| 93219 | August 17 | Birth | 1866 – Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (d. 1950) |
| 93220 | August 17 | Birth | 1873 – John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946) |
| 93221 | August 17 | Birth | 1877 – Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923) |
| 93222 | August 17 | Birth | 1878 – Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911) |
| 93223 | August 17 | Birth | 1880 – Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player (d. 1948) |
| 93224 | August 17 | Birth | 1887 – Charles I of Austria (d. 1922) |
| 93225 | August 17 | Birth | 1887 – Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (d. 1940) |
| 93226 | August 17 | Birth | 1888 – Monty Woolley, American actor and singer (d. 1963) |
| 93227 | August 17 | Birth | 1889 – Lalla Carlsen, Norwegian actress and singer (d. 1967) |
| 93228 | August 17 | Birth | 1890 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920) |
| 93229 | August 17 | Birth | 1890 – Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946) |
| 93230 | August 17 | Birth | 1893 – John Brahm, German-American director and production manager (d. 1982) |
| 93231 | August 17 | Birth | 1893 – Mae West, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1980) |
| 93232 | August 17 | Birth | 1894 – William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (d. 1964) |
| 93233 | August 17 | Birth | 1895 – Aris Maliagros, Greek actor and singer (d. 1984) |
| 93234 | August 17 | Birth | 1896 – Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (d. 1970) |
| 93235 | August 17 | Birth | 1896 – Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1991) |
| 93236 | August 17 | Birth | 1896 – Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author (d. 1970) |
| 93237 | August 17 | Birth | 1904 – Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (d. 1984) |
| 93238 | August 17 | Birth | 1904 – Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991) |
| 93239 | August 17 | Birth | 1907 – Gustav Schwarzenegger, Austrian police officer (d. 1972) |
| 93240 | August 17 | Birth | 1909 – Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985) |
| 93211 | August 17 | Birth | 1786 – Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (d. 1836) |
| 93212 | August 17 | Birth | 1786 – Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1861) |
| 93213 | August 17 | Birth | 1794 – Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (d. 1849) |
| 93214 | August 17 | Birth | 1828 – Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician (d. 1897) |
| 93215 | August 17 | Birth | 1840 – Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (d. 1922) |
| 93216 | August 17 | Birth | 1844 – Menelik II of Ethiopia (d. 1913) |
| 93217 | August 17 | Birth | 1863 – Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer (d. 1924) |
| 93218 | August 17 | Birth | 1866 – Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911) |