August 17th: Birthdays

There will be a year and a clue given. Name the person born on this day.

Source: Onthisday.com

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Year	Clue	Answer
1786	Fought in the Alamo	Davy Crockett
1844	Emperor of Ethiopia	Menelik II
1882	Produced Dodsworth	Samuel Goldwyn
1887	Began the back-to-Africa movement	Marcus Garvey
1893	Actress in She Done him Wrong	Mae West
1896	WWII General	Leslie Groves
1926	President of China	Jiang Zemin
1929	Pilot and Spy	Francis Gary Powers
1930	British Poet Laureate	Ted Hughes
1932	Wrote Middle Passage	V. S. Naipaul
1941	President of Nigeria	Ibrahim Babangida
1943	Actor in Taxi Driver	Robert De Niro
1944	Founder of Oracle	Larry Ellison
1952	4-time Grand Slam winner	Guillermo Vilas
1960	Actor in Milk	Sean Penn
2000	Artist of Gucci Gang	Lil Pump