100 people born today: January 17
Marcelo Gonzalez Martin was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Toledo and... more » | |
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury, known as Lord Ashley from 1672 to 1683, was an... more » | |
James Joseph Collins was a professional baseball player. He played fourteen seasons. He was... more » | |
Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg was the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg. He was... more » | |
Lieutenant Commander Günther Prien was a German U-boat ace of the first part of the Second World... more » | |
William Oliver Studeman is a retired Admiral of the United States Navy and former Deputy... more » | |
Deborrah Kaye “Debbie” Allen is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director,... more » | |
Charles Halliley Kellaway FRS, was an Australian medical researcher and science administrator. more » | |
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon Louis de Rouvroy commonly known as Saint-Simon was a French soldier, diplomat and writer of... more » | |
Allard Kenneth Lowenstein was a Democratic politician, a one-term congressman representing the... more » | |
Mel Deane is a former rugby union footballer who played centre for Connacht, Harlequins and Sale... more » | |
Johannes Rebmann was a German missionary and explorer credited with feats including being the... more » | |
Danni Ashe is the pseudonym of an American nude model and former erotic dancer, who is the... more » | |
Edmund Crouchback was the second surviving son of King Henry III of England of the House of... more » | |
Paul Henry Nitze was a high-ranking United States government official who helped shape Cold War... more » | |
Arianna Puello or Ari is a Spanish rapper of Dominican descent. Her single "Juana Kalamidad"... more » | |
James Butler Bowlin was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born near Fredericksburg, Virginia,... more » | |
Gordon Craig is the father of Deirdre Duncan. more » | |
Lloyd Blaine Hammond, Jr. is a Gulfstream test pilot, a former United States Air Force officer,... more » | |
George Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley George Horatio Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley PC, styled Viscount Malpas from 1792... more » | |
Bethan Gwanas is a popular contemporary Welsh author, who publishes exclusively in the Welsh... more » | |
David Shaltiel was an Israeli military and intelligence officer, later also diplomat, and was... more » | |
Michael Lloyd Coats is a former NASA astronaut, raised in Riverside, California. From December... more » | |
Helen Folasade Adu, OBE, better known as Sade, is a Nigerian-born British singer-songwriter,... more » | |
Carl Christian Rafn was a Danish historian, translator and antiquarian. His scholarship to a... more » | |
Michael Scammell is an English author, biographer and translator of Slavic literature. more » | |
Charles Merian Cooper was a U.S. Representative from Florida. Born in Athens, Georgia, Cooper... more » | |
Yunti, born Yinzhen and also known as Yinti, was a Manchu prince and military general of the... more » | |
David García de la Cruz is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Girona FC as a left... more » | |
Eric Henry Liddell was a Scottish athlete, rugby union international player, and... more » | |
Yuki Yamazaki is a Japanese race walker. more » | |
Francis II of the Two Sicilies Francis II, was King of the Two Sicilies from 1859 to 1861. He was the last King of the Two... more » | |
Aldo Romano is a jazz drummer. He also started a rock group in 1971. more » | |
Eleanor Marx Aveling, also known as Jenny Julia Eleanor "Tussy" Marx, was the English-born... more » | |
Katherine Ann "Kate" Moss is an English model. Moss was born in Croydon, Greater London, Moss... more » | |
Sheena Halili is a Filipina actress. She became popular when she played the role of Monica in... more » | |
Ismail Qemal Bej Vlora or commonly Ismail Qemali and in Turkish İsmail Kemal Bey or İsmail Kemal... more » | |
Charles Wolcott Ryder, CB, during World War II, was a U.S. Army Major General who commanded the... more » | |
Anthony Joseph "A. J." Foyt, Jr. is a retired American automobile racing driver. He raced in... more » | |
Peter Scheemakers or Pieter Scheemaeckers II or the Younger was a Flemish sculptor who worked... more » | |
Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, also known as Jerome Herman Dean, was an American professional baseball... more » | |
Osip Maksimovich Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic, was one of the most... more » | |
Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon is an Australian politician and Australian Labor Party member of the... more » | |
Lester "Mad Dog" Davenport, was an American Chicago blues harmonica player and singer. Born in... more » | |
Johann Conrad Brunner was a Swiss anatomist, especially cited for his work on the pancreas and... more » | |
Piper Gilles is an American/Canadian ice dancer who currently represents Canada internationally... more » | |
Isaac Ray was an American psychiatrist, one of the founders of the discipline of forensic... more » | |
Bran Ferren, is a technologist, artist, architectural designer, vehicle designer, engineer,... more » | |
Piotr Żyła is a Polish ski jumper who has competed since 2004. A member of the national team. He... more » | |
Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva was a Chilean political leader. In his long political career, he... more » | |
Richard Gavin Bryars is an English composer and double bassist. He has been active in, or has... more » | |
Maurizio Ciaramitaro is an Italian football midfielder who plays for Trapani Calcio. more » | |
Jack Burns McDowell is a former Major League Baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, McDowell... more » | |
Elliott Reid was an American character actor from New York City. more » | |
Robert William Service was a British-Canadian poet and writer who has often been called "the... more » | |
Major Floyd Bruce Parks was a decorated aviation officer in the United States Marine Corps... more » | |
Stephen "Stevie" Jackson is a Scottish musician and songwriter. He is best known for playing... more » | |
John Wentworth served as Lieutenant Governor for the Province of New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730. more » | |
Charles Dwight Sigsbee was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. In his earlier career he... more » | |
John Daugherty White was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, nephew of John White. Born near... more » | |
Franz Müntefering is a German politician and industrial manager. He was Chairman of the Social... more » | |
Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley was a British politician, soldier and courtier. He was the... more » | |
Joshua Randolph Hansen is an American-born Puerto Rican international football player who... more » | |
Curtis Palidwor is a goaltender for the Calgary Roughnecks in the National Lacrosse League. In... more » | |
Gregor Gysi is a German attorney and key politician of the socialist left-wing political party... more » | |
Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO TD was a general in the British Army and... more » | |
James F. "Jimmy" Macullar, also known as "Little Mac", was an American Major League Baseball... more » | |
William More Gabb was an American paleontologist. Gabb was born and educated in Philadelphia,... more » | |
Cyrus Livingston Dunham was an attorney, soldier, and prominent Indiana politician, serving most... more » | |
Susan Sontag was an American writer and filmmaker, professor, literary icon, and political... more » | |
Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji was the seventh of the Sikh Gurus. He became Guru on 8 March 1644... more » | |
Vice Admiral Christopher Angus Ritchie AO RAN is a retired Vice Admiral of the Royal Australian... more » | |
Diana Wynyard, CBE, whose birth name was Dorothy Isobel Cox, was an English stage and film actress. more » | |
Andy Moor is a trance and progressive Producer DJ. He has used multiple aliases in the past and... more » | |
Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music's... more » | |
Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby PC, DL, JP, known as Viscount Sandon from 1847... more » | |
Per Yngve Ohlin, better known by his stage name Dead, was a Swedish black/death metal vocalist... more » | |
Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland, Marquess of Dublin, and 9th Earl of Oxford KG was a favourite... more » | |
Niccolò Piccinni was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera... more » | |
Brigid Marlin is an American artist based in Hertfordshire, UK. She studied in Dublin, Montreal,... more » | |
Laura Catherine Schlessinger is an American talk radio host, socially conservative commentator... more » | |
Jules Supervielle was a French poet and writer born in Uruguay. Jules Supervielle always kept... more » | |
Fuad II was the last King of Egypt and Sudan. more » | |
Dian Fossey was an American zoologist who undertook an extensive study of gorilla groups over a... more » | |
Jüri Jaakson VR III/1 was an Estonian businessman and politician. Jaakson studied in H... more » | |
Doug Free is an American football offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys of the National... more » | |
James Daniel May is an English television presenter and journalist. He is the co-presenter of... more » | |
Georges Darboy was a French Catholic priest, later bishop of Nancy then archbishop of Paris. He... more » | |
Stephan Thomas Pastis is an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before... more » | |
Percy Sinclair Pilcher was a British inventor and pioneer aviator who was his country's foremost... more » | |
Brent Hinds is an American guitarist/singer best known as a member of the Atlanta, Georgia metal... more » | |
Henry Wager Halleck was a United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in... more » | |
Daniel "Danny the Lion" Leo is the acting boss of the Genovese crime family, the biggest of New... more » | |
Daimanazuru Kenji is a former sumo wrestler from Kawakami, Yoshino District, Nara, Japan. He... more » | |
Jill Sobule is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl",... more » | |
Russell Gregoire MacLellan is a Canadian politician who served as the 24th Premier of Nova... more » | |
Erich Kähler was a German mathematician with wide-ranging geometrical interests. Kähler was born... more » | |
Francesco Scavullo was an American fashion photographer best known for his work on the covers of... more » | |
Victor Ciocâltea was a Romanian chess master. He was awarded the International Master title in... more » | |
Greivis Josué Vásquez Rodríguez is a Venezuelan professional basketball player who currently... more » |