List of Famous people born on January 17th

Gennadiy Leonidovich Trukhanov is the mayor of Odessa. He has been named as part of a Ukrainian crime syndicate who laundered money through London by buying multi-million pound properties in the city.

Anthony José Zambrano de la Cruz is a Colombian sprinter. He won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 400 metres, setting the new Colombian national record of 44.15 seconds.

Richard Willis Hawley is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. After his first band Treebound Story broke up, Hawley found success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s. After that group broke up in 2000, he later joined the band Pulp, led by his friend Jarvis Cocker, for a short time. As a solo musician, Hawley has released eight studio albums. He has been nominated for a Mercury prize twice and once for a Brit Award. He has collaborated with Lisa Marie Presley, Shakespears Sister, Arctic Monkeys, Manic Street Preachers, Elbow, Duane Eddy, and Paul Weller.

Osvaldo Cattone was an Argentine actor who lived for over three decades in Peru and was considered one of the pioneer theater directors and actors of Peru.

Diane Lee is a Taiwanese former politician. She naturalised as a U.S. citizen in 1991, but later relinquished U.S. citizenship. Lee, a Kuomintang member, held elected public office in Taiwan from 1994 to 2009, first as a Taipei City Councilwoman and then for three terms as a legislator representing Daan District, Taipei City.

Pablo Cesar Barrientos is an Argentine footballer known for his great dribbling and ball control. He currently plays for Club Nacional de Football in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Francisco das Chagas Soares dos Santos, known as Soares or Tiquinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Botafogo.

Annemarie Jacir is a Palestinian filmmaker and poet.

Sharon Chan is a Hong Kong actress and model. She is currently under contract with TVB in Hong Kong.

Mansour Hamzi is a Saudi football player. He currently plays as a winger for Damac. He scored the 1st Hat-trick on the first match of Saudi Professional League in the 2016–17 season.