List of Famous people born on January 17th

Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta, M.D., is one of the 16 survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972, and a Uruguayan political figure. He was portrayed by Josh Hamilton in the 1993 feature film, Alive.

Terutsuyoshi Shōki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Hyōgo Prefecture. He made his debut in March 2010, and wrestles for Isegahama stable. He reached the top makuuchi division in March 2019 and has a special prize for Fighting Spirit. His highest rank has been Maegashira 3.

Victor Lafay is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.

Eri Yoshida is a Japanese professional baseball player. She plays as a sidearm knuckleball pitcher. In 2008, at the age of 16, she became the first female drafted by a Japanese men's professional baseball team.

Werner Johannes Hilpert was a German politician of the Centre Party and CDU, and is largely considered one of the founding fathers of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Nagwa Fouad is an Egyptian belly dancer.

Dante Carver is an American actor working in Japan. He moved to Japan in 2005 and became well known following his appearance in a series of TV commercials for SoftBank Mobile from 2006 in which he first played the Japanese-speaking "Yosō Guy" (予想GUY) character and later the older brother of the character played by Aya Ueto as part of the fictional "White family" headed by a white Hokkaido dog.

Kaori Matsumura is a Japanese idol who is a former member of SKE48's Team KII.

Deborah Lynn Watson is a retired American movie and television actress.

Kim Young-woon, better known by his stage name Kangin, is a South Korean singer, actor, television host and radio personality. He is best known as a former member of Super Junior and its subgroup Super Junior-T, Super Junior-H.