WHO IS BORN ON 17. AUGUST
Find out who all was born on 17. August

1st Duke of York Richard of Shrewsbury was born 17. August 1473. (died 1483)

English martyr Alexander Briant was born 17. August 1556. (died 1581)

Italian painter Francesco Albani was born 17. August 1578. (died 1660)

French lawyer and mathematician Pierre de Fermat was born 17. August 1601. (died 1665)

Polish–Lithuanian king John III Sobieski was born 17. August 1629. (died 1696)

Italian composer Nicola Porpora was born 17. August 1686. (died 1768)

Bohemian philologist and historian Josef Dobrovský was born 17. August 1753. (died 1828)

French general Louis Desaix was born 17. August 1768. (died 1800)

American soldier and politician Davy Crockett was born 17. August 1786. (died 1836)

French neurologist Jules Bernard Luys was born 17. August 1828. (died 1897)

English poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt was born 17. August 1840. (died 1922)

American author and photographer Gene Stratton-Porter was born 17. August 1863. (died 1924)

Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad Mahbub Ali Khan was born 17. August 1866. (died 1911)

English-American actress Julia Marlowe was born 17. August 1866. (died 1950)

American gynecologist John A. Sampson was born 17. August 1873. (died 1946)

American golfer and tennis player Ralph McKittrick was born 17. August 1877. (died 1923)

Australian cricketer Reggie Duff was born 17. August 1878. (died 1911)