Celebrity birthdays, August 17th in United Kingdom celebrity birthdays

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    Daniel Hope (violinist)

    Aug 17, 1973 Durban 50 years old

    British violinist from South Africa

    Margaret Leahy

    Aug 17, 1902 London Died on 17 Feb 1967 (aged 64)

    Silent film actress

    Thomas Stothard

    Aug 17, 1755 London Died on 27 Apr 1834 (aged 78)

    English painter, illustrator and engraver

    Dave Jones (footballer, born 1956)

    Aug 17, 1956 Liverpool 67 years old

    footballer and manager

    Jack Leslie (English footballer)

    Aug 17, 1901 London Died on 01 Jan 1988 (aged 86)

    English footballer

    Ted Hughes

    Aug 17, 1930 Mytholmroyd Died on 28 Oct 1998 (aged 68)

    English poet and children's writer

    Andy Hessenthaler

    Aug 17, 1965 Dartford 58 years old

    Footballer and manager

    Ivan Lyon

    Aug 17, 1915 Died on 16 Oct 1944 (aged 29)

    British military intelligence agent

    Julian Fellowes

    Aug 17, 1949 Cairo 74 years old

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

    Jihadi John

    Aug 17, 1988 Al Jahra Died on 12 Nov 2015 (aged 27)

    British terrorist and murderer

    Emrys Jones (geographer)

    Aug 17, 1920 Aberdare Died on 30 Aug 2006 (aged 86)

    British geographer

    V. S. Naipaul

    Aug 17, 1932 Chaguanas Died on 11 Aug 2018 (aged 85)

    Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Aryan ancestry

    Michael L. Fitzgerald

    Aug 17, 1937 Walsall 86 years old

    English archbishop

    Kieron Forbes

    Aug 17, 1990 Wembley 33 years old

    British footballer

    Tom Ford (snooker player)

    Aug 17, 1983 Glen Parva 40 years old

    English snooker player

    Bernard Matthew Cassidy

    Aug 17, 1892 Manchester Died on 28 Mar 1918 (aged 25)

    Recipient of the Victoria Cross

    Tommy Harrison

    Aug 17, 1892 Hanley Died on 01 Jan 0001 (aged 1891)

    English boxer

    Georgia Ward

    Aug 17, 1995 London 28 years old

    Tony Hey

    Aug 17, 1946 Birmingham 77 years old

    British physicist

    Dorothy Jewson

    Aug 17, 1884 Norwich Died on 29 Feb 1964 (aged 79)

    British teacher, trade union organiser and Labour Party politician

    Harry Partridge

    Aug 17, 1987 Swindon 36 years old

    Guy Royle

    Aug 17, 1885 Esher Died on 04 Jan 1954 (aged 68)

    British admiral

    Katherine Mathieson

    Aug 17, 1975 48 years old

    scientist; Chief Executive of the British Science Association.

    Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth

    Aug 17, 1876 Fulford Died on 15 Dec 1951 (aged 75)

    Scottish diplomat, Secretary General of the League of Nations

    William Carey (missionary)

    Aug 17, 1761 Northamptonshire Died on 09 Jun 1834 (aged 72)

    English Baptist missionary and a Particular Baptist minister

    Sandra White

    Aug 17, 1951 Glasgow 72 years old

    Scottish politician

    Johnny Mercer (politician)

    Aug 17, 1981 Kent 42 years old

    British politician

    Alexander Briant

    Aug 17, 1556 Somerset Died on 01 Dec 1581 (aged 25)

    Jesuit martyr

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    Aug 17, 1973 Marylebone 50 years old

    British singer

    Kevin Rowland

    Aug 17, 1953 Wednesfield 70 years old

    English singer-songwriter

    Claire Richards

    Aug 17, 1977 Hillingdon 46 years old

    British singer

    Phil Jagielka

    Aug 17, 1982 Sale 41 years old

    English association football player

    Mavis Tate

    Aug 17, 1893 Died on 05 Jun 1947 (aged 53)

    British politician

    Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York

    Aug 17, 1473 Shrewsbury Died on 01 Jan 0001 (aged 1472)

    Second son of King Edward IV of England, younger of the princes in the Tower

    Michael John Wise

    Aug 17, 1918 Died on 13 Oct 2015 (aged 97)

    geographer (1918-2015)

    Martin Gray (footballer)

    Aug 17, 1971 Stockton on Tees 52 years old

    English association football player and manager

    John Varley (painter)

    Aug 17, 1778 Greater London Died on 17 Nov 1842 (aged 64)

    British artist 1778-1842

    F. S. Bell

    Aug 17, 1897 Westminster Died on 23 Nov 1973 (aged 76)

    British naval captain

    Francis Willis (physician)

    Aug 17, 1718 Lincoln Died on 05 Dec 1807 (aged 89)

    British physician

    Ricky Ashworth

    Aug 17, 1982 Salford 41 years old

    British speedway rider

    John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun

    Aug 17, 1765 South Queensferry Died on 27 Aug 1823 (aged 58)

    British Army general

    William Kidston

    Aug 17, 1849 Falkirk Died on 25 Oct 1919 (aged 70)

    Australian politician

    Frank Thompson (SOE officer)

    Aug 17, 1920 Darjeeling Vidhan Sabha constituency Died on 10 Jun 1944 (aged 23)

    British Army officer

    Bridget Christie

    Aug 17, 1971 Gloucester 52 years old

    British comedian

    Michael Boateng

    Aug 17, 1991 Peckham 32 years old

    British footballer

    Alexander Ignatius Roche

    Aug 17, 1861 Glasgow Died on 10 Mar 1921 (aged 59)

    British artist

    Henry Drummond (evangelist)

    Aug 17, 1851 Stirling Died on 11 Mar 1897 (aged 45)

    Scottish evangelist, writer and lecturer

    Simon Taylor (rugby union)

    Aug 17, 1979 Stirling 44 years old

    Scottish rugby union player

    Rachel Corsie

    Aug 17, 1989 Aberdeen 34 years old

    Scottish footballer

    Jack Bussey

    Aug 17, 1992 England 31 years old

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