| 93301 | August 17 | Birth | 1944 – Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation |
| 93302 | August 17 | Birth | 1944 – Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor |
| 93303 | August 17 | Birth | 1945 – Rachel Pollack, American author, poet, and educator |
| 93304 | August 17 | Birth | 1946 – Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 93305 | August 17 | Birth | 1946 – Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago |
| 93306 | August 17 | Birth | 1947 – Sylvia Nasar, German-American journalist, author, and academic |
| 93307 | August 17 | Birth | 1947 – Jennifer Rhodes, American actress |
| 93308 | August 17 | Birth | 1947 – Gary Talley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Box Tops) |
| 93309 | August 17 | Birth | 1948 – Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014) |
| 93310 | August 17 | Birth | 1948 – Rod MacDonald, American singer-songwriter |
| 93311 | August 17 | Birth | 1949 – Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul |
| 93312 | August 17 | Birth | 1949 – Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013) |
| 93313 | August 17 | Birth | 1949 – Julian Fellowes, Egyptian-English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician |
| 93314 | August 17 | Birth | 1949 – Sib Hashian, American drummer (Boston and Ernie and the Automatics) |
| 93315 | August 17 | Birth | 1951 – Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and actor (d. 1992) |
| 93316 | August 17 | Birth | 1951 – Robert Joy, Canadian actor and producer |
| 93317 | August 17 | Birth | 1951 – Alan Minter, English boxer |
| 93318 | August 17 | Birth | 1951 – Elba Ramalho, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress |
| 93319 | August 17 | Birth | 1952 – Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012) |
| 93320 | August 17 | Birth | 1952 – Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman |
| 93321 | August 17 | Birth | 1952 – Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman |
| 93322 | August 17 | Birth | 1952 – Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player |
| 93323 | August 17 | Birth | 1953 – Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach |
| 93324 | August 17 | Birth | 1953 – Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 93325 | August 17 | Birth | 1953 – Kevin Rowland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dexys Midnight Runners) |
| 93326 | August 17 | Birth | 1954 – Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia |
| 93327 | August 17 | Birth | 1954 – Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 93328 | August 17 | Birth | 1954 – Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia |
| 93329 | August 17 | Birth | 1955 – Richard Hilton, American businessman |
| 93330 | August 17 | Birth | 1956 – Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun |