List of Famous people born on January 17th

Johannes von Trapp is an Austrian American singer and former member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the musical and movie The Sound of Music. He is the tenth and youngest child.

Bindu Nanubhai Desai, better known mononymously as Bindu, is an Indian actress who was popular in the 1970s. She has acted in over 160 movies in a career that spanned four decades, receiving seven Filmfare award nominations. She is most remembered for her role in as Shabnam in Kati Patang (1970) and for her films opposite Prem Chopra.

Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team BikeExchange. Born in Bogotá, Chaves has competed as a professional since the start of the 2012 season, having signed for the Colombia–Coldeportes team as a neo-pro, after three seasons as an amateur with the Colombia es Pasión–Coldeportes team. Chaves is a two-time grand tour podium finisher, and a monument winner.

Takatoshi Kaneko is a Japanese actor. He made his debut in the popular 2001 film Waterboys.

François Georges Henri Marie Ghislain Joseph Damiens is a Belgian actor.

Lauren Spierer is an American woman who is presumed dead after she disappeared on June 3, 2011, following an evening at Kilroy’s Sports Bar, a bar in Bloomington, Indiana. At the time, she was a 20-year-old student at Indiana University. Her disappearance generated national press coverage and remains unsolved.

Edward Maurice Mezvinsky is an American politician and lawyer from Iowa. He is a former U.S. Representative and felon. A Democrat, he represented Iowa's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms (1973–77).

Coco Lee is a Hong Kong-born American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Lee's career began in Hong Kong and then expanded to Taiwan. Her single, "Do You Want My Love" also entered the US music charts. Her first full-length English language album was Just No Other Way. As a Chinese American, Lee is the first and only person of Chinese ethnicity to perform at the Oscars; she performed the Best Original Song nominated, "A Love Before Time" from the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Derek Anthony Hatton is a British former politician, later a broadcaster, property developer and businessman. He gained national prominence as deputy leader of Liverpool City Council in the 1980s and was a member of the Trotskyist Militant group.

Alexander Meier is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or as a forward. He was the 2014–15 Bundesliga top scorer with 19 goals in 26 games.