August 17th, 1976

Born on August 17th, 1976

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 17,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 581 days, exactly on November 28th, 2025, people who were born on August 17th, 1976 will be 18,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 17th, 1976?

August 17th, 1976

A magnitude 7.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000-8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Moro_Gulf_earthquake

What else happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market , one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 17th

Born on August 17th, 1976

47

Roslyn McLeod

Canadian rower

*August 17th, 1976, North York

47

Marcelo Moraes Caetano

Brazilian writer, academic and musician

*August 17th, 1976, Rio de Janeiro

47

Eric Boulton

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 17th, 1976, Halifax

47

Jeff Edler

American politician

*August 17th, 1976, State Center

47

Peter Gustafsson

Professional golfer

*August 17th, 1976, Orust Municipality

47

Jhovan Tomasevich

Peruvian singer

*August 17th, 1976, Peru

47

Geertjan Lassche

Dutch journalist

*August 17th, 1976, Zwolle

47

Heather De Lisle

American journalist

*August 17th, 1976, Landstuhl

47

Scott Halberstadt

American actor

*August 17th, 1976, Connersville

38

Serhiy Zakarlyuka

Ukrainian footballer (1976-2014)

*August 17th, 1976, Nikopol †October 5th, 2014, Velyka Bahachka Raion

47

Dan Hamilton

American politician

*August 17th, 1976, Miami

47

Kinsey Packard

American actress

*August 17th, 1976, Santa Barbara

47

Carmen Ranigler

Italian snowboarder

*August 17th, 1976, Bolzano

47

Stelios Longras

Cypriot footballer

*August 17th, 1976, Nicosia

47

Emre Sabuncuoğlu

Turkish musician

*August 17th, 1976, Ankara

47

Anders Rambekk

Norwegian footballer

*August 17th, 1976, Kristiansand Municipality

47

Olena Movchan

Ukrainian trampolinist

*August 17th, 1976, Mykolaiv

47

Damien Jalet

Belgian choreographer

*August 17th, 1976, Uccle - Ukkel

47

Olena Krasovska

Ukrainian athletics competitor

*August 17th, 1976, Kyiv

47

Valentijn Overeem

Dutch martial artist

*August 17th, 1976, Amersfoort

47

Carlos Newton

Canadian mixed martial artist

*August 17th, 1976, Anguilla

47

Mike Cervenak

American baseball player

*August 17th, 1976, Trenton

47

Antoniya Yordanova

Olympic long jumper

*August 17th, 1976, Kyustendil

47

Alfredo Cuadra Tinajero

Mexican politician

*August 17th, 1976, Nuevo León

47

Larry Fitzpatrick

American football player

*August 17th, 1976, Detroit

47

Saeid Bayat

Iranian football player

*August 17th, 1976, Tehran

47

Dana Daurey

American actress

*August 17th, 1976, Los Angeles

47

Natalie Gold

American actress

*August 17th, 1976, Miami

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 17th?

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

46

Thierry Henry

French association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1977, Les Ulis

46

William Gallas

French association football player

*August 17th, 1977, Asnières-sur-Seine

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

46

Tarja Turunen

Finnish singer

*August 17th, 1977, Kitee

45

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

British politician (born 1978)

*August 17th, 1978, Slough

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

52

Helen McCrory

British actress (1968–2021)

*August 17th, 1968, London †April 16th, 2021, London

41

Phil Jagielka

English association football player

*August 17th, 1982, Sale

35

Brady Corbet

American actor

*August 17th, 1988, Scottsdale

42

Chris New

English actor

*August 17th, 1981, Swindon

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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