| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| 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 |
| Charles Brockden Brown |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1771 |
22-Feb-1810 |
First American novelist, Wieland |
| 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 |
|
John Kelly on NYPD Blue |
| Anton Chekhov |
Playwright |
17-Jan-1860 |
15-Jul-1904 |
Playwright and short story writer |
| Robert Cormier |
Author |
17-Jan-1925 |
02-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 |
|
Elf, The New Guy |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1953-75 |
| Bart Freundlich |
Film Director |
17-Jan-1970 |
|
The Myth of Fingerprints |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| James Hewitt |
Relative |
17-Jan-1958 |
|
Lady Diana's adulterous lover |
| 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 |
| Sebastian Junger |
Author |
17-Jan-1962 |
|
The Perfect Storm |
| Nicholas Katzenbach |
Government |
17-Jan-1922 |
|
US Attorney General, 1965-66 |
| 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 |
|
Catwoman |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Scott Mechlowicz |
Actor |
17-Jan-1981 |
|
EuroTrip |
| Karel Van Miert |
Politician |
17-Jan-1942 |
|
EU Commissioner for Competition, 1993-99 |
| Ruth Ann Minner |
Politician |
17-Jan-1935 |
|
Governor of Delaware |
| 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 |
| Michelle Obama |
Relative |
17-Jan-1964 |
|
VP Community Affairs, UChicago Hospitals |
| David Oddsson |
Head of State |
17-Jan-1948 |
|
Prime Minister of Iceland, 1991-2004 |
| 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 |
| Kenneth Rush |
Business |
17-Jan-1910 |
11-Dec-1994 |
US Ambassador to France, 1974-77 |
| Vidal Sassoon |
Business |
17-Jan-1928 |
|
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 |
Travelling Through the Dark |
| George J. Stigler |
Economist |
17-Jan-1911 |
1-Dec-1991 |
Economic Theory of Regulation |
| Mick Taylor |
Guitarist |
17-Jan-1948 |
|
Ex-Guitarist for the Rolling Stones |
| Tiësto |
Disc Jockey |
17-Jan-1969 |
|
Arena Trance DJ |
| Tabaré Vázquez |
Head of State |
17-Jan-1940 |
|
President of Uruguay |
| 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 |
