Famous People Born on January 17, January 17 Famous Birthdays

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January 17 Birthdays, Famous People born on January 17th

Year Name
2000 Devlin DeFrancesco, Canadian race car driver
2000 Kang Chan-hee, South Korean singer and actor
1998 Jeff Reine-Adelaide, French footballer
1998 Sophie Molineux, Australian cricketer
1997 Jake Paul, American YouTube personality, actor, rapper, and professional boxer
1995 Terutsuyoshi Shoki, Japanese sumo wrestler
1995 Indya Moore, American actor and model
1994 Mark Steketee, Australian cricketer
1993 Frankie Cocozza, British singer
1991 Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
1991 Esapekka Lappi, Finnish Rally Driver
1991 Slade Griffin, Australian rugby league player
1991 Alise Post, American BMX rider
1990 Santiago Tréllez, Colombian footballer
1989 Taylor Jordan, American baseball player
1989 Kelly Marie Tran, American actress
1988 Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
1988 Will Genia, Australian rugby player
1988 Héctor Moreno, Mexican footballer
1987 Cody Decker, American baseball player
1985 Pablo Barrientos, Argentinian footballer
1985 Betsy Ruth, American wrestler and manager
1985 Simone Simons, Dutch singer-songwriter
1984 Calvin Harris, Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer
1983 Álvaro Arbeloa, Spanish footballer
1983 Johannes Herber, German basketball player
1983 Rick Kelly, Australian race car driver
1983 Marcelo Garcia, Brazilian martial artist
1982 Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
1982 Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer
1981 Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1980 Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-American dancer and choreographer
1980 Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress
1980 Modestas Stonys, Lithuanian footballer
1978 Lisa Llorens, Australian Paralympian
1978 Ricky Wilson, English singer-songwriter
1975 Freddy Rodriguez, American actor
1974 Yang Chen, Chinese footballer and manager
1974 Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian viola player, composer, and producer
1974 Derrick Mason, American football player
1973 Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer and actor
1973 Chris Bowen, Australian politician, 37th Treasurer of Australia
1973 Liz Ellis, Australian netball player and sportscaster
1973 Aaron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1971 Giorgos Balogiannis, Greek basketball player
1971 Richard Burns, English race car driver (d. 2005)
1971 Kid Rock, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1971 Sylvie Testud, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1970 Cássio Alves de Barros, Brazilian footballer
1970 Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player and actor
1970 Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-American animator, director, and producer
1969 Naveen Andrews, English actor
1969 Lukas Moodysson, Swedish director, screenwriter, and author
1969 Tiësto, Dutch DJ and producer
1968 Rowan Pelling, English journalist and author
1968 Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch author, poet, and scholar
1967 Richard Hawley, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1966 Trish Johnson, English golfer
1966 Joshua Malina, American actor
1965 Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 Michelle Obama, American lawyer and activist, 46th First Lady of the United States
1964 John Schuster, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
1963 Kai Hansen, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1963 Colin Gordon, English footballer, agent, manager and chief executive
1962 Jun Azumi, Japanese broadcaster and politician, 46th Japanese Minister of Finance
1962 Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor and producer
1962 Sebastian Junger, American journalist and author
1961 Brian Helgeland, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 John Crawford, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960 Chili Davis, Jamaican-American baseball player and coach
1959 Susanna Hoffs, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1958 Tony Kouzarides, English biologist, cancer researcher
1957 Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian, television personality and game show host
1957 Ann Nocenti, American journalist and author
1956 Damian Green, English journalist and politician
1956 Paul Young, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 Steve Earle, American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, author and actor
1955 Pietro Parolin, Italian cardinal
1955 Steve Javie, American basketball player and referee
1954 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer, radio host, activist, and environmentalist
1953 Jeff Berlin, American bass player and educator
1953 Carlos Johnson, American singer and guitarist
1952 Tom Deitz, American author (d. 2009)
1952 Darrell Porter, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pianist, composer, and producer
1950 Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican-American author and academic
1949 Anita Borg, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2003)
1949 Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (d. 2014)
1949 Augustin Dumay, French violinist and conductor
1949 Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (d. 1984)
1949 Mick Taylor, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 Davíð Oddsson, Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland
1945 Javed Akhtar, Indian poet, playwright, and composer
1945 Anne Cutler, Australian psychologist and academic
1944 Ann Oakley, English sociologist, author, and academic
1943 Chris Montez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 René Préval, Haitian agronomist and politician, 52nd President of Haiti (d. 2017)
1942 Muhammad Ali, American boxer and activist (d. 2016)
1942 Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and author
1942 Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist and educator
1942 Nigel McCulloch, English bishop
1941 István Horthy, Jr., Hungarian physicist and architect
1940 Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (d. 2015)
1940 Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan athlete
1940 Tabaré Vázquez, Uruguayan physician and politician, 39th President of Uruguay (d. 2020)
1939 Christodoulos of Athens, Greek archbishop (d. 2008)
1939 Maury Povich, American talk show host and producer
1938 John Bellairs, American author and academic (d. 1991)
1938 Toini Gustafsson, Swedish cross country skier
1937 Alain Badiou, French philosopher and academic
1936 John Boyd, English academic and diplomat, British ambassador to Japan (d. 2019)
1936 A. Thangathurai, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1997)
1935 Ruth Ann Minner, American businesswoman and politician, 72nd Governor of Delaware
1934 Donald Cammell, Scottish-American director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1933 Dalida, Egyptian-French singer and actress (d. 1987)
1933 Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-Pakistani diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (d. 2003)
1933 Shari Lewis, American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host (d. 1998)
1932 Sheree North, American actress and dancer (d. 2005)
1931 James Earl Jones, American actor
1931 Douglas Wilder, American sergeant and politician, 66th Governor of Virginia
1931 Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
1929 Jacques Plante, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1986)
1929 Tan Boon Teik, Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (d. 2012)
1928 Jean Barraqué, French composer (d. 1973)
1928 Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (d. 2012)
1927 Thomas Anthony Dooley III, American physician and humanitarian (d. 1961)
1927 Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (d. 2008)
1927 Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1927 E. W. Swackhamer, American director and producer (d. 1994)
1926 Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and politician
1926 Moira Shearer, Scottish-English ballerina and actress (d. 2006)
1926 Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer (d. 2006)
1925 Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (d. 2017)
1925 Robert Cormier, American author and journalist (d. 2000)
1925 Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and author (d. 1996)
1924 Rik De Saedeleer, Belgian footballer and journalist (d. 2013)
1924 Jewel Plummer Cobb, American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic (d. 2017)
1923 Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (d. 1962)
1922 Luis Echeverría, Mexican academic and politician, 50th President of Mexico (d. 2022)
1922 Nicholas Katzenbach, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 65th United States Attorney General (d. 2012)
1922 Betty White, American actress, game show panelist, television personality, and animal rights activist (d. 2021)
1921 Asghar Khan, Pakistani general and politician (d. 2018)
1921 Jackie Henderson, Scottish footballer (d. 2005)
1921 Charlie Mitten, English footballer and manager (d. 2002)
1921 Antonio Prohías, Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998)
1920 Georges Pichard, French author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1918 Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1994)
1918 George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
1917 M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1987)
1916 Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., American lieutenant and politician (d. 2011)
1914 Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman (d. 2007)
1914 Irving Brecher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1914 Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 2015)
1914 William Stafford, American poet and author (d. 1993)
1911 Busher Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1966)
1911 John S. McCain Jr., American admiral (d. 1981)
1911 George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1907 Henk Badings, Indonesian-Dutch composer and engineer (d. 1987)
1907 Alfred Wainwright, British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator (d. 1991)
1905 Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1905 Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007)
1905 Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (d. 1950)
1905 Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966)
1905 Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet and translator (d. 1960)
1904 Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator (d. 1969)
1901 Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (d. 1973)
1899 Al Capone, American mob boss (d. 1947)
1899 Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic (d. 1977)
1899 Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (d. 1960)
1898 Lela Mevorah, Serbian librarian (d. 1972)
1897 Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer (d. 1946)
1888 Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author (d. 1963)
1887 Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)
1886 Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (d. 1955)
1883 Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1972)
1882 Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (d. 1946)
1881 Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
1881 Harry Price, English psychologist and author (d. 1948)
1880 Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1960)
1877 Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (d. 1937)
1877 May Gibbs, English-Australian author and illustrator (d. 1969)
1876 Frank Hague, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Jersey City (d. 1956)
1875 Florencio Sánchez, Uruguayan journalist and playwright (d. 1910)
1871 David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, English admiral (d. 1936)
1871 Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1940)
1867 Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios (d. 1939)
1867 Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel, pilot, and polo player (d. 1934)
1865 Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951)
1863 David Lloyd George, Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1945)
1863 Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (d. 1938)
1860 Douglas Hyde, Irish academic and politician, 1st President of Ireland (d. 1949)
1858 Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian author (d. 1940)
1857 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
1857 Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American engineer (d. 1935)
1853 Alva Belmont, American suffragist (d. 1933)
1853 T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and academic (d. 1930)
1851 A. B. Frost, American author and illustrator (d. 1928)
1850 Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Brazilian cardinal (d. 1930)
1850 Alexander Taneyev, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1918)
1834 August Weismann, German biologist, zoologist, and geneticist (d. 1914)
1832 Henry Martyn Baird, American historian and academic (d. 1906)
1828 Lewis A. Grant, American lawyer and general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1918)
1828 Ede Reményi, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1898)
1820 Anne Brontë, English author and poet (d. 1849)
1814 Ellen Wood, English author (d. 1887)
1793 Antonio José Martínez, Spanish-American priest, rancher and politician (d. 1867)
1789 August Neander, German historian and theologian (d. 1850)
1761 Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (d. 1832)
1734 François-Joseph Gossec, French composer and conductor (d. 1829)
1732 Stanisław August Poniatowski, Polish-Lithuanian king (d. 1798)
1728 Johann Gottfried Müthel, German pianist and composer (d. 1788)
1719 William Vernon, American businessman (d. 1806)
1712 John Stanley, English organist and composer (d. 1786)
1706 Benjamin Franklin, American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (d. 1790)
1686 Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (d. 1766)
1666 Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (d. 1723)
1659 Antonio Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1745)
1640 Jonathan Singletary Dunham, American settler (d. 1724)
1612 Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (d. 1671)
1600 Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright and poet (d. 1681)
1593 William Backhouse, English alchemist and astrologer (d. 1662)
1574 Robert Fludd, English physician, astrologer, and mathematician (d. 1637)
1560 Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist, physician, and academic (d. 1624)
1517 Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English Duke (d. 1554)
1504 Pope Pius V (d. 1572)
1501 Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (d. 1566)
1484 George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (d. 1545)
1472 Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Italian captain (d. 1508)
1463 Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1525)
1463 Antoine Duprat, French cardinal (d. 1535)
1429 Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Italian artist (d.c. 1498)
1342 Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)