Famous People Born on January 17
Famous people born on January 17 include Benjamin Franklin (1706), Muhammad Ali (1942) and Michelle Obama (1964).
BORN ON THIS DAY
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father, electricity experiments
Muhammad Ali
The Greatest, heavyweight boxing champion
Michelle Obama
First Lady of the United States, author of Becoming
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Jim Carrey
Canadian and American actor (born 1962)
David Lloyd George
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922
Al Capone
American gangster and businessman (1899–1947)
Anne Brontë
English novelist and poet (1820–1849)
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Spanish playwright and poet (1600–1681)
Pope Pius V
Head of the Catholic Church from 1566 to 1572
Konstantin Stanislavski
Russian actor and theatre director (1863–1938)
Betty White
American actress and comedian (1922–2021)
Eartha Kitt
American singer and actress (1927–2008)
Dalida
Italian-French singer and actress (1933–1987)
Zooey Deschanel
American actress and singer (born 1980)
Álvaro Arbeloa
Spanish football manager and player (born 1983)
Tabaré Vázquez
President of Uruguay (2005–2010; 2015–2020)
Calvin Harris
Scottish DJ (born 1984)
Steve Harvey
American comedian and television host (born 1957)
DIED ON THIS DAY
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Rutherford B. Hayes
President of the United States from 1877 to 1881
Bobby Fischer
American chess grandmaster (1943–2008)
Camilo José Cela
Spanish novelist, poet, essayist (1916–2002)
Theodosius I
Roman emperor from 379 to 395
Skanderbeg
Albanian warlord and military commander (1405–1468)
Francis Galton
British eugenicist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
Clyde Tombaugh
American astronomer (1906–1997)
Olav V
King of Norway from 1957 to 1991
Feodor I of Russia
Tsar of Russia from 1584 to 1598
Zhao Ziyang
Chinese politician (1919–2005)
Sources
- January 17 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Benjamin Franklin — Wikipedia
- Muhammad Ali — Wikipedia
- Michelle Obama — Wikipedia
- Patrice Lumumba — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths