Margareta Arvidsson (79)
January 17th, 1945

Swedish beauty pageant contestant – Margareta Arvidsson was born in Gothenburg (Second-largest city in Sweden and capital of the Västra Götaland County) on January 17th, 1945 and is 79 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 17

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Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

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

74

Muhammad Ali

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

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

33

Qiu Zihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1991, Xiamen

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

86

Sonja Sutter

German actress

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

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

83

Jens Bratlie

13th Prime Minister of Norway

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

42

Dwyane Wade

American former basketball player

*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

60

Michelle Obama

Lawyer and former First Lady of the United States

*January 17th, 1964, Chicago

47

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

Danish politician

*January 17th, 1977, Zealand

47

Sverre Rotevatn

Norwegian Nordic combined skier

*January 17th, 1977, Lillehammer Municipality

93

James Earl Jones

American actor

*January 17th, 1931, Arkabutla

65

Stefan Ritter

German classical archaeologist

*January 17th, 1959, Schmalkalden

95

Elisabeth Gesche

German nurse and honorary consul

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

66

Eveline Peterson

Badminton player

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

69

Katalin Karikó

Hungarian biochemist

*January 17th, 1955, Szolnok

37

Jenny Wallwork

British badminton player

*January 17th, 1987, Bolton

33

Yao Xue

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1991, Jingzhou

30

Shen Yaying

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1994, Zhangzhou

73

Sheree North

American actress, dancer, and singer (1932-2005)

*January 17th, 1932, Los Angeles †November 4th, 2005, Los Angeles

80

Tabaré Vázquez

President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020

*January 17th, 1940, Montevideo †December 6th, 2020, Montevideo

62

Denis O'Hare

American actor

*January 17th, 1962, Kansas City

32

Sarah Milne

Badminton player

*January 17th, 1992, Bardsey

80

Jan Guillou

Swedish author

*January 17th, 1944, Södertälje

67

Steve Harvey

American television presenter, comedian, actor, and author

*January 17th, 1957, Welch

74

René Préval

Ex-President of Haiti (1943-2017)

*January 17th, 1943, Marmelade †March 3rd, 2017, Port-au-Prince

81

Eartha Kitt

American singer (1927–2008)

*January 17th, 1927, North †December 25th, 2008, Weston

53

Sylvie Testud

French actress

*January 17th, 1971, Lyon

71

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Japanese composer (1952–2023)

*January 17th, 1952, Nakano †March 28th, 2023, Tokyo

58

Amy Sherman-Palladino

American television writer, director, and producer

*January 17th, 1966, Los Angeles

Also born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

79

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

79

Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

*March 30th, 1945, Ripley

79

Linda Hunt

American actress

*April 2nd, 1945, Morristown

78

Patrick Modiano

French writer

*July 30th, 1945, Boulogne-Billancourt

78

Alain Juppé

92nd Prime Minister of France

*August 15th, 1945, Mont-de-Marsan

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

Margareta Arvidsson