Born on
The people most looked up on this day.
Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur (1887-1940)
died 1940
Hong Kong columnist, broadcaster, and writer
German pundit and anarcho-syndicalist, editor (1885–1922)
died 1922
Japanese YouTuber and streamer
Dutch radio and television presenter, commentator, tennis player and music producer (1928–2011)
died 2011
English YouTuber and author
American actor (born 1943)
German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)
American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980)
died 1980
Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)
died 2018
Every year from 1959 to 2026, from the chart week that August 17 fell in.
Choosin' Texas
Ella Langley
Ordinary
Alex Warren
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Shaboozey
Last Night
Morgan Wallen
Break My Soul
Beyoncé
Stay
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
WAP
Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion
Old Town Road
Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
In My Feelings
Drake
Despacito
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
Cheap Thrills
Sia featuring Sean Paul
Can't Feel My Face
The Weeknd
Rude
Magic!
Blurred Lines
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell
Call Me Maybe
Carly Rae Jepsen
Party Rock Anthem
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
Love the Way You Lie
Eminem featuring Rihanna
I Gotta Feeling
The Black Eyed Peas
Disturbia
Rihanna
Beautiful Girls
Sean Kingston
London Bridge
Fergie
We Belong Together
Mariah Carey
Lean Back
Terror Squad
Crazy in Love
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
Dilemma
Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
Fallin'
Alicia Keys
Incomplete
Sisqó
Genie in a Bottle
Christina Aguilera
The Boy Is Mine
Brandy and Monica
I'll Be Missing You
Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
Los del Río
Waterfalls
TLC
Stay (I Missed You)
Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
Can't Help Falling in Love
UB40
End of the Road
Boyz II Men
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
Bryan Adams
Vision of Love
Mariah Carey
Right Here Waiting
Richard Marx
Roll With It
Steve Winwood
Who's That Girl
Madonna
Papa Don't Preach
Madonna
Shout
Tears for Fears
Ghostbusters
Ray Parker Jr.
Every Breath You Take
The Police
Eye of the Tiger
Survivor
Endless Love
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
Magic
Olivia Newton-John
Good Times
Chic
Three Times a Lady
Commodores
Best of My Love
The Emotions
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elton John and Kiki Dee
Fallin' in Love
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
The Night Chicago Died
Paper Lace
Touch Me in the Morning
Diana Ross
Alone Again (Naturally)
Gilbert O'Sullivan
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Bee Gees
Make It with You
Bread
Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones
People Got to Be Free
The Rascals
All You Need Is Love
The Beatles
Summer in the City
The Lovin' Spoonful
I Got You Babe
Sonny & Cher
Where Did Our Love Go
The Supremes
Fingertips (Part II)
Little Stevie Wonder
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Neil Sedaka
Tossin' and Turnin'
Bobby Lewis
It's Now or Never
Elvis Presley
A Big Hunk o' Love
Elvis Presley
Chart positions are from the Billboard Hot 100, compiled by Wikipedia and released under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike. Birthed is not affiliated with Billboard or Wikipedia.
Birthed is an app about the day you were born. Who shares it, what happened on it, and what to do with it.