| 93271 | August 17 | Birth | 1931 – Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic |
| 93272 | August 17 | Birth | 1932 – V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 93273 | August 17 | Birth | 1932 – Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (d. 1980) |
| 93274 | August 17 | Birth | 1933 – Glenn Corbett, American actor (d. 1993) |
| 93275 | August 17 | Birth | 1933 – Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986) |
| 93276 | August 17 | Birth | 1933 – Gene Kranz, American lieutenant |
| 93277 | August 17 | Birth | 1934 – João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer |
| 93278 | August 17 | Birth | 1934 – Ron Henry, English footballer (d. 2014) |
| 93279 | August 17 | Birth | 1935 – Oleg Tabakov, Russian actor and director |
| 93280 | August 17 | Birth | 1936 – Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland |
| 93281 | August 17 | Birth | 1936 – Floyd Red Crow Westerman, American actor, singer, and activist (d. 2007) |
| 93282 | August 17 | Birth | 1937 – Ronnie Butler, Bahamian singer |
| 93283 | August 17 | Birth | 1937 – Spiros Focás, Greek actor |
| 93284 | August 17 | Birth | 1938 – Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian cleric and educator |
| 93285 | August 17 | Birth | 1938 – Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece |
| 93286 | August 17 | Birth | 1939 – Luther Allison, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997) |
| 93287 | August 17 | Birth | 1939 – Anthony Valentine, English actor |
| 93288 | August 17 | Birth | 1940 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 93289 | August 17 | Birth | 1940 – Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician |
| 93290 | August 17 | Birth | 1941 – Lothar Bisky, German businessman and politician (d. 2013) |
| 93291 | August 17 | Birth | 1941 – Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter |
| 93292 | August 17 | Birth | 1942 – Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani singer |
| 93293 | August 17 | Birth | 1942 – Khagen Mahanta, Indian singer (d. 2014) |
| 93294 | August 17 | Birth | 1942 – Shane Porteous, Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter |
| 93295 | August 17 | Birth | 1943 – Boots Plata, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011) |
| 93296 | August 17 | Birth | 1943 – Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author |
| 93297 | August 17 | Birth | 1943 – Ian McAllister, Scottish businessman |
| 93298 | August 17 | Birth | 1943 – Robert De Niro, American actor, director, and producer |
| 93299 | August 17 | Birth | 1943 – John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author |
| 93300 | August 17 | Birth | 1943 – Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koerner, Ray & Glover) (d. 2002) |