Famous people born on 17 January

22 of the people we track were born on 17 January, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Benjamin Franklin 1706American polymathdied aged 84
2. Muhammad Ali 1942American boxerdied aged 74
3. Michelle Obama 1964American lawyerliving, 62
4. Jim Carrey 1962Canadian actor and comedianliving, 64
5. David Lloyd George 1863Politician and minister who served as President of the Board of Tradedied aged 82
6. Al Capone 1899American gangsterdied aged 48
7. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600Spanish playwrightdied aged 81
8. Anne Brontë 1820British novelist and poetdied aged 29
9. Pope Pius V 1504Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 68
10. Betty White 1922American actor and comediandied aged 99
11. Eartha Kitt 1927American singer and actordied aged 81
12. Dalida 1933Egyptian singer and actordied aged 54
13. Zooey Deschanel 1980American actor and singerliving, 46
14. Katalin Karikó 1955Hungarian biochemistliving, 71
15. Álvaro Arbeloa 1983Spanish footballerliving, 43
16. Tabaré Vázquez 1940Uruguayan politician who served as President of Uruguaydied aged 80
17. CHCalvin Harris 1984British producerliving, 42
18. Steve Harvey 1957American television presenter and comedianliving, 69
19. Pietro Parolin 1955Italian Catholic priest and secretaryliving, 71
20. Stanisław August Poniatowski 1732King of Polanddied aged 66
21. James Earl Jones 1931American actordied aged 93
22. Françoise Hardy 1944French singerdied aged 80