List of Famous people born on August 17th
Camilla Charlotte Rumbold
Oliver St. John Gogarty
Oliver Joseph St John Gogarty was an Irish poet, author, otolaryngologist, athlete, politician, and well-known conversationalist. He served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil
William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil was the operator of the Biltmore Estate through his company, The Biltmore Company.
Gail Janice Stewart
Baroness Matilda von Lachmann
Allain Bougrain-Dubourg
Satake Yoshinobu
Satake Yoshinobu was a daimyō in Sengoku period and early Edo period Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate and the 19th head of the Satake clan and 1st daimyō of Kubota Domain in Dewa Province. His courtesy title was Sakonoeshōshō, later Ukyō-dayū and Jijū and his Court rank was Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade.
Henri Liouville
Jesse M. Donaldson
Jesse Monroe Donaldson was the first United States Postmaster General to have started his career as a letter carrier.