Menilek II
1844 – 1913
Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa (1844-1913)
politician
Famous Birthdays on August 17
12 notable people were born on August 17.
19th Century
Ethiopia
20th Century
Mikhail Botvinnik
1911 – 1995
Soviet chess player
Jiang Zemin
1926 – 2022
former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1926–2022)
electrical engineerpolitician
V. S. Naipaul
1932 – 2018
Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)
Muslim Magomayev
1942 – 2008
Soviet-Azerbaijani singer
memoiristopera singerfilm score composer
Robert De Niro
1943
American actor, director and producer (born 1943)
Rexhep Meidani
1944
Albanian politician
university teacherphysicistpolitician
Herta Müller
1953
German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)
Tarja Turunen
1977
Finnish singer
opera singersongwriterpianist
Jihadi John
1988 – 2015
British terrorist and murderer
programmerwarriorexecutioner
Diyorbek Urozboev
1993
Uzbek judoka
judoka
21st Century
Rayan Cherki
2003
French footballer (born 2003)
association football player