| 81121 | July 17 | Birth | 1932 – Quino, Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist |
| 81122 | July 17 | Birth | 1932 – Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer (d. 1996) |
| 81123 | July 17 | Birth | 1932 – Johnny Kerr, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009) |
| 81124 | July 17 | Birth | 1932 – Wojciech Kilar, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2013) |
| 81125 | July 17 | Birth | 1932 – Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (d. 2009) |
| 81126 | July 17 | Birth | 1932 – Hal Riney, American businessman, founded Publicis & Hal Riney (d. 2008) |
| 81127 | July 17 | Birth | 1933 – Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (d. 2014) |
| 81128 | July 17 | Birth | 1933 – Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta |
| 81129 | July 17 | Birth | 1933 – Tony Pithey, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (d. 2006) |
| 81130 | July 17 | Birth | 1935 – Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer |
| 81131 | July 17 | Birth | 1935 – Peter Schickele, American composer and educator |
| 81132 | July 17 | Birth | 1935 – Donald Sutherland, Canadian-American actor and producer |
| 81133 | July 17 | Birth | 1938 – Hermann Huppen, Belgian author and illustrator |
| 81134 | July 17 | Birth | 1939 – Andrée Champagne, Canadian actress and politician |
| 81135 | July 17 | Birth | 1939 – Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group) |
| 81136 | July 17 | Birth | 1939 – Ali Khamenei, Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran |
| 81137 | July 17 | Birth | 1940 – Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor and screenwriter |
| 81138 | July 17 | Birth | 1941 – Daryle Lamonica, American football player |
| 81139 | July 17 | Birth | 1941 – Bob Taylor, English cricketer |
| 81140 | July 17 | Birth | 1941 – Achim Warmbold, German race car driver and manager |
| 81141 | July 17 | Birth | 1942 – Gale Garnett, New Zealand-Canadian singer and actress |
| 81142 | July 17 | Birth | 1942 – Don Kessinger, American baseball player and manager |
| 81143 | July 17 | Birth | 1942 – Connie Hawkins, American basketball player |
| 81144 | July 17 | Birth | 1942 – Zoot Money, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Dantalian's Chariot, and The Hard Travelers) |
| 81145 | July 17 | Birth | 1943 – Conor Myles John O'Brien, 18th Baron Inchiquin |
| 81146 | July 17 | Birth | 1943 – LaVyrle Spencer, American author and educator |
| 81147 | July 17 | Birth | 1944 – Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricketer and footballer |
| 81148 | July 17 | Birth | 1944 – Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress |
| 81149 | July 17 | Birth | 1944 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer and manager |
| 81150 | July 17 | Birth | 1945 – Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia |