Browse Namesakes
This is a list of namesakes in which the birth month is August; and the birth day is 17
| Name | Lifespan | Categories | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard, Duke of York | 1473-1483 | Shakespearian Characters |  |
| Alexander Briant | 1556-1581 | Saints | |
| Jan III | 1629-1696 | Polish High Dukes and Kings | |
| Muhammad Shah | 1702-1748 | Indian Sultans and Emperors | |
| Davy Crockett | 1786-1836 | Notable Explorers and Adventurers | |
| Charles Rogier | 1800-1885 | Belgian Prime Ministers | |
| Joseph Marchand | 1803-1835 | Saints | |
| Hugo Egmont Hørring | 1842-1909 | Danish Prime Ministers | |
| Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar | 1864-1944 | Notable Writers | |
| Artur Śliwiński | 1877-1953 | Polish Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Tim Ahearne | 1885-1968 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Karl I | 1887-1922 | Austrian Dukes and Emperors, Bohemian Kings, Hungarian Kings and Queens, Saints | |
| Marcus Garvey | 1887-1940 | Notable Activists and Revolutionaries | |
| Mae West | 1893-1980 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Riad Al Solh | 1894-1951 | Other Leaders | |
| Marcelo Caetano | 1906-1980 | Portuguese Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 1911-1995 | Notable Athletes | |
| Eivind Skabo | 1916-2006 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Maureen O'Hara | 1920-2015 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Jiang Zemin | 1926-2022 | Other Leaders | |
| Willem Duys | 1928-2011 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Julianna McCarthy | 1929- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Zdravko Ježić | 1931-2005 | Olympic Medalists | |
| V. S. Naipaul | 1932-2018 | Nobel Prize Winners, Notable Writers | |
| Tom Courtney | 1933-2023 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Katalin Szőke | 1935-2017 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman | 1936-2007 | Notable Activists and Revolutionaries, Notable Actors and Entertainers, Notable Musicians | |
| Seamus Mallon | 1936-2020 | Notable Politicians and Statespeople | |
| Margaret Hamilton | 1936- | Notable Scientists and Inventors | |
| Fritz Wepper | 1941-2024 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Boog Powell | 1941- | Most Valuable Players | |
| Robert De Niro | 1943- | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Oscar Award Winners | |
| Larry Ellison | 1944- | Notable Businesspeople | |
| Rexhep Meidani | 1944- | Albanian Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Robert Joy | 1951- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Nelson Piquet | 1952- | Notable Athletes | |
| Guillermo Vilas | 1952- | Notable Athletes | |
| Noni Hazlehurst | 1953- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Herta Müller | 1953- | Nobel Prize Winners, Notable Writers | |
| Dragan Kićanović | 1953- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Gudrun Beckmann | 1955- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Vida Beselienė | 1956- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Belinda Carlisle | 1958- | Notable Musicians, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers | |
| Nikša Bratoš | 1959- | Notable Musicians | |
| Jonathan Franzen | 1959- | Notable Writers | |
| Sean Penn | 1960- | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Oscar Award Winners | |
| John Marshall Jones | 1962- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Igor Trandenkov | 1966- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Karsten Brannasch | 1966- | Olympic Medalists | |
| David Conrad | 1967- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Andrew Koenig | 1968-2010 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Helen McCrory | 1968-2021 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Orlagh Cassidy | 1968- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Steffen Fetzner | 1968- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Donnie Wahlberg | 1969- | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Notable Musicians | |
| Christian Laettner | 1969- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Tim Forsyth | 1973- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Luigi Mastrangelo | 1975- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Thierry Henry | 1977- | Notable Athletes | |
| Tarja Turunen | 1977- | Notable Musicians | |
| Nathan Deakes | 1977- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Mehdi Baala | 1978- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Jamie Rauch | 1979- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Mark Salling | 1982-2018 | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Notable Musicians | |
| Phil Jagielka | 1982- | Notable Athletes | |
| Dustin Pedroia | 1983- | Most Valuable Players, Notable Athletes | |
| Liam Heath | 1984- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Marcus Berg | 1986- | Notable Athletes | |
| Brady Corbet | 1988- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Johanna Larsson | 1988- | Notable Athletes | |
| Farah Zeynep Abdullah | 1989- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Chan Yung-jan | 1989- | Notable Athletes | |
| Kusal Perera | 1990- | Notable Athletes | |
| Austin Butler | 1991- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Levan Chilachava | 1991- | Notable Athletes | |
| Michael Hepburn | 1991- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Edgar Salli | 1992- | Notable Athletes | |
| Rusheen McDonald | 1992- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Xie Zhenye | 1993- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Phoebe Bridgers | 1994- | Notable Musicians | |
| Taissa Farmiga | 1994- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Dai Dai N'tab | 1994- | Notable Athletes | |
| Gracie Gold | 1995- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Tyrell Malacia | 1999- | Notable Athletes | |