January 17 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on January 17, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Dec 22 – Jan 19
Birth stone
Garnet
Birth flower
Carnation
How common
#197 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous January 17 birthdays
Anne Brontë · British novelist and poet1820
David Lloyd George · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 19221863
Konstantin Stanislavski · Russian actor and theatre director1863
Mack Sennett · Canadian-American actor, producer and director1880
George Stigler · American economist1911
Betty White · American actress and comedian1922
Eartha Kitt · American singer and actress1927
James Earl Jones · American actor1931
Dalida · Egyptian-French singer and actress1933
Muhammad Ali · American boxer1942
Andy Kaufman · American entertainer1949
Katalin Karikó · Hungarian biochemist1955
Steve Harvey · American television presenter, comedian, actor, and author1957
Jim Carrey · Canadian-American actor and comedian1962
Michelle Obama · Lawyer and former First Lady of the United States1964
Lil Jon · American rapper and record producer1972
Zooey Deschanel · American actress and singer1980
Dwyane Wade · American basketball player1982
Álvaro Arbeloa · Spanish football manager and player1983
Jake Paul · American YouTuber and boxer1997
On this day in history
1920The Volstead Act went into effect, beginning the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
1961Three days before leaving office, U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a farewell speech to the nation, in which he warned about the dangers of the military–industrial complex.
1999In Little Saigon, California, a series of protests began when the owner of a video rental store displayed an image of Ho Chi Minh.
2016President Barack Obama announces the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an agreement intended to limit Iran's nuclear program.
1917The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
1945World War II: Australian troops advanced along the northern part of Bougainville Island (in present-day Papua New Guinea) and began fighting Japanese forces in the Battle of Tsimba Ridge.
1981President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
1998The Drudge Report became the first news source to break the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal to the public.
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