Catherine Booth

Mother of the salvation army (1829–1890).

Born January 17th, 1829 in Ashbourne.

Died October 4th, 1890 at 61 years old in Clacton-on-Sea (breast cancer).

Luther Halsey Gulick

American academic (1892–1993).

Born January 17th, 1892 in Osaka.

Died January 10th, 1993 at 100 years old in Walden.

Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma

Bulgarian and parmese royal.

Born January 17th, 1870 in Rome.

Died January 31st, 1899 at 29 years old in Sofia (pneumonia).

Svetlana Masterkova

Russian middle-distance runner.

Born January 17th, 1968 (age 58 years) in Achinsk.

Ádám Lang

Hungarian association football player.

Born January 17th, 1993 (age 33 years) in Veszprém.

Anita Borg

American computer scientist (1949-2003).

Born January 17th, 1949 in Chicago.

Died April 6th, 2003 at 54 years old in Sonoma (brain cancer).

Mathilde Seigner

French actress.

Born January 17th, 1968 (age 58 years) in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Lorenzo Tonelli

Italian footballer.

Born January 17th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Florence.

Carol Hughes

American actress (1910-1995).

Born January 17th, 1910 in Chicago.

Died August 8th, 1995 at 85 years old in Burbank.

Pampita

Argentine model and television personality.

Born January 17th, 1978 (age 48 years) in General Acha.

Mircea Snegur

Moldovan politician.

Born January 17th, 1940 in Trifănești.

Died September 13th, 2023 at 83 years old in Chișinău (cancer). ^[ref]

Clyde Walcott

West indian cricketer (1926-2006).

Born January 17th, 1926 in Bridgetown.

Died August 26th, 2006 at 80 years old in Bridgetown. ^[ref]

Dejan Davidovac

Serbian basketball player (1995-).

Born January 17th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Zrenjanin.

Aaron Ward

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born January 17th, 1973 (age 53 years) in Windsor.

Esapekka Lappi

Finnish rally car driver.

Born January 17th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Pieksämäki.

Antonio Prohías

Cuban-american cartoonist.

Born January 17th, 1921 in Cienfuegos.

Died February 24th, 1998 at 77 years old in Miami.

Karim Aïnouz

Brazilian film director.

Born January 17th, 1966 (age 60 years) in Fortaleza.

Steve Asheim

American drummer (born 1970).

Born January 17th, 1970 (age 56 years) in Freehold.

May Gibbs

Australian author and illustrator (1877–1969).

Born January 17th, 1877 in Kent, Sydenham.

Died November 27th, 1969 at 92 years old in Sydney.

Dominique Janssen

Dutch association football player.

Born January 17th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Horst aan de Maas.

Ronald Firbank

English novelist (1886-1926).

Born January 17th, 1886 in Italy, London. ^[ref]

Died May 21st, 1926 at 40 years old in Rome. ^[ref]

Micaela Ramazzotti

Italian actress.

Born January 17th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Rome.

Olya Polyakova

Ukrainian singer, actress, and tv host.

Born January 17th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Vinnytsia. ^[ref]

Pu Zhiqiang

Chinese lawyer and activist known for being a prominent member of the weiquan movement.

Born January 17th, 1965 (age 61 years) in Luanzhou.

José María Balcázar

Peruvian lawyer and politician, president of peru since 2026.

Born January 17th, 1943 (age 83 years) in Nanchoc District. ^[ref]