Born on August 17th, 1887
Weekday
Wednesday
August 17th, 1887 was a Wednesday.
Zodiac
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Leo (The Lion)
July 23rd, 1887 - August 23rd, 1887
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 81 days, exactly on July 9th, 2024, people who were born on August 17th, 1887 will be 50,000 days old!
49,919 Days
7,131 Weeks
1,640 Months
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What happened on August 17th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 17th
Born on August 17th, 1887
Karl I of Austria
Last monarch of Austria-Hungary (r. 1916–1918)
*August 17th, 1887, Persenbeug Castle †April 1st, 1922, FunchalMarcus Garvey
Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur (1887-1940)
*August 17th, 1887, Saint Ann's Bay †June 10th, 1940, West KensingtonAdriaan Daniel Fokker
Dutch physicist
*August 17th, 1887, Bogor City †September 24th, 1972, BeekbergenElvezia Michel-Baldini
Swiss artist (1887-1963)
*August 17th, 1887, Lisieux †June 14th, 1963, SoglioEgon Lustgarten
Austrian composer, pianist and music educator
*August 17th, 1887, Vienna †May 2nd, 1961, New YorkSame Day
Who's birthday is on August 17th?
45 Vibeke Stene
Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania
*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal.jpg "Robert De Niro")
54 Markus Gisdol
German association football player and manager
*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige
96 Jiang Zemin
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002
*August 17th, 1926, Yangzhou †November 30th, 2022, Shanghai
74 Monty Woolley
American actor (1888–1963)
*August 17th, 1888, New York City †May 6th, 1963, Albany
61 Gene Stratton-Porter
American writer and naturalist (1863–1924)
*August 17th, 1863, Lagro †December 6th, 1924, Los Angeles
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64 Michael Chekhov
Russian actor and director (1891-1955)
*August 17th, 1891, Saint Petersburg †September 30th, 1955, Beverly Hills
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74 Julian Fellowes
English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter
*August 17th, 1949, Cairo
91 Samuel Goldwyn
Polish-American film producer (1882–1974)
*August 17th, 1882, Warsaw †January 31st, 1974, Los AngelesSame year
Born in 1887
77 Le Corbusier
Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886-1965)
*October 6th, 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds †August 27th, 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-MartinPierre Taittinger
French politician
*October 4th, 1887, 18th arrondissement of Paris †January 22nd, 1965, Paris
88 Saint-John Perse
French poet and diplomat
*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères
73 Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist (1887–1961)
*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna
97 Marc Chagall
Belarusian-born French artist (1887–1985)
*July 14th, 1887, Vitebsk †March 28th, 1985, Saint-Paul-de-Vence
95 Arthur Rubinstein
Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)
*January 28th, 1887, Łódź †December 20th, 1982, Geneva
32 John Reed
American journalist, poet, and communist activist
*October 22nd, 1887, Portland †October 17th, 1920, Moscow
107 George Abbott
American writer and director (1887-1995)
*June 25th, 1887, Chautauqua County †January 31st, 1995, Miami Beach
95 Lynn Fontanne
British actress (1887–1983)
*December 6th, 1887, London †July 30th, 1983, Waukesha County
69 Josef Lada
Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)
*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague_ca._1915.jpg "Joseph Lamb")
72 Joseph Lamb
American composer of ragtime music
*December 6th, 1887, Montclair †September 3rd, 1960, Brooklyn
62 Carmen Lyra
Costa Rican politician and writer
*January 15th, 1887, San José †May 14th, 1949, Mexico City
79 Lajos Áprily
Hungarian poet/translator/recipient:1954 Attila József Prize
*November 14th, 1887, Brașov †August 6th, 1967, BudapestChiang Kai-shek
Chinese politician and military leader (1887–1975)
*October 31st, 1887, Xikou †April 5th, 1975, Taipei
69 Huntley Gordon
Canadian actor (1887-1956)
*October 8th, 1887, Montreal †December 7th, 1956, Van Nuys.jpg "Carlos Dávila")
68 Carlos Dávila
Chilean diplomat, journalist and politician (1887-1955)
*September 15th, 1887, Los Ángeles †October 19th, 1955, Washington, D.C.
81 Boris Karloff
English actor (1887–1969)
*November 23rd, 1887, Dulwich †February 2nd, 1969, Midhurst
98 Georgia O'Keeffe
American modernist artist (1887–1986)
*November 15th, 1887, Sun Prairie †March 6th, 1986, Santa Fe
58 Vidkun Quisling
Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator (1887–1945)
*July 18th, 1887, Fyresdal †October 24th, 1945, Akershus FortressBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 17th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 17th.
Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler (Episcopal Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson_(American_educator)August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_17_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Engineer's Day (Colombia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer's_DayFlag Day (Bolivia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_BoliviaIndependence Day, celebrates the independence proclamation of Indonesia from Japan in 1945.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Indonesia)Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_GabonMarcus Garvey Day (Jamaica)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_GarveyPrekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_SloveniaSan Martin Day (Argentina)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_ArgentinaBlack Cat Appreciation Day (United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_catDate as a Roman numeral / digit
17.8.1887
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1887 is a normal year and no leap year.