List of Famous people born on January 17th

Henrique George Mautner, better known by his stage name Jorge Mautner, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, violinist, actor, screenwriter, film director and poet, considered to be a pioneer of the MPB scene and of the Tropicalista movement.

Thomas John Curry is an Irish-born American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles until 2018. From 1994 to 2013, he was the episcopal vicar of the Santa Barbara Pastoral Region, before he resigned from all public duties. However, he continued to hold the title of Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles until his resignation was accepted formally by Pope Francis on Tuesday, March 3, 2018, becoming Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus.

Hwang Yoon-Seok, better known as Hwanhee, is a South Korean singer, actor and a member of South Korean R&B duo Fly to the Sky.

Callum James Henderson-Begg, known as Cal Henderson, is a British computer programmer and author based in San Francisco.

Rıdvan Şimşek is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right wingback for Altay.

Zhang Mo is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Canada. She was born in Shijiazhuang, and currently resides in Vancouver.

Wang Chunyu is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. She has a personal best of 1:57.00 minutes. She was the gold medallist at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2013 and the runner-up at the 2011 World Youth Championships.

Ahmed Kabouria, also transliterated as Kaboria, is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek SC as a midfielder.