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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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