| 81181 | July 17 | Birth | 1957 – Fern Britton, English television host and actress |
| 81182 | July 17 | Birth | 1957 – Bruce Crump, American drummer and songwriter (Molly Hatchet and Gator Country) (d. 2015) |
| 81183 | July 17 | Birth | 1957 – Wendy Freedman, Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer |
| 81184 | July 17 | Birth | 1958 – Wong Kar-wai, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 81185 | July 17 | Birth | 1958 – Thérèse Rein, Australian businesswoman, founded Ingeus |
| 81186 | July 17 | Birth | 1959 – Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin, Bangladeshi-English politician |
| 81187 | July 17 | Birth | 1960 – Kim Barnett, English cricketer and coach |
| 81188 | July 17 | Birth | 1960 – Mark Burnett, English-American screenwriter and producer |
| 81189 | July 17 | Birth | 1960 – Nancy Giles, American journalist and actress |
| 81190 | July 17 | Birth | 1960 – Robin Shou, Hong Kong actor and martial artist |
| 81191 | July 17 | Birth | 1960 – Dawn Upshaw, American soprano |
| 81192 | July 17 | Birth | 1960 – Jan Wouters, Dutch footballer and manager |
| 81193 | July 17 | Birth | 1961 – Guru, American rapper, producer, and actor (Gang Starr) (d. 2010) |
| 81194 | July 17 | Birth | 1961 – Jeremy Hardy, English comedian and actor |
| 81195 | July 17 | Birth | 1963 – Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress |
| 81196 | July 17 | Birth | 1963 – Letsie III of Lesotho |
| 81197 | July 17 | Birth | 1963 – Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper and singer |
| 81198 | July 17 | Birth | 1963 – John Ventimiglia, American actor, screenwriter, and composer |
| 81199 | July 17 | Birth | 1964 – Heather Langenkamp, American actress, producer and director |
| 81200 | July 17 | Birth | 1965 – Billy Mitchell, American gamer |
| 81201 | July 17 | Birth | 1965 – Craig Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 81202 | July 17 | Birth | 1965 – Santiago Segura, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 81203 | July 17 | Birth | 1965 – Alex Winter, English-born American actor, film director and screenwriter |
| 81204 | July 17 | Birth | 1966 – Lou Barlow, American guitarist and songwriter (Deep Wound, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, and The Folk Implosion) |
| 81205 | July 17 | Birth | 1966 – Sten Tolgfors, Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th Swedish Minister of Defence |
| 81206 | July 17 | Birth | 1968 – Beth Littleford, American comedian and actress |
| 81207 | July 17 | Birth | 1968 – Andre Royo, American actor and producer |
| 81208 | July 17 | Birth | 1968 – Bitty Schram, American actress |
| 81209 | July 17 | Birth | 1969 – F. Gary Gray, American actor and director |
| 81210 | July 17 | Birth | 1969 – Scott Johnson, American cartoonist |