List of Famous people born on August 17th

Frederick Anderson Goodwin, FRSE, FCIBS is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) between 2001 and 2009.

Annie Lazor is an American competitive swimmer. In 2021, Lazor won the bronze medal in the women's 200 meter breaststroke event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. In 2019, she represented the United States at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. She won the gold medal in the women's 100 meter breaststroke and women's 200 meter breaststroke events. She also won the gold medal in the women's 4 × 100 meter medley relay event.

Roger Galera Flores, or simply Roger, is a Brazilian football pundit for TV Globo and retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Sergey Gennadyevich Pryadkin is a Russian football functionary, vice president and member of the bureau of the executive committee of the Russian Football Union, president of the Russian Premier League, member of the Board of Directors of the European Professional Football Association leagues, member of the UEFA Professional Football Strategic Council, member of the UEFA Player Status and Agency Activities Committee. Acting President of the Russian Football Union.

Leticia Lee See-yin was an outspoken pro-Beijing figure in Hong Kong. She held several positions at various political and activist organisations in Hong Kong.

Sharat Saxena is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films. He has also acted in many Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in more than 250 Bollywood films. Saxena started his career in the early 1970s and has mainly played either supporting roles of a father, uncle, or often comic villains.

Chie Tanaka is a Japanese model and actress who is based in Taiwan. She is best known for her role as Tomoko in Cape No. 7, the second top-selling film in Taiwanese cinematic history.

Quincy Lamont Williams, known by his stage name Peewee Longway, is an American hip hop recording artist who was one of the last signees of 1017 Records before founder Gucci Mane's 2013–2016 imprisonment. He is also the nephew of Brick Squad member Cold Blooded Da Don who introduced him to Gucci Mane. The artist's most celebrated releases to date are his mixtape The Blue M&M and his collaboration with Young Thug, "Loaded". The Blue M&M also featured the singles "Sneakin n Geekin" and "Servin Lean" (remix) featuring A$AP Rocky. He is also a member of a rap group with Gucci Mane and Young Dolph, collectively known as "Felix Brothers". They released their debut project in July 2014.

Shigeki Sato , better known by his ring name Dick Togo , is a Japanese professional wrestler. Togo is currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of the Bullet Club stable.

Ludovic Radosavljevic is a French rugby union player. His position is Scrum-half and he plays for Pro D2 club Provence. He began his career with Pays d'Aix RC, now known as Provence Rugby, in the third-tier Fédérale 1 before moving to Clermont Auvergne in 2008 and then Castres in 2017. He eventually returned to his first club Provence in 2020. On 03 November 2021, he was made redundant by his club after having been found guilty of racially abusing a black player, calling him "banana eater".