List of Famous people born on January 17th

Arthur Bernard Deacon (1903-1927) was a social anthropologist who carried out fieldwork on the islands of Malakula and Ambrym in what is now Vanuatu.

James Waterston is an American film, stage, and television actor whose first role was playing Gerard Pitts in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society.

Viktor Stålberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing with HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL). He has also played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators, New York Rangers, Carolina Hurricanes, Ottawa Senators and Chicago Blackhawks with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2013.

Toshiyuki Igarashi is a Japanese boxer and a former WBC, The Ring and Lineal Flyweight World Champion.

Karl Fredrik Lukas Moodysson is a Swedish novelist, short story writer and film director. First coming to prominence as an ambitious poet in the 1980s, he had his big domestic and international breakthrough directing the 1998 romantic film Show Me Love. He has since directed a string of films with different styles and public appeal, as well as continued to write both poetry and novels. In 2007, The Guardian ranked Moodysson eleventh in its list of the world’s best directors, describing his directorial style as “heartfelt and uncompromising.”

Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret and illegal intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyrån (IB). He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy(+) of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson. He is the owner of one of the largest publishing companies in Sweden, Piratförlaget, together with his wife, publisher Ann-Marie Skarp, and Liza Marklund.

Mike Di Meglio is a French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and 2008 World Champion in the 125cc class. In 2019, he will compete in the MotoE World Cup aboard an Energica Ego Corsa. Of Italian descent, his paternal grandfather was born in Lentini.