January 17

January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 348 days remain until the end of the year (349 in leap years).

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Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

  • 1342 Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)
  • 1429 Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Italian artist (d.c. 1498)
  • 1463 Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1525)
  • 1463 Antoine Duprat, French cardinal (d. 1535)
  • 1472 Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Italian captain (d. 1508)
  • 1484 George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (d. 1545)
  • 1501 Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (d. 1566)
  • 1504 Pope Pius V (d. 1572)[19]
  • 1517 Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English Duke (d. 1554)
  • 1560 Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist, physician, and academic (d. 1624)
  • 1574 Robert Fludd, English physician, astrologer, and mathematician (d. 1637)
  • 1593 William Backhouse, English alchemist and astrologer (d. 1662)
  • 1600 Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright and poet (d. 1681)

1601–1900

  • 1612 Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (d. 1671)
  • 1640 Jonathan Singletary Dunham, American settler (d. 1724)
  • 1659 Antonio Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1745)
  • 1666 Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (d. 1723)
  • 1686 Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (d. 1766)
  • 1706 Benjamin Franklin, American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (d. 1790)
  • 1712 John Stanley, English organist and composer (d. 1786)
  • 1719 William Vernon, American businessman (d. 1806)
  • 1728 Johann Gottfried Müthel, German pianist and composer (d. 1788)
  • 1732 Stanisław August Poniatowski, Polish-Lithuanian king (d. 1798)
  • 1734 François-Joseph Gossec, French composer and conductor (d. 1829)
  • 1761 Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (d. 1832)
  • 1789 August Neander, German historian and theologian (d. 1850)
  • 1793 Antonio José Martínez, Spanish-American priest, rancher and politician (d. 1867)
  • 1814 Ellen Wood, English author (d. 1887)
  • 1820 Anne Brontë, English author and poet (d. 1849)
  • 1828 Lewis A. Grant, American lawyer and general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1918)
  • 1828 Ede Reményi, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1898)
  • 1832 Henry Martyn Baird, American historian and academic (d. 1906)
  • 1834 August Weismann, German biologist, zoologist, and geneticist (d. 1914)
  • 1850 Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Brazilian cardinal (d. 1930)
  • 1850 Alexander Taneyev, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1918)
  • 1851 A. B. Frost, American author and illustrator (d. 1928)
  • 1853 Alva Belmont, American suffragist (d. 1933)[20]
  • 1853 T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and academic (d. 1930)
  • 1857 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
  • 1857 Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American engineer (d. 1935)
  • 1858 Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian author (d. 1940)
  • 1860 Douglas Hyde, Irish academic and politician, 1st President of Ireland (d. 1949)
  • 1863 David Lloyd George, Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1945)
  • 1863 Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (d. 1938)
  • 1865 Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951)
  • 1867 Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios (d. 1939)
  • 1867 Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel, pilot, and polo player (d. 1934)
  • 1871 David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, English admiral (d. 1936)
  • 1871 Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1940)
  • 1875 Florencio Sánchez, Uruguayan journalist and playwright (d. 1910)
  • 1876 Frank Hague, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Jersey City (d. 1956)
  • 1877 Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (d. 1937)[21]
  • 1877 May Gibbs, English-Australian author and illustrator (d. 1969)
  • 1880 Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1960)
  • 1881 Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
  • 1881 Harry Price, English psychologist and author (d. 1948)
  • 1882 Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (d. 1946)
  • 1883 Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1972)
  • 1886 Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (d. 1955)
  • 1887 Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)
  • 1888 Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author (d. 1963)
  • 1897 Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer (d. 1946)
  • 1898 Lela Mevorah, Serbian librarian (d. 1972)[22]
  • 1899 Al Capone, American mob boss (d. 1947)
  • 1899 Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic (d. 1977)
  • 1899 Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (d. 1960)

1901–present

  • 1901 Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (d. 1973)
  • 1904 Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator (d. 1969)
  • 1905 Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005)
  • 1905 Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007)
  • 1905 Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (d. 1950)
  • 1905 Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966)
  • 1905 Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet and translator (d. 1960)
  • 1907 Henk Badings, Indonesian-Dutch composer and engineer (d. 1987)
  • 1907 Alfred Wainwright, British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator (d. 1991)
  • 1908 Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager and trainer (d. 1985)
  • 1911 Busher Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1966)
  • 1911 John S. McCain Jr., American admiral (d. 1981)
  • 1911 George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
  • 1914 Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman (d. 2007)
  • 1914 Irving Brecher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
  • 1914 Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 2015)
  • 1914 William Stafford, American poet and author (d. 1993)
  • 1916 Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., American lieutenant and politician (d. 2011)
  • 1917 M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1987)
  • 1918 Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1994)
  • 1918 George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
  • 1920 Georges Pichard, French author and illustrator (d. 2003)
  • 1921 Asghar Khan, Pakistani general and politician (d. 2018)
  • 1921 Jackie Henderson, Scottish footballer (d. 2005)[23]
  • 1921 Charlie Mitten, English footballer and manager (d. 2002)[24]
  • 1921 Antonio Prohías, Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998)
  • 1922 Luis Echeverría, Mexican academic and politician, 50th President of Mexico (d. 2022)[25]
  • 1922 Nicholas Katzenbach, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 65th United States Attorney General (d. 2012)
  • 1922 Betty White, American actress, game show panelist, television personality, and animal rights activist (d. 2021)[26]
  • 1923 Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (d. 1962)
  • 1924 Rik De Saedeleer, Belgian footballer and journalist (d. 2013)
  • 1924 Jewel Plummer Cobb, American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic (d. 2017)
  • 1925 Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (d. 2017)
  • 1925 Robert Cormier, American author and journalist (d. 2000)
  • 1925 Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and author (d. 1996)
  • 1926 Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and politician
  • 1926 Moira Shearer, Scottish-English ballerina and actress (d. 2006)
  • 1926 Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer (d. 2006)
  • 1927 Thomas Anthony Dooley III, American physician and humanitarian (d. 1961)
  • 1927 Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (d. 2008)[27]
  • 1927 Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1927 E. W. Swackhamer, American director and producer (d. 1994)
  • 1928 Jean Barraqué, French composer (d. 1973)
  • 1928 Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (d. 2012)
  • 1929 Jacques Plante, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1986)
  • 1929 Tan Boon Teik, Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (d. 2012)
  • 1931 James Earl Jones, American actor
  • 1931 Douglas Wilder, American sergeant and politician, 66th Governor of Virginia
  • 1931 Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
  • 1932 Sheree North, American actress and dancer (d. 2005)
  • 1933 Dalida, Egyptian-French singer and actress (d. 1987)
  • 1933 Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-Pakistani diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (d. 2003)
  • 1933 Shari Lewis, American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host (d. 1998)
  • 1934 Donald Cammell, Scottish-American director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
  • 1935 Ruth Ann Minner, American businesswoman and politician, 72nd Governor of Delaware
  • 1936 John Boyd, English academic and diplomat, British ambassador to Japan (d. 2019)
  • 1936 A. Thangathurai, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1997)
  • 1937 Alain Badiou, French philosopher and academic
  • 1938 John Bellairs, American author and academic (d. 1991)
  • 1938 Toini Gustafsson, Swedish cross country skier
  • 1939 Christodoulos of Athens, Greek archbishop (d. 2008)
  • 1939 Maury Povich, American talk show host and producer
  • 1940 Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (d. 2015)
  • 1940 Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan athlete
  • 1940 Tabaré Vázquez, Uruguayan physician and politician, 39th President of Uruguay (d. 2020)
  • 1941 István Horthy, Jr., Hungarian physicist and architect
  • 1942 Muhammad Ali, American boxer and activist (d. 2016)[28]
  • 1942 Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and author
  • 1942 Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist and educator
  • 1942 Nigel McCulloch, English bishop
  • 1943 Chris Montez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1943 René Préval, Haitian agronomist and politician, 52nd President of Haiti (d. 2017)
  • 1944 Ann Oakley, English sociologist, author, and academic
  • 1945 Javed Akhtar, Indian poet, playwright, and composer
  • 1945 Anne Cutler, Australian psychologist and academic
  • 1948 Davíð Oddsson, Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland
  • 1949 Anita Borg, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2003)
  • 1949 Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1949 Augustin Dumay, French violinist and conductor
  • 1949 Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (d. 1984)
  • 1949 Mick Taylor, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1950 Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican-American author and academic
  • 1952 Tom Deitz, American author (d. 2009)
  • 1952 Darrell Porter, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
  • 1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pianist, composer, and producer
  • 1953 Jeff Berlin, American bass player and educator
  • 1953 Carlos Johnson, American singer and guitarist
  • 1954 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer, radio host, activist, and environmentalist
  • 1955 Steve Earle, American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, author and actor
  • 1955 Pietro Parolin, Italian cardinal
  • 1955 Steve Javie, American basketball player and referee
  • 1956 Damian Green, English journalist and politician
  • 1956 Paul Young, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1957 Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian, television personality and game show host[29]
  • 1957 Ann Nocenti, American journalist and author
  • 1958 Tony Kouzarides, English biologist, cancer researcher
  • 1959 Susanna Hoffs, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
  • 1960 John Crawford, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1960 Chili Davis, Jamaican-American baseball player and coach
  • 1961 Brian Helgeland, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1962 Jun Azumi, Japanese broadcaster and politician, 46th Japanese Minister of Finance
  • 1962 Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor and producer
  • 1962 Sebastian Junger, American journalist and author
  • 1963 Kai Hansen, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1963 Colin Gordon, English footballer, agent, manager and chief executive[30]
  • 1964 Michelle Obama, American lawyer and activist, 46th First Lady of the United States
  • 1964 John Schuster, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
  • 1965 Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1966 Trish Johnson, English golfer
  • 1966 Joshua Malina, American actor
  • 1967 Richard Hawley, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1968 Rowan Pelling, English journalist and author
  • 1968 Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch author, poet, and scholar
  • 1969 Naveen Andrews, English actor
  • 1969 Lukas Moodysson, Swedish director, screenwriter, and author
  • 1969 Tiësto, Dutch DJ and producer
  • 1970 Cássio Alves de Barros, Brazilian footballer
  • 1970 Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player and actor
  • 1970 Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-American animator, director, and producer
  • 1971 Giorgos Balogiannis, Greek basketball player
  • 1971 Richard Burns, English race car driver (d. 2005)
  • 1971 Kid Rock, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  • 1971 Sylvie Testud, French actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 1973 Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer and actor
  • 1973 Chris Bowen, Australian politician, 37th Treasurer of Australia
  • 1973 Liz Ellis, Australian netball player and sportscaster
  • 1973 Aaron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1974 Yang Chen, Chinese footballer and manager
  • 1974 Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian viola player, composer, and producer
  • 1974 Derrick Mason, American football player
  • 1975 Freddy Rodriguez, American actor
  • 1978 Lisa Llorens, Australian Paralympian[31]
  • 1978 Ricky Wilson, English singer-songwriter
  • 1980 Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-American dancer and choreographer
  • 1980 Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1980 Modestas Stonys, Lithuanian footballer
  • 1981 Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer and manager
  • 1982 Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
  • 1982 Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer
  • 1983 Álvaro Arbeloa, Spanish footballer
  • 1983 Johannes Herber, German basketball player
  • 1983 Rick Kelly, Australian race car driver
  • 1983 Marcelo Garcia, Brazilian martial artist
  • 1984 Calvin Harris, Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer
  • 1985 Pablo Barrientos, Argentinian footballer
  • 1985 Betsy Ruth, American wrestler and manager
  • 1985 Simone Simons, Dutch singer-songwriter
  • 1987 Cody Decker, American baseball player
  • 1988 Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
  • 1988 Will Genia, Australian rugby player
  • 1988 Héctor Moreno, Mexican footballer
  • 1989 Taylor Jordan, American baseball player
  • 1989 Kelly Marie Tran, American actress
  • 1990 Santiago Tréllez, Colombian footballer
  • 1991 Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
  • 1991 Esapekka Lappi, Finnish Rally Driver
  • 1991 Slade Griffin, Australian rugby league player
  • 1991 Alise Post, American BMX rider
  • 1993 Frankie Cocozza, British singer
  • 1994 Mark Steketee, Australian cricketer
  • 1995 Terutsuyoshi Shoki, Japanese sumo wrestler[32]
  • 1995 Indya Moore, American actor and model[33]
  • 1997 Jake Paul, American YouTube personality, actor, rapper, and professional boxer[34]
  • 1998 Jeff Reine-Adelaide, French footballer
  • 1998 Sophie Molineux, Australian cricketer
  • 2000 Devlin DeFrancesco, Canadian race car driver[35]

Deaths

Pre-1600

  • 395 Theodosius I, Roman emperor (b. 347)
  • 644 Sulpitius the Pious, French bishop and saint
  • 764 Joseph of Freising, German bishop
  • 1040 Mas'ud I of Ghazni, Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire (b. 998)
  • 1156 André de Montbard, fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
  • 1168 Thierry, Count of Flanders (b. 1099)
  • 1229 Albert of Riga, German bishop (b. 1165)
  • 1329 Saint Roseline, Carthusian nun (b. 1263)
  • 1334 John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond (b. 1266)
  • 1345 Henry of Asti, Greek patriarch
  • 1345 Martino Zaccaria, Genoese Lord of Chios
  • 1369 Peter I of Cyprus (b. 1328)
  • 1456 Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont, French translator (b. 1395)
  • 1468 Skanderbeg, Albanian soldier and politician (b. 1405)
  • 1588 Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)
  • 1598 Feodor I of Russia (b. 1557)

1601–1900

  • 1617 Fausto Veranzio, Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551)
  • 1705 John Ray, English botanist and historian (b. 1627)
  • 1718 Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639)
  • 1737 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
  • 1738 Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (b. 1682)
  • 1751 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)
  • 1826 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806)
  • 1834 Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)
  • 1850 Elizabeth Simcoe, English-Canadian painter and author (b. 1762)[36]
  • 1861 Lola Montez, Irish actress and dancer (b. 1821)
  • 1863 Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)
  • 1869 Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)
  • 1878 Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
  • 1884 Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
  • 1887 William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
  • 1888 Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
  • 1891 George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
  • 1893 Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
  • 1896 Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover, Welsh writer and patron of the arts (b. 1802)[37]

1901–present

  • 1903 Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
  • 1908 Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
  • 1909 Agathon Meurman, Finnish politician and journalist (b. 1826)[38]
  • 1909 Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
  • 1911 Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)
  • 1927 Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
  • 1930 Gauhar Jaan, One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873)
  • 1931 Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
  • 1932 Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
  • 1932 Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)
  • 1933 Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)
  • 1936 Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)
  • 1942 Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)
  • 1947 Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869)
  • 1947 Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)
  • 1951 Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)
  • 1952 Walter Briggs Sr., American businessman (b. 1877)
  • 1961 Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925)
  • 1970 Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoon player and educator (b. 1890)
  • 1970 Billy Stewart, American rhythm and blues singer and pianist (b. 1937)
  • 1972 Betty Smith, American author and playwright (b. 1896)
  • 1977 Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940)
  • 1977 Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. 1940)
  • 1981 Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer and lawyer (b. 1899)
  • 1984 Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903)
  • 1987 Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
  • 1988 Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (b. 1938)
  • 1991 Olav V of Norway (b. 1903)
  • 1992 Frank Pullen, English soldier and businessman (b. 1915)
  • 1993 Albert Hourani, English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915)
  • 1994 Yevgeni Ivanov, Russian spy (b. 1926)
  • 1994 Helen Stephens, American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1918)
  • 1996 Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
  • 1996 Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (b. 1922)
  • 1997 Bert Kelly, Australian farmer and politician, 20th Australian Minister for the Navy (b. 1912)
  • 1997 Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto (b. 1906)
  • 2000 Philip Jones, English trumpet player and educator (b. 1928)
  • 2000 Ion Rațiu, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
  • 2002 Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
  • 2002 Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
  • 2003 Richard Crenna, American actor and director (b. 1926)
  • 2004 Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929)
  • 2004 Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
  • 2004 Ray Stark, American film producer (b. 1915)
  • 2004 Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931)
  • 2005 Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (b. 1960)
  • 2005 Virginia Mayo, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1920)
  • 2005 Albert Schatz, American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920)
  • 2005 Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician, 3rd Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1919)
  • 2006 Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (b. 1925)
  • 2007 Art Buchwald, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
  • 2007 Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1951)
  • 2007 Uwe Nettelbeck, German record producer, journalist and film critic (b. 1940)[39]
  • 2008 Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943)[40]
  • 2008 Ernie Holmes, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948)
  • 2009 Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943)
  • 2010 Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983)
  • 2010 Jyoti Basu, Indian politician and 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1914)
  • 2010 Michalis Papakonstantinou, Greek journalist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
  • 2010 Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
  • 2011 Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
  • 2012 Julius Meimberg, German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
  • 2012 Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1921)
  • 2012 Marty Springstead, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)
  • 2013 Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941)
  • 2013 Jakob Arjouni, German author (b. 1964)
  • 2013 Yves Debay, Belgian journalist (b. 1954)
  • 2013 John Nkomo, Zimbabwean politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (b. 1934)
  • 2013 Lizbeth Webb, English soprano and actress (b. 1926)
  • 2014 Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1915)
  • 2014 Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1940)
  • 2014 Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (b. 1942)
  • 2014 John J. McGinty III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1940)
  • 2014 Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (b. 1962)
  • 2014 Suchitra Sen, Indian film actress (b. 1931) [41]
  • 2015 Ken Furphy, English footballer and manager (b. 1931)
  • 2015 Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (b. 1931)
  • 2015 Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1924)
  • 2016 Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)
  • 2016 Melvin Day, New Zealand painter and historian (b. 1923)
  • 2016 V. Rama Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor of Sikkim (b. 1935)
  • 2016 Sudhindra Thirtha, Indian religious leader (b. 1926)
  • 2017 Tirrel Burton, American football player and coach (b. 1929)
  • 2018 Jessica Falkholt, Australian actress (b. 1988)
  • 2019 S. Balakrishnan, Malayalam movie composer (b. 1948)[42]
  • 2020 Derek Fowlds, British actor (b.1937) [43]
  • 2021 Rasheed Naz, Pakistani film and television actor (b. 1948)[44]
  • 2022 Birju Maharaj, Indian dancer (b. 1937)[45]

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
    • Anthony the Great
    • Blessed Angelo Paoli
    • Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch
    • Charles Gore (Church of England)
    • Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo (one of Saints of the Cristero War)
    • Mildgyth
    • Our Lady of Pontmain
    • Sulpitius the Pious
    • January 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • National Day (Menorca, Spain)
  • The opening ceremony of Patras Carnival, celebrated until Clean Monday. (Patras)

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