| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Tomaso Albinoni |
Composer |
8-Jun-1671 |
17-Jan-1751 |
Adagio in G minor |
| George Bancroft |
Historian |
3-Oct-1800 |
17-Jan-1891 |
A History of the United States |
| Barbara Britton |
Actor |
26-Sep-1919 |
17-Jan-1980 |
Mr. and Mrs. North |
| Art Buchwald |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1925 |
17-Jan-2007 |
Syndicated columnist and humorist |
| Camilo José Cela |
Author |
11-May-1916 |
17-Jan-2002 |
La familia de Pascual Duarte |
| Gregory Corso |
Poet |
26-Mar-1930 |
17-Jan-2001 |
Beat poet, Gasoline |
| Jacques Amand Deslongchamps |
Paleontologist |
17-Jan-1794 |
17-Jan-1867 |
Discovered Teleosaurus |
| Francis Galton |
Anthropologist |
16-Feb-1822 |
17-Jan-1911 |
Word Association Test |
| Domenico Ghirardelli |
Business |
21-Feb-1817 |
17-Jan-1894 |
Founder of Ghirardelli Chocolate Company |
| Gary Gilmore |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1940 |
17-Jan-1977 |
Executed by firing squad in Utah |
| Rutherford B. Hayes |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1822 |
17-Jan-1893 |
19th US President, 1877-81 |
| William M. Jardine |
Educator |
16-Jan-1879 |
17-Jan-1955 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29 |
| Barbara Jordan |
Politician |
21-Feb-1936 |
17-Jan-1996 |
Gave 1976 Democratic keynote speech |
| Simon Kovar |
Musician |
22-May-1890 |
17-Jan-1970 |
Preeminent Basoon player and teacher |
| Pyotr Krasnov |
Military |
22-Sep-1869 |
17-Jan-1947 |
Ataman of the Don Cossacks, betrayed by Churchill |
| Queenie Leonard |
Actor |
7-Apr-1905 |
17-Jan-2002 |
Stage actress, Disney cartoon voice |
| Patrice Lumumba |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1925 |
17-Jan-1961 |
First Prime Minister of Congo |
| Virginia Mayo |
Actor |
30-Nov-1920 |
17-Jan-2005 |
South Sea Woman |
| Lola Montez |
Dancer |
17-Feb-1821 |
17-Jan-1861 |
Mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria |
| Betty Smith |
Novelist |
15-Dec-1896 |
17-Jan-1972 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Louis Comfort Tiffany |
Artist |
18-Feb-1848 |
17-Jan-1933 |
Stained glassmaker, jewelry designer |
| Walther von Reichenau |
Military |
16-Aug-1884 |
17-Jan-1942 |
Nazi general, encouraged atrocities |
| T. H. White |
Author |
29-May-1906 |
17-Jan-1964 |
The Once and Future King |
| Noble Willingham |
Actor |
31-Aug-1931 |
17-Jan-2004 |
Hard-working supporting actor |