Jorge Bada (79)
August 17th, 1944

Mexican field hockey player – Jorge Bada was born in Mexico City (Capital and largest city of Mexico) on August 17th, 1944 and is 79 years old today.

Other personalities born on August 17

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

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

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

77

Jean-Paul Besset

French journalist and politician

*August 17th, 1946, Chamalières

74

Julian Fellowes

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

71

Lothar Bisky

German politician (1941-2013)

*August 17th, 1941, Korzybie, Pomeranian Voivodeship †August 13th, 2013, Leipzig

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

66

Muslim Magomayev

Soviet-Azerbaijani singer

*August 17th, 1942, Baku †October 25th, 2008, Moscow

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

81

Michel Creton

French actor

*August 17th, 1942, Wassy

96

Jiang Zemin

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002

*August 17th, 1926, Yangzhou †November 30th, 2022, Shanghai

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

33

David Koresh

American religious sect leader of Branch Davidians (1959-1993)

*August 17th, 1959, Houston †April 19th, 1993, Mount Carmel Center

63

Stephan Eicher

Swiss singer

*August 17th, 1960, Münchenbuchsee

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

52

Helen McCrory

British actress (1968–2021)

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

71

Nelson Piquet

Brazilian automobile racer

*August 17th, 1952, Rio de Janeiro

59

Dave "Snaker" Ray

American blues singer and guitarist

*August 17th, 1943, Saint Paul †November 28th, 2002, Minneapolis

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

46

Thierry Henry

French association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1977, Les Ulis

28

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

*August 17th, 1995, Newton

77

Didier Sandre

French actor and theatre director

*August 17th, 1946, Paris

64

Jonathan Franzen

American writer

*August 17th, 1959, Western Springs

Also born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

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

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

80

Rakel Surlien

Norwegian judge and politician

*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

72

László Csendes

Hungarian actor (1944-2017)

*September 21st, 1944, Rimavská Sobota †March 24th, 2017

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

Jorge Bada