January 17 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 17, your zodiac sign is Capricorn ♑, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with Benjamin Franklin and Muhammad Ali.
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 17th
- Popularity
- 258th of 366
- Half birthday
- July 17
- Next January 17
- January 17
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January 17 zodiac: Capricorn ♑
People born on January 17 fall under Capricorn, the 10th sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from December 22 to January 19. Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign ruled by Saturn, and its symbol is the sea-goat.
Capricorn is an earth sign ruled by Saturn and associated with ambition, structure and long-term goals. The Sea-Goat is described as climbing steadily toward the top, one careful step at a time.
Famous people born on January 17
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 17, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1706American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
- Born 1942American boxer (1942–2016)
- Born 1964Lawyer and former First Lady of the United States (2009-2017)
- Born 1962Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
- Born 1863Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922
- Born 1600Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
- Born 1820British novelist and poet (1820-1849)
- Born 1863Russian actor and theatre director (1863–1938)
- Born 1927American singer and actress (1927–2008)
- Born 1922American actress and comedian (1922–2021)
- Born 1933Egyptian-French singer and actress (1933-1987)
- Born 1980American actress and singer
- Born 1983Spanish football manager and player (born 1983)
- Born 1955Hungarian biochemist
- Born 1940President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020
- Born 1984Scottish electronic music producer and DJ (born 1984)
- Born 1957American television presenter, comedian, actor, and author (born 1957)
- Born 1955Italian Roman Catholic priest, cardinal and Secretary of State of the Holy See (1955-)
- Born 1931American actor (1931–2024)
- Born 1732King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1764-1795)
- Born 1944French singer (1944–2024)
- Born 1982American basketball player (born 1982)
- Born 2001Argentine footballer (born 2001)
- Born 1911American economist (1911–1991)
- Born 19491st president of Barbados
- Born 1937French writer and philosopher
- Born 1969Dutch DJ and music producer
- Born 1860First President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949)
- Born 195426th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
- Born 1966Japanese association football player
- Born 1868French logician, mathematician, philosopher and linguist (1868–1914)
- Born 1969British actor (1969-)
- Born 1943Ex-President of Haiti (1943-2017)
- Born 1952Japanese composer, musician, social activist, and former student activist (1952–2023)
- Born 1914Japanese association football player and manager (1914–1985)
- Born 1961Georgian chess grandmaster
- Born 1834German evolutionary biologist (1834-1914)
- Born 1973Mexican association football player and politician
- Born 1987Ukrainian boxer
- Born 1880Canadian-American actor, producer and director (1880–1960)
January 17 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 17 birthday facts
- January 17 is the 17th day of the year (17th in leap years), leaving 348 days until the end of the year.
- January 17 is the 258th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,954 babies born on an average January 17(2% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 17 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 17 were most likely conceived around April 26 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 17, six months after January 17.
- January 17 always falls before Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is the one for the year before your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is January 17?
January 17 falls under Capricorn ♑, which runs from December 22 to January 19.
What is the birthstone for January 17?
The birthstone for January 17 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 17?
Famous people born on January 17 include Benjamin Franklin (1706), Muhammad Ali (1942), Michelle Obama (1964), Jim Carrey (1962), David Lloyd George (1863), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600).
How common is a January 17 birthday?
January 17 is the 258th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,954 babies born on an average January 17.
What day of the year is January 17?
January 17 is the 17th day of the year in common years and the 17th day in leap years.