| 93511 | August 17 | Death | 2005 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934) |
| 93512 | August 17 | Death | 2006 – Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) |
| 93513 | August 17 | Death | 2007 – Jos Brink, Dutch actor, producer, and author (b. 1942) |
| 93514 | August 17 | Death | 2007 – Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913) |
| 93515 | August 17 | Death | 2007 – Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982) |
| 93516 | August 17 | Death | 2007 – Dashrath Manjhi, Indian engineer (b. 1934) |
| 93517 | August 17 | Death | 2008 – Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926) |
| 93518 | August 17 | Death | 2010 – Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928) |
| 93519 | August 17 | Death | 2012 – Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915) |
| 93520 | August 17 | Death | 2012 – Joey Kovar, American model (b. 1983) |
| 93521 | August 17 | Death | 2012 – Lou Martin, Irish-English pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1949) |
| 93522 | August 17 | Death | 2012 – Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933) |
| 93523 | August 17 | Death | 2012 – Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945) |
| 93524 | August 17 | Death | 2012 – John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) |
| 93525 | August 17 | Death | 2013 – Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938) |
| 93526 | August 17 | Death | 2013 – Jack Harshman, American baseball player (b. 1927) |
| 93527 | August 17 | Death | 2013 – John Hollander, American poet and critic (b. 1929) |
| 93528 | August 17 | Death | 2013 – Frank Martínez, American painter (b. 1924) |
| 93529 | August 17 | Death | 2013 – Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912) |
| 93530 | August 17 | Death | 2014 – Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937) |
| 93531 | August 17 | Death | 2014 – Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (b. 1921) |
| 93532 | August 17 | Death | 2014 – Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917) |
| 93533 | August 17 | Death | 2014 – Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928) |
| 93534 | August 17 | Death | 2014 – Joanie Spina, American magician, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1953) |
| 93535 | August 17 | Death | 2014 – Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (b. 1937) |
| 93536 | August 17 | Death | 2015 – Yvonne Craig, American actress and dancer (b. 1937) |
| 93537 | August 17 | Death | 2015 – Arsen Dedić, Croatian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1938) |
| 93538 | August 17 | Death | 2015 – Mike Gaechter, American football player (b. 1940) |
| 93539 | August 17 | Death | 2015 – Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, German businessman (b. 1933) |
| 93540 | August 17 | Death | 2015 – László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927) |