Famous People Born on January 17

M. G. Ramachandran
1917
Indian actor, director, and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1987)
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Ellen Wood
1814
English author (d. 1887)
Devlin DeFrancesco
2000
Canadian race car driver
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Earl Clark
1988
American basketball player
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René Préval
1943
Haitian agronomist and politician, 52nd President of Haiti (d. 2017)
William Backhouse
1593
English alchemist and astrologer (d. 1662)
Compton Mackenzie
1883
English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1972)
Indya Moore
1995
American actor and model
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Kid Rock
1971
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Trevor Bauer
1991
American baseball player
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Newton N. Minow
1926
American lawyer and politician (d. 2023)
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Jeremy Roenick
1970
American ice hockey player and actor
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