Sammy Vomáčka (77)
August 17th, 1946

Czech guitarist – Sammy Vomáčka was born in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav (Town in the Czech Republic) on August 17th, 1946 and is 77 years old today.

Other personalities born on August 17

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Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

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

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

74

Julian Fellowes

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

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

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Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

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

79

Larry Ellison

American internet entrepreneur and businessman

*August 17th, 1944, The Bronx

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Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

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Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

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Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

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Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

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The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

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Lothar Bisky

German politician (1941-2013)

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

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Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

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Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

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Jiang Zemin

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

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

66

Muslim Magomayev

Soviet-Azerbaijani singer

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

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

71

Nelson Piquet

Brazilian automobile racer

*August 17th, 1952, Rio de Janeiro

79

Rexhep Meidani

Albanian politician

*August 17th, 1944, Tirana

52

Helen McCrory

British actress (1968–2021)

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

81

Michel Creton

French actor

*August 17th, 1942, Wassy

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

64

Jonathan Franzen

American writer

*August 17th, 1959, Western Springs

76

Jennifer Rhodes

American actress

*August 17th, 1947, Rosiclare

46

Thierry Henry

French association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1977, Les Ulis

Also born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

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Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

77

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

77

Benny Andersson

Swedish musician and composer

*December 16th, 1946, Stockholm

77

Stephen Rea

Irish actor

*October 31st, 1946, Belfast

77

Danny Glover

American actor, film director and political activist

*July 22nd, 1946, San Francisco

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Syd Barrett

British musician (1946–2006), co-founder of Pink Floyd

*January 6th, 1946, Cambridge †July 7th, 2006, Cambridge

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Linda Ronstadt

American singer (born 1946)

*July 15th, 1946, Tucson

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

69

Patty Duke

American actress (1946–2016)

*December 14th, 1946, Queens †March 29th, 2016, Coeur d'Alene

78

Timothy Dalton

British actor of stage, film and television

*March 21st, 1946, Colwyn Bay

Sammy Vomáčka