List of Famous people born on August 17th

Mariko Bando is a Japanese writer, critic, and former bureaucrat. Bando started her career in the Prime Minister's office, later becoming a consul general and the first director general of the Japanese Cabinet Office's Gender Equality Bureau. Her 2006 book The Dignity of a Woman has sold more than three million copies in Japan. She is currently the president and chancellor of Showa Women's University.

Julius W. Harris was an American actor who appeared in more than 70 movies and numerous television series in a career that spanned four decades. Harris is best known for his roles in 1970s films such as Live and Let Die and the blaxploitation films Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem.

Pierre Cérésole was a Swiss peace activist and engineer, known primarily as the founder of the Service Civil International (SCI) in 1920, an organisation that helped in reconstruction after the First World War with the goal of achieving an atmosphere of brotherhood.

Anja Fichtel-Mauritz is a German fencer. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she won in the individual and team competitions, and she won the individual competition of the World Championship in 1986 and 1990. She was winner of the World Championships in 1985, 1989, 1993 as a member of the national German team and second in team competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics. From 1986 until 1996 Fichtel held the title of German champion.

Ilya Shkurin is a Belarusian professional footballer. He plays as centre-forward in Russia for PFC CSKA Moscow.

Danilo Carvalho Barcelos, known as Danilo Barcelos, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Fluminense, as either a left back or a midfielder.

Antônio Candeia Filho better known as Candeia was a Brazilian samba singer, songwriter, and musician.

Gian Marco Javier Zignago Alcóver is a Peruvian singer-songwriter. He has won the Latin Grammy Award for the Best Singer-Songwriter Album three times. First in 2005 for his Album "Resucitar", in 2011 for his Album "Días Nuevos", and in 2012 for his Album "20 Años". Gian Marco was named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Peru.

Herta Müller is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Nițchidorf, Timiș County in Romania, her native language is German. Since the early 1990s, she has been internationally established, and her works have been translated into more than twenty languages.

Nie Weiping is a professional Go player.