List of Famous people born on January 17th

Dai-Kang Yang is a Taiwanese professional baseball player. He plays as an outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball.

Kensuke Miyazaki is a Japanese politician. He served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) between 2012 and 2016.

Trevor Andrew Bauer is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He formerly played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Indians, and Cincinnati Reds.

Igor Yuryevich Nikolayev is a Russian composer, singer and song-writer.

Ana Carolina Ardohaín Dos Santos is an Argentine model, television personality, dancer, television host and actress. She is widely known by the nickname Pampita, a diminutive for La Pampa, the Argentine province where she was born.

Momoe Yamaguchi is a Japanese former singer, actress, and idol whose career lasted from 1972 to 1980. Often simply referred to by her given name "Momoe," Yamaguchi is one of the most successful singers in Japanese music, releasing 32 singles, including three number one hits, and 21 studio albums. She also starred in 15 feature films and several television serial dramas. At age 21, Yamaguchi retired at the height of her popularity to marry her frequent costar, Tomokazu Miura; she has never performed or made a public appearance since. Therefore, she is called a legendary idol in Japan.

Youki Kudoh is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best newcomer at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for The Crazy Family. She also won the awards for best actress at the 16th Hochi Film Award and at the 1992 Blue Ribbon Award for War and Youth. Additionally, Kudoh has been nominated three times for Best Actress, in the 5th independent Spirit Award for Mystery Train, in the 15th Japanese Academy Prize for War and Youth, and in the 4th Golden Satellite Award for Snow Falling on Cedars.

Mathilde Seigner is a French actress. Seigner was born in Paris, France. She is the granddaughter of actor Louis Seigner (1903–1991). Seigner is the sister of Emmanuelle Seigner and a niece of Françoise Seigner.

Samuel Shaw is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Dexter Lumis.

Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy is a Ukrainian-American Latin–ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. He is widely known as one of the professional dancers on the American television series Dancing with the Stars, on which he first appeared in season two. In his 17 seasons as a competing pro on the show, Chmerkovskiy made it to the final round five times, with two runner-up and two third-place finishes. On May 20, 2014, Chmerkovskiy, paired with Olympic ice dancer Meryl Davis, won his first Dancing with the Stars title. Chmerkovskiy has also starred in the Broadway productions of dance shows Burn the Floor and Forever Tango.