Born on January 17th
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Born on January 17th
LISTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adler | Actor | 17-Jan-1986 | Dave Karofsky on Glee | |
| Muhammad Ali | Boxing | 17-Jan-1942 | Floated like butterfly, stung like bee | |
| Naveen Andrews | Actor | 17-Jan-1969 | Sayid on Lost | |
| Nils Asther | Actor | 17-Jan-1897 | 13-Oct-1981 | The Single Standard |
| Pedro Calderón de la Barca | Playwright | 17-Jan-1600 | 25-May-1681 | La Vida es Sueño |
| Joseph W. Barr | Government | 17-Jan-1918 | 23-Feb-1996 | US Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69 |
| Gaspard Bauhin | Botanist | 17-Jan-1560 | 5-Dec-1624 | Pinax Theatri Botanici |
| Noah Beery, Sr. | Actor | 17-Jan-1882 | 1-Apr-1946 | The Mark of Zorro |
| Irving Brecher | Screenwriter | 17-Jan-1914 | 17-Nov-2008 | Meet Me in St. Louis |
| Anne Brontë | Novelist | 17-Jan-1820 | 28-May-1849 | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall |
| Charles Brockden Brown | Novelist | 17-Jan-1771 | 22-Feb-1810 | First American novelist, Wieland |
| Alexander J. Brunett | Religion | 17-Jan-1934 | Catholic Archbishop of Seattle, 1997-2010 | |
| Donald Cammell | Film Director | 17-Jan-1934 | 24-Apr-1996 | Performance |
| Al Capone | Criminal | 17-Jan-1899 | 25-Jan-1947 | Scarface |
| Howie Carr | Columnist | 17-Jan-1952 | Boston Herald columnist, talk-radio host | |
| Jim Carrey | Actor | 17-Jan-1962 | Rubber-faced fartsmith | |
| D. J. Caruso | Film Director | 17-Jan-1965 | Disturbia | |
| David Caruso | Actor | 17-Jan-1956 | Lt. Horatio Caine on CSI: Miami | |
| Don Cazayoux | Politician | 17-Jan-1964 | Congressman, Louisiana 6th | |
| Anton Chekhov | Playwright | 17-Jan-1860 | 15-Jul-1904 | Playwright and short story writer |
| Robert Cormier | Author | 17-Jan-1925 | 2-Nov-2000 | I am the Cheese |
| Caleb Cushing | Politician | 17-Jan-1800 | 2-Jan-1879 | US Attorney General, 1853-57 |
| Zooey Deschanel | Actor | 17-Jan-1980 | New Girl | |
| Jacques Amand Deslongchamps | Paleontologist | 17-Jan-1794 | 17-Jan-1867 | Discovered Teleosaurus |
| Tom Dooley | Activist | 17-Jan-1927 | 18-Jan-1961 | Deliver Us from Evil |
| Olin Dutra | Golf | 17-Jan-1901 | 5-May-1983 | Winner of 2 Majors |
| Steve Earle | Singer/Songwriter | 17-Jan-1955 | Hardcore Troubadour | |
| Luis Echeverría | Head of State | 17-Jan-1922 | President of Mexico, 1970-76 | |
| Larry Fortensky | Relative | 17-Jan-1952 | Elizabeth Taylor's latest husband | |
| Benjamin Franklin | Diplomat | 17-Jan-1706 | 17-Apr-1790 | American founding father |
| Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. | Politician | 17-Jan-1916 | 23-May-2011 | Congressman from New Jersey, 1953-75 |
| Bart Freundlich | Film Director | 17-Jan-1970 | The Myth of Fingerprints | |
| Marjorie Gateson | Actor | 17-Jan-1891 | 17-Apr-1977 | Goin' to Town |
| David Lloyd George | Head of State | 17-Jan-1863 | 26-Mar-1945 | UK Prime Minister, 1916-22 |
| Ljubco Georgievski | Head of State | 17-Jan-1966 | Prime Mininster of Macedonia, 1998-2002 | |
| Françoise Hardy | Singer/Songwriter | 17-Jan-1944 | The Yeh-Yeh Girl | |
| Robert Hare | Chemist | 17-Jan-1781 | 15-May-1858 | Hydrostatic blow-pipe and spiritoscope |
| Brian Helgeland | Screenwriter | 17-Jan-1961 | A Knight's Tale | |
| Susanna Hoffs | Musician | 17-Jan-1959 | Lead singer of The Bangles | |
| Leonard Horner | Geologist | 17-Jan-1785 | 5-Mar-1864 | Scottish geologist, educator |
| Robert M. Hutchins | Educator | 17-Jan-1899 | 17-May-1977 | President, University of Chicago, 1929-51 |
| James Earl Jones | Actor | 17-Jan-1931 | Voice of Darth Vader and CNN | |
| Keith Joseph | Politician | 17-Jan-1918 | 10-Dec-1994 | Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence |
| Sebastian Junger | Author | 17-Jan-1962 | The Perfect Storm | |
| Linda Kash | Actor | 17-Jan-1967 | Trudy Weissman on Style & Substance | |
| Nicholas Katzenbach | Government | 17-Jan-1922 | 8-May-2012 | US Attorney General, 1965-66 |
| Samuel H. Kauffmann | Business | 17-Jan-1924 | 4-Apr-2002 | California tract housing developer |
| Andy Kaufman | Comic | 17-Jan-1949 | 16-May-1984 | Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler |
| Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. | Relative | 17-Jan-1954 | Son of Robert F. Kennedy | |
| Edgar Ray Killen | Criminal | 17-Jan-1925 | Convicted in Mississippi Burning murders | |
| Eartha Kitt | Singer | 17-Jan-1927 | 25-Dec-2008 | Catwoman |
| Carl Laemmle | Film/TV Producer | 17-Jan-1867 | 24-Sep-1939 | Independent Motion Picture Company |
| George M. Leader | Politician | 17-Jan-1918 | Governor of Pennsylvania, 1955-59 | |
| Shari Lewis | Performance Artist | 17-Jan-1933 | 2-Aug-1998 | Lamb Chop's Play-Along |
| Fabio Luisi | Conductor | 17-Jan-1959 | Principal Conductor, Vienna Symphony | |
| Compton MacKenzie | Novelist | 17-Jan-1883 | 30-Nov-1972 | Carnival |
| Joshua Malina | Actor | 17-Jan-1966 | Will Bailey on The West Wing | |
| Howard Marion-Crawford | Actor | 17-Jan-1914 | 24-Nov-1969 | Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes |
| Chris Martin | Actor | 17-Jan-1975 | Tom Stone | |
| Glenn L. Martin | Engineer | 17-Jan-1886 | 5-Dec-1955 | Martin Aircraft Co. |
| Harlan Mathews | Politician | 17-Jan-1927 | US Senator from Tennessee, 1993-94 | |
| John S. McCain, Jr. | Military | 17-Jan-1911 | 22-Mar-1981 | Admiral, Father of John McCain |
| Scott Mechlowicz | Actor | 17-Jan-1981 | EuroTrip | |
| Edward Mezvinsky | Politician | 17-Jan-1937 | Congressman from Iowa, 1973-77 | |
| Ruth Ann Minner | Politician | 17-Jan-1935 | Governor of Delaware, 2001-09 | |
| Newton N. Minow | Government | 17-Jan-1926 | FCC Chairman, 1961-63 | |
| Walter Monckton | Politician | 17-Jan-1891 | 9-Jan-1965 | UK Minister of Defence, 1955-56 |
| Sheree North | Actor | 17-Jan-1933 | 4-Nov-2005 | How to Be Very, Very Popular |
| Denis O'Hare | Actor | 17-Jan-1962 | Larry Harvey on American Horror Story | |
| Michelle Obama | First Lady | 17-Jan-1964 | Wife of Barack Obama | |
| David Oddsson | Head of State | 17-Jan-1948 | Prime Minister of Iceland, 1991-2004 | |
| Patricia Owens | Actor | 17-Jan-1925 | 31-Aug-2000 | The Fly |
| Harvey Perlman | Educator | 17-Jan-1942 | Chancellor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | |
| Pope Pius V | Religion | 17-Jan-1504 | 1-May-1572 | Roman Catholic Pope, 1566-72 |
| Jacques Plante | Hockey | 17-Jan-1929 | 27-Feb-1986 | NHL Hall of Famer |
| Maury Povich | Talk Show Host | 17-Jan-1939 | The Maury Povich Show | |
| René Préval | Head of State | 17-Jan-1943 | President of Haiti | |
| Antonio Prohias | Artist | 17-Jan-1921 | 24-Feb-1998 | Spy vs. Spy |
| A. R. Radcliffe-Brown | Anthropologist | 17-Jan-1881 | 24-Oct-1955 | Father of modern social anthropology |
| Ray-J | Singer | 17-Jan-1981 | Sitcom actor turned R&B singer | |
| Kevin Reynolds | Film Director | 17-Jan-1952 | Waterworld | |
| Kid Rock | Musician | 17-Jan-1971 | Rocker for Middle America | |
| Freddy Rodriguez | Actor | 17-Jan-1975 | Rico Diaz on Six Feet Under | |
| Charles O. Rossotti | Business | 17-Jan-1941 | IRS Commissioner, 1997-2002 | |
| Kenneth Rush | Business | 17-Jan-1910 | 11-Dec-1994 | US Ambassador to France, 1974-77 |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | Pianist | 17-Jan-1952 | Yellow Magic Orchestra | |
| Vidal Sassoon | Business | 17-Jan-1928 | 9-May-2012 | Celebrity hairstylist |
| Sydney Schanberg | Journalist | 17-Jan-1934 | The Death and Life of Dith Pran | |
| Mack Sennett | Film/TV Producer | 17-Jan-1880 | 5-Nov-1960 | Founder of Keystone Studios |
| Shabba Ranks | Rapper | 17-Jan-1966 | Ragga DJ | |
| Moira Shearer | Dancer | 17-Jan-1926 | 31-Jan-2006 | The Red Shoes |
| Nevil Shute | Novelist | 17-Jan-1899 | 12-Jan-1960 | On the Beach |
| William Stafford | Poet | 17-Jan-1914 | 28-Aug-1993 | Traveling Through the Dark |
| George J. Stigler | Economist | 17-Jan-1911 | 1-Dec-1991 | Economic Theory of Regulation |
| Todd Susman | Actor | 17-Jan-1947 | Officer Shifflett on Newhart | |
| Mick Taylor | Guitarist | 17-Jan-1948 | Ex-Guitarist for the Rolling Stones | |
| Smith Thompson | Judge | 17-Jan-1768 | 18-Dec-1843 | US Supreme Court Justice, 1823-43 |
| Tiësto | Disc Jockey | 17-Jan-1969 | Arena Trance DJ | |
| Karel Van Miert | Politician | 17-Jan-1942 | 22-Jun-2009 | EU Commissioner for Competition, 1993-99 |
| Tabaré Vázquez | Head of State | 17-Jan-1940 | President of Uruguay, 2005-10 | |
| Dwyane Wade | Basketball | 17-Jan-1982 | Miami Heat guard | |
| August Weismann | Biologist | 17-Jan-1834 | 5-Nov-1914 | Theory of Germ Plasm |
| Betty White | Actor | 17-Jan-1922 | TV sitcom and game show mainstay | |
| L. Douglas Wilder | Politician | 17-Jan-1931 | Governor of Virginia, 1990-94 | |
| Frederick The Wise | Government | 17-Jan-1463 | 5-May-1525 | Elector of Saxony |
| Grant Withers | Actor | 17-Jan-1904 | 27-Mar-1959 | American character actor |
| Paul Young | Musician | 17-Jan-1956 | Senza Una Donna | |
| James David Zellerbach | Business | 17-Jan-1892 | 1963 | US Ambassador to Italy, 1957-60 |
| Don Zimmer | Baseball | 17-Jan-1931 | Red Sox, Padres, Cubs, manager |
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