August 17th Birthdays

Belinda Carlisle, American singer and author, was born on this day in 1958 in Hollywood, California

Also born on August 17th:

• 1937
  Ronnie Butler, Bahamian singer
• 1939
  Anthony Valentine, British actor
• 1941
  Boog Powell, American baseball player
• 1943
  Robert De Niro, American actor
• 1946
  Martha Coolidge, American film director
• 1947
  Gary Talley, American musician
• 1948
  Rod MacDonald, American musician
• 1949
  Sib Hashian, American musician
• 1951
  Robert Joy, Canadian actor
• 1953
  Kevin Rowland, English musician
• 1954
  Eric Johnson, American guitarist
• 1955
  Colin Moulding, English musician, singer
• 1960
  Sean Penn, American actor, director
• 1962
  Gilby Clarke, American musician
  John Marshall Jones, American actor
• 1963
  Jon Gruden, American football coach
• 1964
  Colin James, Canadian musician
  Maria McKee, American singer
• 1967
  Kevin Max, American singer
• 1968
  Ed McCaffrey, American football player
• 1969
  Donnie Wahlberg, American actor, singer
  Kelvin Mercer, American rapper
• 1970
  Rupert Degas, English actor and voice artist
• 1976
  Scott Halberstadt, American actor
• 1979
  Antwaan Randle El, American football player
  Marcus Patric, British actor
• 1982
  Mark Salling, American actor
• 1983
  Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
• 1984
  Garrett Wolfe, American football player
• 1986
  Bryton James, American actor & singer
• 1988
  Brady Corbet, American actor
• 1989
  Frederick Lau, German actor
  Lil B, American rapper
• 1990
  Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress

August Birthday Calendar

Died on August 17th:

• 1973
  Conrad Aiken, American novelist, critic, poet (age 84)
  Paul Williams, American singer (Temptations) (age 34)
• 1979
  Vivian Vance, American actress, singer (age 70)
• 1983
  Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (age 86)
• 1987
  Rudolf Hess, Nazi war criminal (age 93)
• 1988
  Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer, politician (age 74)
  Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (age 53)
• 1990
  Pearl Bailey, American actress, singer (age 72)
• 1995
  Howard E. Koch, American playwright, screenwriter (age 93)
• 2015
  Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer, actress (age 78)
• 2016
  Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director (age 92)
• 2017
  Sonny Landham, American actor (age 76)