Browse Namesakes
This is a list of namesakes in which the birth month is January; and the birth day is 17
| Name | Lifespan | Categories | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osanna of Mantua | 1449-1505 | Saints |  |
| Pius V | 1504-1572 | Bishops of Rome and the Popes, Saints | |
| Pedro Calderón de la Barca | 1600-1681 | Notable Writers | |
| Antonio Maria Valsalva | 1666-1723 | Notable Scientists and Inventors | |
| Benjamin Franklin | 1706-1790 | Notable Politicians and Statespeople | |
| Stanisław II August | 1732-1798 | Polish High Dukes and Kings | |
| François-Joseph Gossec | 1734-1829 | Notable Musicians | |
| Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini | 1789-1868 | Saints | |
| Anne Brontë | 1820-1849 | Notable Writers | |
| Józef Sebastian Pelczar | 1842-1924 | Saints | |
| Jack Daniel | 1849-1911 | Notable Businesspeople | |
| Jens Bratlie | 1856-1939 | Norwegian Prime Ministers | |
| Douglas Hyde | 1860-1949 | Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Konstantin Stanislavski | 1863-1938 | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Notable Filmmakers | |
| David Lloyd George | 1863-1945 | British Prime Ministers | |
| Nicolae Iorga | 1871-1940 | Romanian Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Burt McKinnie | 1878-1946 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Mack Sennett | 1880-1960 | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Notable Filmmakers | |
| Noah Beery | 1882-1946 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Louis Santop | 1889-1942 | Hall-of-Famers | |
| Hussein Khalidi | 1895-1962 | Jordanian Prime Ministers | |
| Al Capone | 1899-1947 | Notable Evildoers | |
| Glenn Graham | 1904-1986 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Guillermo Stábile | 1905-1966 | Notable Athletes | |
| Saeb Salam | 1905-2000 | Other Leaders | |
| Harvey "Busher" Jackson | 1911-1966 | Hall-of-Famers | |
| George Stigler | 1911-1991 | Nobel Prize Winners | |
| Obrad Gluščević | 1913-1980 | Notable Filmmakers | |
| Théo Lefèvre | 1914-1973 | Belgian Prime Ministers | |
| Betty White | 1922-2021 | Emmy Award Winners, Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Luis Echeverría | 1922-2022 | Other Leaders | |
| Wayne Glasgow | 1926-2000 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Nel van Vliet | 1926-2006 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Eartha Kitt | 1927-2008 | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Notable Musicians | |
| Pierre Thiolon | 1927-2014 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Jacques Plante | 1929-1986 | Hall-of-Famers, Most Valuable Players, Notable Athletes | |
| James Earl Jones | 1931-2024 | Emmy Award Winners, Notable Actors and Entertainers, Tony Award Winners | |
| Sheree North | 1932-2005 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Dalida | 1933-1987 | Notable Musicians | |
| Cedar Walton | 1934-2013 | Notable Musicians | |
| David Theile | 1938- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Toini Gustafsson | 1938- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Mircea Snegur | 1939-2023 | Other Leaders | |
| Maury Povich | 1939- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Kip Keino | 1940- | Notable Athletes, Olympic Medalists | |
| Muhammad Ali | 1942-2016 | Notable Athletes | |
| René Préval | 1943-2017 | Haitian Presidents | |
| Françoise Hardy | 1944- | Notable Musicians | |
| Lidiya Alfeyeva | 1946-2022 | Olympic Medalists | |
| Joanna David | 1947- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Davíð Oddsson | 1948- | Icelandic Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Andy Kaufman | 1949-1984 | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Dick Nanninga | 1949-2015 | Notable Athletes | |
| Mick Taylor | 1949- | Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers | |
| Sandra Mason | 1949- | Other Leaders | |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | 1952-2023 | Notable Musicians | |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | 1954- | Notable Politicians and Statespeople | |
| Steve Earle | 1955- | Notable Musicians | |
| Manasseh Sogavare | 1955- | Other Leaders | |
| Katalin Karikó | 1955- | Nobel Prize Winners | |
| Paul Young | 1956- | Notable Musicians | |
| Steve Harvey | 1957- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Susanna Hoffs | 1959- | Notable Musicians | |
| Vas Blackwood | 1962- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Jim Carrey | 1962- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Denis O'Hare | 1962- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Michelle Fairley | 1964- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Michelle Obama | 1964- | American First Ladies | |
| Joshua Malina | 1966- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Ljubčo Georgievski | 1966- | Other Leaders | |
| Song Kang-ho | 1967- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Svetlana Masterkova | 1968- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Auguszta Mátyás | 1968- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Naveen Andrews | 1969- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Tijs "Tiësto" Verwest | 1969- | Notable Musicians | |
| Sylvie Testud | 1971- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Inessa Korkmaz | 1972- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Cuauhtémoc Blanco | 1973- | Notable Athletes | |
| Katrin Meissner | 1973- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Freddy Rodriguez | 1975- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Tonique Williams-Darling | 1976- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Leigh Whannell | 1977- | Notable Filmmakers | |
| Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 1980- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Zooey Deschanel | 1980- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Diogo Morgado | 1981- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Dwyane Wade | 1982- | Hall-of-Famers, Notable Athletes, Olympic Medalists | |
| Ben Wigmore | 1982- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Lydia Lassila | 1982- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | 1983- | Notable Athletes | |
| Calvin Harris | 1984- | Notable Musicians | |
| Oleksandr Usyk | 1987- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Will Genia | 1988- | Notable Athletes | |
| Héctor Moreno | 1988- | Notable Athletes | |
| Albert Ramos Viñolas | 1988- | Notable Athletes | |
| Kelly Marie Tran | 1989- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Vincenzo Mangiacapre | 1989- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Kōji Yamamuro | 1989- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Darío Álvarez | 1989- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Willa Fitzgerald | 1991- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Matt Duchene | 1991- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Jiang Haiqi | 1992- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Ádám Lang | 1993- | Notable Athletes | |
| Anastasia Nazarenko | 1993- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Lucy Boynton | 1994- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Dominique Janssen | 1995- | Notable Athletes | |
| Dejan Davidovac | 1995- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Jake Paul | 1997- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Natalia Kaczmarek | 1998- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Anthony Zambrano | 1998- | Olympic Medalists | |
| Isa Briones | 1999- | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |