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Thomas Hodgkin

Physician, Hematologist

Born: 17 August 1798/ British

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Poet

Born: 17 August 1840/ British

Thomas Stothard

Painter

Born: 17 August 1755/ British

Don McKellar

Screenwriter, Film Director, Actor

Born: 17 August 1963/ Canadian

Karena Lam

Actress

Born: 17 August 1978/ Canadian

Robert Thirsk

Astronaut

Born: 17 August 1953/ Canadian

W. J. Cameron

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Born: 17 August 1879/ Canadian

Jin Youzhi

Born: 17 August 1918/ Chinese

Andrés Pastrana Arango

President

Born: 17 August 1954/ Colombian

Josef Dobrovský

Philologist

Born: 17 August 1753/ Czech

Matthijs Maris

Painter

Born: 17 August 1839/ Dutch

Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye

Ethiopian Poet

Born: 17 August 1936/ Ethiopian

Tarja Turunen

Singer, Opera Singer, Composer, Pianist,

Born: 17 August 1977/ Finnish

Fredrika Bremer

Writer

Born: 17 August 1801/ Finnish

William Gallas

Association Football Player

Born: 17 August 1977/ French

Louis Desaix

General

Born: 17 August 1768/ French

Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron

Politician

Born: 17 August 1754/ French

Bernard De Jussieu

Naturalist

Born: 17 August 1699/ French

Maurice Hauriou

Jurist

Born: 17 August 1856/ French

Jean Poiré

Born: 17 August 1926/ French

Frederick Lau

Actor

Born: 17 August 1989/ German

Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler

Businessperson

Born: 17 August 1941/ German

Geoffrey Elton

Writer, Historian Of The Modern Age, Historian,

Born: 17 August 1921/ German

Johannes Geis

Association Football Player

Born: 17 August 1993/ German

Lotte Jacobi

Photographer

Born: 17 August 1896/ German

Josef Dobrovský

Philologist

Born: 17 August 1753/ Hungarian

Sharat Saxena

Actor

Born: 17 August 1950/ Indian

Disha Vakani

Actress

Born: 17 August 1978/ Indian

Supriya Pilgaonkar

Actress

Born: 17 August 1967/ Indian

Rajkumar Santoshi

Film Director

Born: 17 August 1956/ Indian

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