Pedro Calderón de la Barca
1600 – 1681
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
Famous Birthdays on January 17
15 notable people were born on January 17.
16th Century
Spain
18th Century
Benjamin Franklin
1706 – 1790
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
20th Century
Luis Echeverría
1922 – 2022
57th President of Mexico
Dalida
1933 – 1987
Egyptian-French singer and actress (1933-1987)
film actordancermodel
Kip Keino
1940
Kenyan athlete
middle-distance runnerathletics competitorlong-distance runner
Tabaré Vázquez
1940 – 2020
President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020
oncologistprofessorpolitician
Muhammad Ali
1942 – 2016
American boxer (1942–2016)
René Préval
1943 – 2017
Ex-President of Haiti (1943-2017)
politician
Davíð Oddsson
1948 – 2026
Icelandic politician
journalistbankerdiplomat
Jaime Rodríguez Jiménez
1959 – 2025
Salvadoran footballer
association football playerassociation football coach
Maia Chiburdanidze
1961
Georgian chess grandmaster
chess playerathletephysician
Jim Carrey
1962
Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
Tiësto
1969
Dutch DJ and music producer
Cuauhtémoc Blanco
1973
Mexican association football player and politician
Héctor Moreno
1988
Mexican association football player