Famous People's | Celebrity birthdays, August 17th in United Kingdom, Browse the birthdays of celebrities, sorted by region of birth, occupation and birthplace and more.
Daniel Hope (violinist)
British violinist from South Africa
Margaret Leahy
Silent film actress
Thomas Stothard
English painter, illustrator and engraver
Dave Jones (footballer, born 1956)
footballer and manager
Jack Leslie (English footballer)
English footballer
Ted Hughes
English poet and children's writer
Andy Hessenthaler
Footballer and manager
Ivan Lyon
British military intelligence agent
Julian Fellowes
English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
Emrys Jones (geographer)
British geographer
V. S. Naipaul
Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Aryan ancestry
Michael L. Fitzgerald
English archbishop
Kieron Forbes
British footballer
Tom Ford (snooker player)
English snooker player
Bernard Matthew Cassidy
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Tommy Harrison
English boxer
Georgia Ward
Tony Hey
British physicist
Dorothy Jewson
British teacher, trade union organiser and Labour Party politician
Harry Partridge
Guy Royle
British admiral
Katherine Mathieson
scientist; Chief Executive of the British Science Association.
Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth
Scottish diplomat, Secretary General of the League of Nations
William Carey (missionary)
English Baptist missionary and a Particular Baptist minister
Sandra White
Scottish politician
Johnny Mercer (politician)
British politician
Alexander Briant
Jesuit martyr
Jont
British singer
Kevin Rowland
English singer-songwriter
Claire Richards
Phil Jagielka
English association football player
Mavis Tate
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
Second son of King Edward IV of England, younger of the princes in the Tower
Michael John Wise
geographer (1918-2015)
Martin Gray (footballer)
English association football player and manager
John Varley (painter)
British artist 1778-1842
F. S. Bell
British naval captain
Francis Willis (physician)
British physician
Ricky Ashworth
British speedway rider
John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun
British Army general
William Kidston
Australian politician
Frank Thompson (SOE officer)
British Army officer
Bridget Christie
British comedian
Michael Boateng
Alexander Ignatius Roche
British artist
Henry Drummond (evangelist)
Scottish evangelist, writer and lecturer
Simon Taylor (rugby union)
Scottish rugby union player
Rachel Corsie
Scottish footballer
Jack Bussey
English singer-songwriter, rapper and actor