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Famous People Born on August 17
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
Bridgers, Phoebe
(
1994
)
The indie rock singer who did the album 'Punisher'
Butler, Austin
(
1991
)
The title star of the 2022 biopic
Elvis
Crockett, Davy
(
1786
)
Tennessee frontiersman and defender of the Alamo
Deep Throat
(
1913
)
Mysterious informer of the Watergate scandal
De Niro, Robert
(
1943
)
The intense star of
Taxi Driver
Franzen, Jonathan
(
1959
)
Author of
The Corrections
Garvey, Marcus
(
1887
)
Founder of the "back to Africa" movement
Henry, Thierry
(
1977
)
The superstar whose handball put the French into World Cup 2010
Koresh, David
(
1959
)
Founder of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas
Naipaul, V.S.
(
1932
)
Nobel-winning author of
A House for Mr. Biswas
Penn, Sean
(
1960
)
The intense actor who won Oscars for
Mystic River
and
Milk
Powers, Francis Gary
(
1929
)
The U-2 pilot shot down by the Soviet Union in 1960
Wahlberg, Donnie
(
1969
)
Danny on the TV cop show
Blue Bloods
West, Mae
(
1893
)
Early Hollywood sex symbol
Zemin, Jiang
(
1926
)
President of the People's Republic of China, 1993-2003
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