Who are famous people born on January 17?

Famous people born on January 17 include Sri Krishnadevaraya (1471), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Benjamin Franklin (1706), David Lloyd George (1863), Al Capone (1899).

What star sign is someone born on January 17?

Someone born on January 17 is a Capricorn.

What is the birthstone for January 17?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

How common is a birthday on January 17?

In the US, January 17 is the No. 197 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,285 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on January 17

Famous people born on January 17, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♑ Star sign
Capricorn
💎 Birthstone
Garnet
👶 How common
No. 197 of 366

Born on January 17

Sri Krishnadevaraya
born 1471 · Sri Rajadhiraja Raja Parameswara Mooru Rayara Ganda Yavana Rajya Pratisthapanacharya Andhra Bhoja Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana Sri Krishnadevaraya Vijayanagara emperor from 1509 to 1529
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
born 1600 · Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
Benjamin Franklin
born 1706 · American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
David Lloyd George
born 1863 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922
Al Capone
born 1899 · American gangster (1899–1947)
Muhammad Ali
born 1942 · American boxer (1942–2016)
Michelle Obama
born 1964 · lawyer and former First Lady of the United States (2009-2017)
Jim Carrey
born 1962 · Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
Álvaro Arbeloa
born 1983 · Spanish football manager and player (born 1983)
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Calvin Harris
born 1984 · Scottish electronic music producer and DJ (born 1984)
Françoise Hardy
born 1944 · French singer (1944–2024)
Naveen Andrews
born 1969 · British actor (1969-)
Cuauhtémoc Blanco
born 1973 · Mexican association football player and politician
Héctor Moreno
born 1988 · Mexican association football player
Kai Hansen
born 1963 · German guitarist and singer
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Svetlana Masterkova
born 1968 · Russian middle-distance runner
Dmitri Kirichenko
born 1977 · Russian footballer
Ebrar Karakurt
born 2000 · Turkish volleyball player (born 2000)
Samuel
born 2002 · South Korean, American and Mexican singer and rapper
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni
born 1940 · Armenian bishop (1940–2015)
Joane Gadou
born 2007 · French footballer
Nagwa Fouad
born 1941 · Egyptian belly dancer
Mircea Snegur
born 1940 · Moldovan politician
Tabaré Vázquez
born 1940 · President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020
Kip Keino
born 1940 · Kenyan athlete
José María Balcázar
born 1943 · Peruvian lawyer and politician, president of Peru (feb.-jul. 2026)
René Préval
born 1943 · Ex-President of Haiti (1943-2017)
Davíð Oddsson
born 1948 · Icelandic politician
Sandra Mason
born 1949 · 1st president of Barbados
Dick Nanninga
born 1949 · Dutch footballer (1949–2015)
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Ján Švehlík
born 1950 · Slovak football player and manager
Ryuichi Sakamoto
born 1952 · Japanese composer, musician, social activist, and former student activist (1952–2023)
Katalin Karikó
born 1955 · Hungarian biochemist
Pietro Parolin
born 1955 · Italian Roman Catholic priest, cardinal and Secretary of State of the Holy See (1955-)
Manasseh Sogavare
born 1955 · Solomon Islander politician (1955–), prime minister of Solomon Islands (2000–2001, 2006–2007, 2014–2017, 2019–2024)
Faouzi Mansouri
born 1956 · Algerian footballer (1956–2022)
Mohammad Shtayyeh
born 1958 · former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Government under Abbas and Fattah
Georges Bregy
born 1958 · Swiss footballer
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Jaime Rodríguez Jiménez
born 1959 · Salvadoran footballer
Maia Chiburdanidze
born 1961 · Georgian chess grandmaster

January 17 in history

2026Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crashed near Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi, after losing contact en route to Makassar.
2010Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, results in at least 200 deaths.
1997Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
1991Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
1966Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
1946The UN Security Council holds its first session.
1943World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
1915Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
1893Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
1799Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
1608Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men.
1362Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Anthony the Great
Christian feast day: Blessed Angelo Paoli
Christian feast day: Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch
Christian feast day: Charles Gore (Church of England)
Christian feast day: Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo (one of Saints of the Cristero War)
Christian feast day: Mildgyth
Christian feast day: Our Lady of Pontmain
Christian feast day: Sulpitius the Pious
Christian feast day: January 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
National Day (Menorca, Spain)

January 17 in every year

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Questions about January 17 birthdays

Who are famous people born on January 17?: Famous people born on January 17 include Sri Krishnadevaraya (1471), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Benjamin Franklin (1706), David Lloyd George (1863), Al Capone (1899).
What star sign is someone born on January 17?: Someone born on January 17 is a Capricorn.
What is the birthstone for January 17?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
How common is a birthday on January 17?: In the US, January 17 is the No. 197 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,285 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).