The 17th day of the year
Born on 17 January
Every 17 January birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Capricorn, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CapricornEarth, cardinal, ruled by Saturn.
- Birthstone
- GarnetThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Carnation, SnowdropUsually taken today to mean devotion and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Saturday and Tuesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 17 January in any year.
Which weekday 17 January falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 17 January falls on every day of the week: Saturday 16, Tuesday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Sunday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 17 January is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,788 babies were born on 17 January in each year of the twenty, making it the 247th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 17 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin | 1706–1790 | American polymath and statesman |
| Muhammad Ali | 1942–2016 | American boxer |
| Michelle Obama | 1964– | lawyer and former First Lady of the United States (2009-2017) |
| Jim Carrey | 1962– | Canadian-American actor and comedian |
| David Lloyd George | 1863–1945 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922 |
| Al Capone | 1899–1947 | American gangster |
| Pedro Calderón de la Barca | 1600–1681 | Spanish dramatist |
| Anne Brontë | 1820–1849 | British novelist and poet |
| Pope Pius V | 1504–1572 | Pope from 1566 to 1572 |
| Konstantin Stanislavski | 1863–1938 | Russian actor and theatre director |
| Betty White | 1922–2021 | American actress and comedian |
| Eartha Kitt | 1927–2008 | American singer and actress |
| Dalida | 1933–1987 | Italian-French singer and actress |
| Zooey Deschanel | 1980– | American actress and singer |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | 1983– | Spanish football manager and player |
| Tabaré Vázquez | 1940–2020 | President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020 |
| Calvin Harris | 1984– | Scottish electronic music producer and DJ |
| Steve Harvey | 1957– | American television presenter, comedian, actor, and author |
Died on 17 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Rutherford B. Hayes | 1822–1893 | president of the United States from 1877 to 1881 |
| Bobby Fischer | 1943–2008 | American chess player |
| Patrice Lumumba | 1925–1961 | Congolese politician and independence leader |
| Camilo José Cela | 1916–2002 | Spanish writer |
| Theodosius I | 347–395 | Roman emperor from 379 to 395 |
| Skanderbeg | 1405–1468 | Albanian noble and military commander |
| Francis Galton | 1822–1911 | British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist |
| Clyde Tombaugh | 1906–1997 | American astronomer |
| Olav V | 1903–1991 | king of Norway (1957–1991) |
| Feodor I of Russia | 1557–1598 | Tsar of Russia (1584–1598) |
| Zhao Ziyang | 1919–2005 | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1987 to 1989 |
| Tomaso Albinoni | 1671–1751 | Italian composer and violinist |
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