Born on January 17
39 famous people found
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Michelle OBAMA
Wife of the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first African-American First Lady of the United States
1964 -
Jim CARREY
Canadian-American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, musician, producer and painter
1962 -
Muhammad ALI
American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist
1942 - 2016 -
Françoise HARDY
French singer-songwriter
1944 -
Mathilde SEIGNER
French actress
1968 -
Zooey DESCHANEL
American actress, model and singer-songwriter
1980 -
Benjamin FRANKLIN
American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America
1706 - 1790 -
Josie BASSETT
American rancher
1874 - 1964 -
Théo LEFÈVRE
Belgian politician
1914 - 1973 -
YELLE
French band founded by lead singer and namesake Yelle (Julie Budet) and GrandMarnier (Jean-François Perrier)
1983 -
Alain BADIOU
French philosopher
1937 -
Marcel PETIOT
French doctor, serial killer
1897 - 1946 -
Penny CHENERY
American sportswoman who bred and raced Secretariat, the 1973 winner of the Triple Crown
1922 - 2017 -
Jean-Baptiste Sébastien KRANTZ
French politician
1817 - 1899 -
Louis ARMAND
French engineer
1905 - 1971 -
Scott MARSHALL
American film director
1969 -
Ludovicus BAEKELANDT
Belgian robber
1774 - 1803 -
Pedro CALDERóN DE LA BARCA
Dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden Age
1600 - 1681 -
Albert PALMER
American schoolteacher, businessman, and politician, 29th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
1831 - 1887 -
James WATERSTON
American film and television actor
1969