Famous People Born on January 17
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
1933
French-Pakistani diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (d. 2003)
(Image Credits)
"Sadruddin Aga Khan (1991) by Erling Mandelmann" by Erling Mandelmann - CC BY-SA 3.0
photo©ErlingMandelmann.ch
Genndy Tartakovsky
1970
Russian-American animator, director, and producer
(Image Credits)
"Genndy Tartakovsky 2018" by Boungawa - CC BY-SA 4.0
Benjamin Franklin
1706
American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (d. 1790)
Cody Decker
1987
American baseball player
(Image Credits)
"Cody Decker on April 9, 2016" by Minda Haas Kuhlmann on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop) - CC BY 2.0
Originally posted to Flickr as "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" Cropped by UCinternational
Naveen Andrews
1969
English actor
(Image Credits)
"Naveen Andrews 2025 at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (cropped)" by Bryan Berlin - CC BY-SA 4.0
Tomás Carrasquilla
1858
Colombian author (d. 1940)
Robert Fludd
1574
English physician, astrologer, and mathematician (d. 1637)
Johann Gottfried Müthel
1728
German pianist and composer (d. 1788)
Nicholas Katzenbach
1922
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 65th United States Attorney General (d. 2012)
Harry Price
1881
English psychologist and author (d. 1948)
Ryuichi Sakamoto
1952
Japanese pianist, composer, and producer (d. 2023)
(Image Credits)
"Ryuichi Sakamoto side" by KAB America - CC BY 3.0
Eduard Oja
1905
Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (d. 1950)
(Image Credits)
"Eduard Oja haud" by Ivo Kruusamägi - CC BY-SA 3.0
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