List of Famous people born on January 17th

Daniel John Caruso Jr. is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His work encompasses a variety of genres, including thriller, drama, horror, and action. He has also directed numerous episodes of television series such as The Shield, Over There, Smallville, and Dark Angel. The majority of his films fall into the thriller and action film genres.

Pierre Bazzo is a former French racing cyclist. He rode in nine editions of the Tour de France between 1977 and 1985. Bazzo tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone after the 7th stage of the 1983 Tour de France.

Henry Allan Engelhardt is an American businessman, and the founder and former chief executive of Admiral Group, a Welsh motor insurance company. He was credited as driving the company in to a position where it became one of Britain's most valuable companies and stepped down as chief executive in 2016 to make way for a younger management team to take the group forward.

Jean Jacques is a French singer.

Susanna Capurso is an Italian actress who works mainly in Germany. She is best known for the role of Sabrina Buchstab-Scholz in the German television series Lindenstraße.

Simone Ponzi is an Italian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini. He turned professional in 2009.