IMDb: Most Popular People Born On August 17

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1.		Taissa Farmiga Actress, The Bling Ring Taissa is the youngest of seven children and is the younger sister of Vera Farmiga, who is 21 years her senior. Unlike her sister, Taissa had no interest in becoming an actor. However, she managed to persuade Taissa to make her acting debut in Vera's directorial-debut Higher Ground. Also playing the lead in the film...
2.		Robert De Niro Actor, Goodfellas Robert De Niro, thought of as one of the greatest American actors of all time, was born in New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, Dutch, English, French, and German. He was trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory and the American Workshop...
3.		Sean Penn Actor, Mystic River Sean Penn is a powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work, who has gone from strength to strength during a colourful film career, and who has drawn much media attention for his stormy private life and political viewpoints. Sean Justin Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the second son of actress Eileen Ryan (née Annucci) and director...
4.		Helen McCrory Actress, Skyfall Award-winning actress Helen Elizabeth McCrory was born in London, England, to Welsh-born Anne (Morgans) and Scottish-born Iain McCrory, a diplomat (from Glasgow). She trained at the Drama Centre, London. She began her career on stage in the UK. She won the Manchester Evening News' Best Actress Award...
5.		Austin Butler Actor, Aliens in the Attic Austin Robert Butler was born in Anaheim, California, to Lori Anne (Howell), an aesthetician, and David Butler. He has always enjoyed movies of all types. When he was 13 he was walking around at the Orange County Fair and was approached by a representative from a background-acting management company...
6.		Donnie Wahlberg Actor, The Sixth Sense Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Jr. was born August 17, 1969, in Dorchester Massachusetts, into a family of Swedish (from his paternal grandfather), Irish, French-Canadian, and English descent. He is the eighth of nine children of Alma Elaine (Donnelly), a nurse's aide and clerk, and Donald Edward Wahlberg...
7.		Rachel Hurd-Wood Actress, Peter Pan
8.		Maureen O'Hara Actress, Miracle on 34th Street In America, the early performing arts accomplishments of young Maureen FitzSimons (who we know as Maureen O'Hara) would definitely have put her in the child prodigy category. However, for a child of Irish heritage surrounded by gifted parents and family, these were very natural traits. Maureen made her entrance into this caring haven on August 17...
9.		David Conrad Actor, Wedding Crashers
10.		Ebon Moss-Bachrach Actor, The Lake House
11.		Tim Bagley Actor, The Mask Tim Bagley was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Madison and Trempealeau, Wisconsin, and Niles, Michigan, with his parents, Carol and Elwyn, and four siblings, Anne, Patrick, Kit and Dan. After High School Tim moved to southern California to perform with the singing group "The Young Americans," while majoring in Art with a minor in Psychology at California State University Fullerton...
12.		Tammy Townsend Actress, Preacher's Kid
13.		Mark Salling Actor, Rocky Road Mark Wayne Salling was born in Dallas, Texas. He is the younger of two children of Condy Sue (née Wherry), a school secretary, and John Robert Salling, Jr., an accountant. He was home-schooled at an early age. Salling was raised in a "strict Christian home" and attended Providence Christian School and Our Redeemer Lutheran during elementary school...
14.		Brady Corbet Actor, Melancholia American actor Brady James Monson Corbet was born on August 17, 1988, in Scottsdale, AZ. Brady made his film debut as Mason Freeland in 2003's "Thirteen" and later had roles as Brian Lackey in "Mysterious Skin" and as Alan Tracy in "Thunderbirds." He also has guest starred on the television shows "Greetings...
15.		Giuliana Rancic Self, Paparazzi Giuliana DePandi was born in Naples, Italy in 1975. Her family moved to the United States, namely Washington D.C., during her childhood. Fluent only in Italian, Giuliana prides herself on the fact that she taught herself English by watching day-time soaps and other television shows. After graduating from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda...
16.		Mae West Soundtrack, I'm No Angel Mae West was born in Queens, New York, to "Battling Jack" West and Matilda Doelger. She began her career as a child star in vaudeville, and later went on to write her own plays, including "SEX", for which she was arrested. Though her first movie role was a small part in Night After Night, her scene has become famous...
17.		Farah Zeynep Abdullah Actress, The Butterfly's Dream
18.		Larry B. Scott Actor, The Karate Kid
19.		Raphael Bob-Waksberg Writer, BoJack Horseman
20.		Julian Fellowes Writer, Downton Abbey
21.		Brock Kelly Actor, Pitch Perfect
22.		Robert Joy Actor, Land of the Dead
23.		Wesley Eure Writer, Dragon Tales
24.		Bryton James Actor, Daddy Dearest
25.		Ken Kwapis Director, He's Just Not That Into You Ken Kwapis is an award-winning director who has moved easily between the worlds of feature filmmaking and television directing. He most recently directed the Warner Bros. comedy "License to Wed" starring Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski. He previously directed "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," a film adaptation of Ann Brashares' best-selling novel...
26.		Frederick Lau Actor, The Wave Frederick Lau is a German actor. He was born and raised in Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, and still lives there. He played in over 50 roles since 2000. In 2008 he won the Deutscher Filmpreis award (Lola) for best male role for being Tim Stoltefuss in "Die Welle". He is also known for portraying Wurstjunge in "Die Snobs".
27.		Andrew Koenig Actor, Batman: Dead End
28.		Jennifer Rhodes Actress, Heathers Jennifer Rhodes' career spans four decades. From Rosiclare, Illinois, Jennifer headed for the Drama Department at Southern Illinois University where, after touring a semester playing "Cherie" in "Bus Stop", she was hooked. With $103 in her purse, she caught a Greyhound Bus to New York where she studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio...
29.		Angela Dohrmann Actress, The Chinese Woman
30.		Emily Schulman Actress, Troop Beverly Hills
31.		Ashlie Rhey Actress, Bikini Drive-In Actress and comedienne Ashlie Rhey was born in Wheeling, West Virginia and grew up in Navarre, Ohio. Ashlie was cast in her very first acting role while working as a model with Wilhelmina Models, for that role she portrayed movie starlet with Edd Byrnes of 77 Sunset Strip in a commercial. Ashlie's...
32.		Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman Actor, Dances with Wolves A renowned American Indian activist-singer-songwriter.
33.		Julius Harris Actor, Live and Let Die Prior to breaking into films, Philadelphia native Julius Harris worked as a bouncer in New York City. It was due to his many associations with struggling actors, that on a dare, Harris auditioned for his first role, in the well-received picture Nothing But a Man, in which he played a father in the South, alongside Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln...
34.		Glenn Corbett Actor, Shenandoah An American lead actor and supporting actor, rugged and commanding Glenn Corbett's background didn't seem like it would lead to Hollywood stardom. The son of a garage mechanic, Corbett served a hitch in the Navy and later met Judy, the woman who would become his wife, while she was working at a college...
35.		Saraya-Jade Bevis Actress, The Viper Room
36.		Martha Coolidge Director, The Prince and Me Coolidge's diverse project range has given her a reputation for eclectic taste. Among a long list of working with Hollywood's finest, Coolidge also discovered great talents like Nicolas Cage (Valley Girl), Val Kilmer (Real Genius) and James Gandolfini (¬Angie). In addition to working with talented artists...
37.		Kate McNeil Actress, As the World Turns
38.		Cinta Laura Kiehl Actress, After the Dark Cinta Laura Kiehl is a German-Indonesian actress, singer and model in Indonesia. Begin her career in 2007; she has starred in several TV series, movies and endorsed several local and international brands. Since the start of her career, she had won several awards for acting and singing, two of which are from the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Indonesia...
39.		Belinda Carlisle Self, Belinda Carlisle: Runaway Live Pop icon Belinda Carlisle experienced full-blown American success twice in the 1980s, first with the all-female rock band The Go-Go's and then, on an international level (which she always wanted), as a solo artist. The Go-Go's first album, 1981's "Beauty And The Beat", spent six weeks at number 1 and they are still the only all-female band ever to have a number 1 album...
40.		Sharat Saxena Actor, Bajrangi Bhaijaan Sharat Saxena is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films. He has acted in nearly 160 Bollywood films. Saxena started his career in the early 70s and has mainly played either supporting roles of a father, uncle or villainous roles. He has starred in some of the most successful films of Bollywood like Mr India...
41.		Don McKellar Actor, Last Night
42.		Dana Daurey Actress, Bewitched On her second audition ever, Dana booked a role on the WB sitcom Unhappily Ever After and appeared in more than 30 episodes over the following 3 years. Dana has e since worked steadily in television and film, including 5 years as Heather Tupperman on the NBC series Providence. Dana has worked with Jon Hamm and Brooke Shields.
43.		Yû Aoi Actress, Tekkonkinkreet
44.		Noni Hazlehurst Actress, Candy
45.		Nicholas Bell Actor, Mission: Impossible II
46.		Scott Halberstadt Actor, Grandma's Boy
47.		Thierry Henry Self, Hubertusjagd, New York
48.		Roger Fan Actor, Rush Hour Roger Fan has been impressing audiences with his range and versatility since his remarkable one-two punch at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. While co-starring as the charismatic and manipulative Daric Loo in Justin Lin's breakout indie feature "Better Luck Tomorrow," Fan also starred in, co-produced...
49.		Anthony Valentine Actor, Performance
50.		Wendell Holmes Actor, Elmer Gantry