)
Movie Actress, Singer, Irish
Names/Places: b. in Dublin; RLN:Fitzsimmons
Misc: some say b. 1921
Movie Titles: Miracle on 34th Street, The Quiet Man, How Green Was My Valley, McLintock!, Long Gray Line, Parent Trap, Spencer's Mountain

🎵🎷George Duvivier -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1920 N.S. d.7/11/1985 N.S. (64)
Arranger, Jazz Bassist

⚛Dr. Daniel X. Freedman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1921 d.6/3/1993 (71)
Psychiatrist

🎵Wayne Raney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1921 d.1/23/1993 (71)
Singer, Harmonicaist
Group Names: Delmore Brothers

🎭Bob Clayton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1922 N.S. d.11/1/1979 N.S. (57)
Game Show Host, Announcer
TV Shows: Concentration (host in 60s and 70s), The Pyramid (announcer)

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🎨🎭🎵Larry Rivers -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1923 N.S. d.8/14/2002 N.S. (78)
Cartoonist, Painter, Sculptor, Teacher, Actor, Filmmaker, Musician
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RN:Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg
Misc: pop artist; Washington crossing the Delaware 1953

✍Evan S. Connell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1924 d.1/10/2013 (88)
Writer

✍John Hawkes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1925 d.5/15/1998 (72)
Writer, Novelist

✍🎭Jean Poiret -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1926 N.S. d.3/14/1992 N.S. (65)
Screenwriter, Movie Actor, Movie Director, French
Movie Titles: La Cage Aux Folles

⚖Jiang Zemin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1926 N.S. d.11/30/2022 N.S. (96)
Head of State, Chinese

✍🎵🎷George Melly -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1926 d.7/5/2007 (80)
Writer, Lecturer, Music Critic, Blues Singer, Jazz Singer, English

🎭Robert Moore -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1927 d.5/10/1984 (56)
Stage Actor, Stage Director
Misc: Broadway's 1970-80s successful director (Promises Promises, Deathtrap, Woman of the Year)
TV Shows: Diana

🎵Sam Butera -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1927 d.6/3/2009 (81)
Singer, Saxophonist, Rhythm and Blues Performer

🎵Rafael Lay -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1927 d.8/13/1982 (54)
Composer, Violinist, Cuban

🎭Chet Allen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1928 N.S. d.4/19/2011 N.S. (82)
Actor, Director
TV Shows: Bonino & The Troubleshooters

🏆🏁Rex White -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1929 N.S. d.7/18/2025 N.S. (95)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer, Irish

⚛Francis Gary Powers -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1929 d.5/1/1977 (47)
Aviator, Spy

✍🎭Harve Bennett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1930 N.S. d.2/25/2015 N.S. (84)
Screenwriter, TV/Movie Producer

✍Ted Hughes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1930 N.S. d.10/28/1998 N.S. (68)
Poet, English
Misc: poet laureate (1984-1998)

📰⚖Gerald Warren -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1930 N.S. d.3/20/2015 N.S. (84)
Journalist, Editor, Presidential Aide
Misc: assistant press secretary for Nixon & Ford

⚛🏆Zdravko Ježić -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1931 N.S. d.6/19/2005 N.S. (73)
Hall of Famer, Chemist, Olympic Athlete, Water Polo Player, Croatian

🎵🎷Derek (Jazz Musician) Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1931 N.S. d.8/19/2016 N.S. (85)
Jazz Pianist, English
Misc: spent seven years as pianist in Johnny Carson's late night television big band

🏆🏀John "Red" Kerr -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1932 d.2/26/2009 (76)
NBA Player
Misc: NBA Coach of the Year [1966]
Sports Teams: Phoenix Suns, Syracuse Nationals, Philadelphia Warriors, Baltimore Bullets, Chicago Bulls (coach)

✍V. S. Naipaul -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1932 N.S. d.8/11/2018 N.S. (85)
Author, Novelist, Trinidadian
Names/Places: RFN:Vidiadhar
Book Titles: Middel Passage

🎵Duke Pearson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1932 d.8/4/1980 (47)
Composer, Pianist, Bandleader

🎭Glenn Corbett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1933 N.S. d.1/16/1993 N.S. (59)
Soap Actor, TV/Movie Actor
TV Shows: Route 66 (as Linc), Dallas (as Paul), The Doctors

🏆⚾Jim Davenport -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1933 N.S. d.2/18/2016 N.S. (82)
MLB Player
Misc: 2x All-Star, Gold Glove
Sports Teams: San Francisco Giants (player then manager)

🎵Mark Dinning -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1933 d.3/22/1986 (52)
Singer, Guitarist
Song Titles: Teen Angel

🎵Stanley Klet -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1934 N.S. d.11/4/2019 N.S. (85)
Singer
TV Shows: Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club

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🏆🏁Katalin Szőke -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1935 N.S. d.10/27/2017 N.S. (82)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Hungarian

🎭Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1936 N.S. d.12/13/2007 N.S. (71)
TV Actor
TV Shows: Walker Texas Ranger (as Uncle Ray 1993-94)

🏆⚾Diego Seguí -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1937 N.S. d.6/24/2025 N.S. (87)
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher, Cuban
Misc: was a forkball specialist who was the 1970 American League ERA leader; a member of the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame

🎨Trina Robbins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1938 N.S. d.4/10/2024 N.S. (85)
Cartoonist

🎵Carman Romano -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1938 N.S. d.8/2/2016 N.S. (77)
Baritone
Group Names: Elegants & Crescents

🎭Anthony Valentine -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1939 N.S. d.12/2/2015 N.S. (76)
Actor, English
TV Shows: Masada

🎵Luther Allison -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1939 d.8/12/1997 (57)
Hall of Famer, Blues Singer, Blues Guitarist
Misc: formed the Rolling Stones in 1954 (not the Mick Jagger group) with his brother Gran and was renamed the Four Jivers later on; soloist

🏆🏒Ron "Chico" Maki -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1939 N.S. d.8/24/2015 N.S. (76)
NHL Player, Canadian
Sports Teams: Chicago Blackhawks

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🏆Lew Stansby -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1940 N.S. d.5/24/2024 N.S. (83)
Bridge Player

🎵Thomas Picardo Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1942 N.S. d.5/2/2021 N.S. (78)
Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer
Names/Places: NN:Tommy West
Group Names: Cashman & West

🏆⚽Bobby Murdoch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1944 N.S. d.5/15/2001 N.S. (56)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Midfielder, Scottish

🎵James Ramey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1944 d.10/28/1970 (26)
Singer
Names/Places: NN:Baby Huey

✍🎭Shane Briant -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1946 N.S. d.5/27/2021 N.S. (74)
Novelist, Actor, English
Movie Titles: Demons of the Mind, Straight on Till Morning, Captain Kronos -Vampire Hunter, and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

🎵🎸Drake Kid Levin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1946 d.7/4/2009 (62)
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Paul Revere & the Raiders

🏆🏈Isiah Robertson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1949 N.S. d.12/6/2018 N.S. (69)
NFL Linebacker
Misc: 6x Pro Bowl, 4x First Team All-Pro, 6x First-team All-Conference

🎵🎸Sib Hashian -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1949 N.S. d.3/22/2017 N.S. (67)
Rock and Roll Drummer
Group Names: Boston

🏆🥊Alan Minter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1951 N.S. d.9/9/2020 N.S. (69)
Boxer, Olympic Athlete, British

David Koresh -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1959 d.4/19/1993 (33)
Anarchist
Names/Places: b. Houston, TX; RN:Vernon Wayne Howell; the wacky Waco man
Misc: cult leader (Davidians), (Editor's note: he doesn't represent THIS David!)

🏆⚾Alex Cole -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1965 N.S. d.8/19/2023 N.S. (58)
MLB Outfielder

🎭Helen McCrory -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1968 N.S. d.4/16/2021 N.S. (52)
Actress, English
TV Shows: Peaky Blinders, Fearless
Movie Titles: Skyfall, Hugo, Harry Potter (series)

🎭Joshua Andrew Koenig -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1968 N.S. d.2/16/2010 N.S. (41)
Actor
Misc: died between Feb 16 and 18 of 2010
TV Shows: Growing Pains (as Boner)

🎭🎵Mark Salling -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/17/1982 N.S. d.1/30/2018 N.S. (35)
Actor, Musician
TV Shows: Glee (as Noah "Puck" Puckerman)
Movie Titles: Rocky Road, Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

🎖⚖💰Jonathan Trumbull -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/12/1710 d.8/17/1785 (74)
Revolutionary, Governor, Merchant

🎖Frederick The Great -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/24/1712 d.8/17/1786 (74)
General
Misc: Prussian king 1740-86

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⚛Matthew Boulton -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/3/1728 d.8/17/1809 (80)
Engineer, British
Misc: manufacturer and engineer who financed and introduced James Watt's steam engine.

⚖Samuel Johnston -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/15/1733 d.8/17/1816 (82)
Statesman, Lawyer, Scottish

🎵Lorenzo Da Ponte -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/10/1749 N.S. d.8/17/1838 N.S. (89)
Professor, Librettist, Italian

🎖José de San Martin -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/25/1778 d.8/17/1850 (72)
Hall of Famer, Revolutionary, Argentine
Names/Places: born in Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata, now known as Argentina

🎵Ole Bull -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/5/1810 d.8/17/1880 (70)
Composer, Violinist, Norweigan

🎵Richard Hoffman -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/24/1831 d.8/17/1909 (78)
Composer, Pianist, American, British

🎖Aleksandr Samsonov -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/2/1859 Ju-1 or 11/14/1859 N.S. d.8/17/1914 Ju-1 (54) or 8/30/1914 N.S. (54)
General, Russian

📰⚖George Trevelyan -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/20/1838 d.8/17/1928 (90)
Historian, Statesman, British

✍📰Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/3/1860 N.S. d.8/17/1935 N.S. (75)
Lecturer, Author, Economist, Feminist, Social Reformer

🎭Robert Frazer -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/29/1891 d.8/17/1944 (53)
Actor

🎵🎷Ray Wetzel -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/22/1924 d.8/17/1951 (26)
Jazz Trumpeter

🎵Billy Murray -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/25/1877 d.8/17/1954 (77)
Pop Singer
Names/Places: NN:The Denver Nightengale
Misc: major star 1900-1930

✍Lew R. Sarett -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/16/1888 d.8/17/1954 (66)
Poet

🎨Fernand Leger -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/4/1881 d.8/17/1955 (74)
Artist, French

🎭Richard Barthelmess -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/9/1895 d.8/17/1963 (68)
Actor

🎭Ed Gardner -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/29/1901 d.8/17/1963 (62)
Radio Actor, Comedian
Misc: radio: Duffy's Tavern

⚛Henry Joseph Round -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/2/1881 d.8/17/1966 (85)
Engineer, English
Misc: electronics engineer whose numerous inventions contributed to the development of radio communications.

🎨Ludwig Mies van der Rohe -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/27/1886 N.S. d.8/17/1969 N.S. (83)
Architect, German

🎭Horace McMahon -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/17/1907 d.8/17/1971 (64)
Actor
Names/Places: RLN:MacMahon
TV Shows: Martin Kane (as Captain Willis), Danny Thomas Show (as Horace), Naked City (as Lt. Mike Parker), Jackie Gleason Show

🏆🏁Fred Offenhauser Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/11/1888 d.8/17/1973 (84)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer
Misc: an American automotive engineer and mechanic who designed the Offenhauser racing engine, nicknamed the "Offy", which dominated competition in the Indianapolis 500 race for decades.

🎵Paul Williams -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/2/1939 N.S. d.8/17/1973 N.S. (34)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: The Temptations

✍Conrad Aiken -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/5/1889 d.8/17/1973 (84)
Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet, Critic

🎵🎷Clarence Shaw -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/16/1926 d.8/17/1973 (47)
Jazz Trumpeter

🎭Edgar Dearing -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/4/1893 d.8/17/1974 (81)
Actor
Movie Titles: Free & Easy, Abraham Lincoln

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🎭Sig Arno -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/27/1895 d.8/17/1975 (79)
TV/Movie Actor, German
Names/Places: RN:Siegfried Aron
TV Shows: My Friend Irma (as Professor Kropotkin)

🏆🏁Tiny "Dewayne" Lund -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/14/1929 N.S. d.8/17/1975 N.S. (45)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer
Names/Places: RN: DeWayne Louis Lund
Misc: NASCAR

✍🎭William Redfield -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/26/1927 d.8/17/1976 (49)
Writer, Actor

🎭Murvyn Vye -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/15/1913 d.8/17/1976 (63)
Actor
TV Shows: Bob Cummings Show (as Lionel)

✍🎭Delmer Daves -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/24/1904 N.S. d.8/17/1977 N.S. (73)
Screenwriter, Producer/Director

🎭Vivian Vance -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/26/1912 d.8/17/1979 (67)
Hall of Famer, TV/Stage Actress
Names/Places: b. in Cherryville, KS
Misc: some say b. 1907, 11, or 13
TV Shows: I Love Lucy (as Ethel Mertz), The Lucy Show (as Vivian Bagley)

🏆🏒William M. Jennings -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/14/1920 N.S. d.8/17/1981 N.S. (60)
Hall of Famer, NHL Executive

🎭Barney Phillips -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/20/1913 d.8/17/1982 (68)
Actor
TV Shows: Dragnet (as Sgt. Ed Jacobs), Twelve O'Clock High (as Maj. Doc Kaiser), Felony Squad (as Capt. Franks), The Betty White Show

✍🎵Ira Gershwin -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/6/1896 d.8/17/1983 (86)
Author, Lyricist
Names/Places: b. in New York City; d. in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Misc: with his composer brother George, wrote such classic songs as "S Wonderful" and "The Man I Love"

🎭Clarence Brown -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/10/1890 d.8/17/1987 (97)
Movie Director

Rudolf Hess -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/26/1894 d.8/17/1987 (93)
Criminal, Egyptian
Misc: Hitler's deputy; Nazi War Criminal; spent 46 years in a Spandau prison; the last member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle, d. at a Berlin hospital, apparent suicide.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/17/1914 d.8/17/1988 (74)
Celebrity Son, Canadian
Names/Places: son of FDR and Eleanor

⚖Arnold Raphel -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/16/1943 N.S. d.8/17/1988 N.S. (45)
Ambassador

🎭Harry Corbett -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/28/1918 N.S. d.8/17/1989 N.S. (71)
Actor, Puppeteer, British
Movie Titles: Jabberwocky

🎭🎵Pearl Bailey -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/27/1918 N.S. d.8/17/1990 N.S. (72)
TV/Stage Actress, Gospel Singer, Blues Singer
Names/Places: b. in Newport News, VA; d. in Philadelphia
TV Shows: The Pearl Bailey Show, Silver Spoons (as Lulu Baker)
Movie Titles: The Fox and The Hound (as the voice of Big Mama the owl)

🎭Don Dubbins -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/28/1928 d.8/17/1991 (63)
Actor

🎨Barbara Morgan -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/8/1900 N.S. d.8/17/1992 N.S. (92)
Photographer

🎵🎸Phil Seymour -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/15/1952 d.8/17/1993 (41)
Songwriter, Singer, Drummer, Rock and Roll Performer

🎵Johnny Sayles -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/9/1937 d.8/17/1993 (56)
Soul Singer

📰Robert C. Maynard -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/17/1937 d.8/17/1993 (56) or 8/18/1993 (56)
Journalist, Publisher, Editor

Angelo J. Leno -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/10/1910 N.S. d.8/17/1994 N.S. (83)
Celebrity Dad
Names/Places: Jay's father

🏆🥊Jack Sharkey -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/6/1902 d.8/17/1994 (91)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, Lithuanian
Names/Places: RN:Joseph Paul Zukauskas
Misc: ex-Welterweight champ

✍Howard Koch -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/12/1901 N.S. d.8/17/1995 N.S. (93)
Screenwriter
Misc: wrote the radio script for "War of the Worlds" and won an Oscar for the screenplay of "Casablanca"

🎵Mike Condello -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/6/1946 d.8/17/1995 (49)
Songwriter, Novelty Singer
Group Names: Hub Kapp and The Wheels (fronted by Pat McMahon), The Ladmo Trio
TV Shows: Wallace and Ladmo Show (co-host and parodist)

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🎵🎷Wild Bill Davis -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/24/1918 d.8/17/1995 (76)
Arranger, Organist, Jazz Pianist

🏆⚾Johnny Lipon -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/10/1922 d.8/17/1998 (75)
MLB Shortstop

🏆Reiner Klimke -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/14/1936 d.8/17/1999 (63)
Olympic Athlete, German
Misc: equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1984)

⚛Robert Rowe Gilruth -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/8/1913 d.8/17/2000 (86)
Aeronautical, Aviator, Engineer
Misc: developed X-1, the first plane to break the sound barrier

🎭Gerald Gordon -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/12/1934 d.8/17/2001 (67)
Soap Actor
TV Shows: The Doctors, General Hospital

🎵Flip Phillips -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/26/1915 d.8/17/2001 (86)
Tenor-sax

✍Edwin Morgan -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/27/1920 d.8/17/2010 (90)
Poet, Scottish

🏆⚾Jack Harshman -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/12/1927 d.8/17/2013 (86)
MLB Pitcher

✍📰John Hollander -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/28/1929 d.8/17/2013 (83)
Writer, Poet, Editor

🏆🏁🏊George Gate -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/11/1924 N.S. d.8/17/2014 N.S. (89)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Canadian, English
Misc: Swimming Coach

🎭Yvonne Craig -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/16/1937 N.S. d.8/17/2015 N.S. (78)
TV Actress, Dancer, Ballerina
TV Shows: Batman (as Barbara Batgirl Gordon)

🎭Arthur Hiller -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/22/1923 d.8/17/2016 N.S. (92)
Director, Canadian
Movie Titles: The Americanization of Emily, Tobruk, The Hospital, The Out-of-Towners, Plaza Suite, The Man in the Glass Booth, Love Story, Lonely Guy, In-Laws, Man of LaMancha

🎵🎸Preston Hubbard -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/15/1953 d.8/17/2016 N.S. (63)
Rock and Roll Bassist
Group Names: Room Full of Blues, Fabulous Thunderbirds

⚖🎭Sonny Landham -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/11/1941 d.8/17/2017 N.S. (76)
Politician, Actor
Movie Titles: Lock Up, Poltergeist, 48 Hours, Predator

🏆🏈Paul Naumoff -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/3/1945 N.S. d.8/17/2018 N.S. (73)
NFL Player

🏆🏌Bunky Henry -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/8/1944 N.S. d.8/17/2018 N.S. (74)
Golfer
Names/Places: RN: George Walter Henry Jr.

🏆🏈Cedric Benson -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/28/1982 N.S. d.8/17/2019 N.S. (36)
NFL Runningback

🎭Wanda Lewis -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/2/1926 N.S. d.8/17/2020 N.S. (94)
Actress
Misc: Uncle Al Lewis's wife; active from 1950-1951
TV Shows: The Uncle Al Show (as Captain Windy, the show aired in the Cincinnatti area and one of the longest-running children's shows in the country, airing from 1950 to 1985)

🎵🎸Gary "Chicken" Hirsh -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/9/1940 N.S. d.8/17/2021 N.S. (81)
Rock and Roll Drummer
Group Names: Country Joe and the Fish

🏆🏁🏊John Thomas Devitt -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/4/1937 N.S. d.8/17/2023 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Australian
Misc: 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic Gold, 1960)

🎭Terence Stamp -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/22/1938 N.S. d.8/17/2025 N.S. (87)
Actor, Director, English
Names/Places: b. in London
Movie Titles: Wanted, Star Wars: Episode I -The Phantom Menace, Yes Man, The Limey, Superman, Wall Street, Bowfinger, Alien Nations

🎨Francesco Albani -- Birth Anniversary Conflict -- b.3/17/1578 O.S. or 8/17/1578 O.S. d.10/4/1660 (82)
Painter, Italian
Misc: or born Aug 17, 1578