Kimmo Pallonen (65)
January 17th, 1959

Finnish pole vaulter – Kimmo Pallonen was born in Jyväskylän maalaiskunta (Former municipality of Finland, now part of Jyväskylä) on January 17th, 1959 and is 65 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 17

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Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

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Qiu Zihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1991, Xiamen

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Michelle Obama

Lawyer and former First Lady of the United States

*January 17th, 1964, Chicago

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

42

Dwyane Wade

American former basketball player

*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

62

Denis O'Hare

American actor

*January 17th, 1962, Kansas City

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

67

Steve Harvey

American television presenter, comedian, actor, and author

*January 17th, 1957, Welch

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Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

Danish politician

*January 17th, 1977, Zealand

47

Sverre Rotevatn

Norwegian Nordic combined skier

*January 17th, 1977, Lillehammer Municipality

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Jens Bratlie

13th Prime Minister of Norway

*January 17th, 1856, Nordre Land Municipality †September 15th, 1939, Oslo

69

Katalin Karikó

Hungarian biochemist

*January 17th, 1955, Szolnok

86

Sonja Sutter

German actress

*January 17th, 1931, Freiburg im Breisgau †June 2nd, 2017, Baden

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

37

Jenny Wallwork

British badminton player

*January 17th, 1987, Bolton

58

Amy Sherman-Palladino

American television writer, director, and producer

*January 17th, 1966, Los Angeles

60

Jamy Gourmaud

French journalist

*January 17th, 1964, Fontenay-le-Comte

33

Yao Xue

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*January 17th, 1991, Jingzhou

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Shen Yaying

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1994, Zhangzhou

53

Sylvie Testud

French actress

*January 17th, 1971, Lyon

32

Sarah Milne

Badminton player

*January 17th, 1992, Bardsey

69

Susanne Uhlen

German actress

*January 17th, 1955, Potsdam

66

Eveline Peterson

Badminton player

*January 17th, 1877, Jalpaiguri †November 30th, 1943, Totnes

93

James Earl Jones

American actor

*January 17th, 1931, Arkabutla

95

Elisabeth Gesche

German nurse and honorary consul

*January 17th, 1924, Funchal †May 27th, 2019

55

Tiësto

Dutch DJ and record producer

*January 17th, 1969, Breda

67

Brigitte Kiesow

German rower

*January 17th, 1957, Lübeck

57

Thierry Moreau

French footballer

*January 17th, 1967, Lisieux

64

Deirdre Curtin

Irish legal scholar

*January 17th, 1960, Dublin

63

Maia Chiburdanidze

Georgian chess grandmaster

*January 17th, 1961, Kutaisi

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64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

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Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

65

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

64

Ken Watanabe

Japanese actor

*October 21st, 1959, Uonuma

64

Marcia Gay Harden

American actress

*August 14th, 1959, La Jolla

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

64

Evo Morales

President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019

*October 26th, 1959, Oruro

65

Kyle MacLachlan

American actor

*February 22nd, 1959, Yakima

64

Jason Alexander

American actor, comedian, director and television host

*September 23rd, 1959, Newark

65

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

64

Kevin Spacey

American actor (1959-)

*July 26th, 1959, South Orange

65

Ásdís Thoroddsen

Icelandic actress and film director

*February 26th, 1959, Reykjavík

64

César Ferioli

Spanish, Italian rooted comic book artist.

*July 22nd, 1959, Barcelona

Kimmo Pallonen