August 17th, 2007

Born on August 17th, 2007

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 6,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 904 days, exactly on October 16th, 2026, people who were born on August 17th, 2007 will be 7,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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.

August 17th, 2017

Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

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

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

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

20

Rayan Cherki

French association football player

*August 17th, 2003, Lyon

23

Lil Pump

American rapper (El Zicario)

*August 17th, 2000, Miami

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

28

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

*August 17th, 1995, Newton

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

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

35

Brady Corbet

American actor

*August 17th, 1988, Scottsdale

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

31

Harald Reinkind

Norwegian handball player

*August 17th, 1992, Trondheim

46

Thierry Henry

French association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1977, Les Ulis

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

32

Marion Rousse

French cyclist

*August 17th, 1991, Saint-Saulve

Same year
Born in 2007

16

Unnati Hooda

Badminton player

*September 20th, 2007, Rohtak

16

Ever Anderson

American child actress

*November 3rd, 2007, Los Angeles

16

Infanta Sofía of Spain

Younger child of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia

*April 29th, 2007, Madrid

17

Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden

Son of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, and Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster; grandson of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

*March 12th, 2007, London

16

James, Earl of Wessex

Son of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

*December 17th, 2007, Frimley Park Hospital

16

Viki Gabor

Polish singer

*July 10th, 2007, Hamburg

16

Melani García

Spanish singer

*June 10th, 2007, L'Eliana

16

Park Min-ha

South Korean actress

*July 2nd, 2007, Grupo

17

Cailey Fleming

American actress

*March 25th, 2007, Picayune

17

Ana Paula Martínez

Mexican actress

*February 22nd, 2007, Mexico City

16

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

American child actress

*June 6th, 2007, Santa Monica

17

Quan Hongchan

Chinese diver (2007-)

*March 28th, 2007, Zhanjiang

17

Stacey Fru

Child Author and Philanthropist

*February 16th, 2007, Johannesburg

17

Lalla Khadija of Morocco

Moroccan royal

*February 28th, 2007, Rabat

16

DJ Switch

Young Ghanaian female disk jockey

*December 12th, 2007, Dadieso

16

Momiji Nishiya

Japanese street skateboarder (2007-)

*August 30th, 2007, Matsubara

16

Ruhanika Dhawan

Indian actress

*September 25th, 2007, Delhi

16

Adeliia Petrosian

Russian figure skater

*June 5th, 2007, Moscow

16

Alexander James Rodriguez

British actor

*June 12th, 2007, Marbella

17

Claire Weinstein

American swimmer

*March 1st, 2007, White Plains

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Born on August 17th, 2007
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2007 is a normal year and no leap year.

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