List of Famous people born on January 17th

Michael Rzehaczek is a retired German football midfielder. He was forced to retire due to knee injuries.

Tijs Michiel Verwest OON, known professionally as Tiësto, is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Breda, North Brabant. He was voted "the Greatest DJ of All Time" by Mix magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was voted by DJ Mag readers as the "best DJ of the last 20 years". He is also regarded as the "Godfather of EDM" by many sources.

Daan De Pever is a Belgian footballer who plays for RWDM Brussels.

Christophe Riblon is a French former road and track racing cyclist who competed as a professional for the AG2R La Mondiale team for 13 seasons between 2005 and 2017. He also competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Koji Yamamuro is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016.

Dmitri Sergeyevich Kirichenko is an association football coach and a former player – a striker, he is a former Russian international.

Pascal Ackermann is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. In August 2016 Bora–Hansgrohe announced that Ackermann would join them for the 2017 season. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia where he won the second and fifth stages and became the first German rider to win the Points classification. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España where he won the ninth and eighteenth stages.

Jonathan Horne is a German karateka. At the 2018 World Karate Championships in Madrid, Spain, he won the gold medal in the men's +84 kg event. He represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Lin Shu-fen is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party who is in the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan.

Kai Michael Hansen is a heavy metal guitarist and vocalist.