| 81061 | July 17 | Birth | 1708 – Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (d. 1769) |
| 81062 | July 17 | Birth | 1714 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (d. 1762) |
| 81063 | July 17 | Birth | 1744 – Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (d. 1814) |
| 81064 | July 17 | Birth | 1763 – John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1848) |
| 81065 | July 17 | Birth | 1774 – John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (d. 1856) |
| 81066 | July 17 | Birth | 1797 – Paul Delaroche, French painter and academic (d. 1856) |
| 81067 | July 17 | Birth | 1823 – Leander Clark, American businessman, judge, and politician (d. 1910) |
| 81068 | July 17 | Birth | 1831 – Xianfeng Emperor of China (d. 1861) |
| 81069 | July 17 | Birth | 1837 – Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1886) |
| 81070 | July 17 | Birth | 1839 – Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive (d. 1916) |
| 81071 | July 17 | Birth | 1853 – Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1920) |
| 81072 | July 17 | Birth | 1868 – Henri Nathansen, Danish director and playwright (d. 1944) |
| 81073 | July 17 | Birth | 1870 – Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (d. 1939) |
| 81074 | July 17 | Birth | 1871 – Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1956) |
| 81075 | July 17 | Birth | 1879 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1960) |
| 81076 | July 17 | Birth | 1882 – James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (d. 1949) |
| 81077 | July 17 | Birth | 1888 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970) |
| 81078 | July 17 | Birth | 1889 – Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (d. 1970) |
| 81079 | July 17 | Birth | 1894 – Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (d. 1966) |
| 81080 | July 17 | Birth | 1896 – Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer (d. 1919) |
| 81081 | July 17 | Birth | 1898 – Berenice Abbott, American photographer (d. 1991) |
| 81082 | July 17 | Birth | 1898 – Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer (d. 1999) |
| 81083 | July 17 | Birth | 1899 – James Cagney, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1986) |
| 81084 | July 17 | Birth | 1900 – Marcel Dalio, French actor (d. 1983) |
| 81085 | July 17 | Birth | 1901 – Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver (d. 1994) |
| 81086 | July 17 | Birth | 1901 – Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (d. 1938) |
| 81087 | July 17 | Birth | 1901 – Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 1982) |
| 81088 | July 17 | Birth | 1902 – Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (d. 1983) |
| 81089 | July 17 | Birth | 1910 – James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (d. 2012) |
| 81090 | July 17 | Birth | 1910 – Barbara O'Neil, American actress (d. 1980) |