17 January
Notable Births
Samuel (singer)
b. 2002
American singer (born 2002)
Enzo Fernández
b. 2001
Argentine footballer (born 2001)
Kang Chan-hee
b. 2000
South Korean singer and actor (born 2000)
Devlin DeFrancesco
b. 2000
Canadian racing driver
Ayo Dosunmu
b. 2000
American basketball player (born 2000)
Isa Briones
b. 1999
British and American actor and singer (born 1999)
Sophie Molineux
b. 1998
Australian cricketer (born 1998)
Jeff Reine-Adélaïde
b. 1998
French footballer (born 1998)
Jake Paul
b. 1997
American influencer and professional boxer (born 1997)
Kyle Tucker
b. 1997
American baseball player (born 1997)
Allonzo Trier
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Indya Moore
b. 1995
American actor and model (born 1995)
Lucy Boynton
b. 1994
British actress (born 1994)
Mark Steketee
b. 1994
Australian cricketer
Stanislav Galiev
b. 1992
Russian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Trevor Bauer
b. 1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Willa Fitzgerald
b. 1991
American actress (born 1991)
Esapekka Lappi
b. 1991
Finnish rally driver (born 1991)
Santiago Tréllez
b. 1990
Colombian footballer (born 1990)
Ryuichi Sakamoto
b. 1952
Japanese composer (1952–2023)
Notable Deaths
Didier Guillaume
d. 2025
French politician (1959–2025)
Jules Feiffer
d. 2025
American cartoonist and author (1929–2025)
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
d. 2025
1st President of Mongolia from 1990 to 1997
Denis Law
d. 2025
Scottish footballer (1940–2025)
Lucile Randon
d. 2023
French supercentenarian (1904–2023)
Birju Maharaj
d. 2022
Indian dancer, singer, and composer (1938–2022)
Derek Fowlds
d. 2020
English actor (1937–2020)
Colo (gorilla)
d. 2017
Western lowland gorilla
Blowfly (musician)
d. 2016
American musician (1939–2016)
Melvin Day
d. 2016
New Zealand artist (1923–2016)
V. Rama Rao
d. 2016
Indian politician
Sudhindra Thirtha (Kashi Math)
d. 2016
Indian guru
Faten Hamama
d. 2015
Egyptian actress and producer (1931–2015)
Don Harron
d. 2015
Canadian actor and comedian
Francine Lalonde
d. 2014
Canadian politician (1940–2014)
Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green
d. 2014
British businessman, politician and author (1942–2014)
John J. McGinty III
d. 2014
Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1940–2014)
Sunanda Pushkar
d. 2014
Indo-Canadian businessperson (1962–2014)
Suchitra Sen
d. 2014
Indian actress (1931–2014)
Jakob Arjouni
d. 2013
German author (1964–2013)