Nirupama Mankad (77)
January 17th, 1947

Indian tennis player – Nirupama Mankad was born in Karachi (Provincial capital of Sindh, Pakistan) on January 17th, 1947 and is 77 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 17

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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

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

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

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

86

Sonja Sutter

German actress

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

42

Dwyane Wade

American former basketball player

*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

83

Jens Bratlie

13th Prime Minister of Norway

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

78

Geir Lundestad

Norwegian historian and director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute

*January 17th, 1945, Sulitjelma †September 22nd, 2023

75

Jeanette Fitzsimons

New Zealand politician (1945-2020)

*January 17th, 1945, Dunedin †March 5th, 2020, Thames Hospital

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

65

Stefan Ritter

German classical archaeologist

*January 17th, 1959, Schmalkalden

93

James Earl Jones

American actor

*January 17th, 1931, Arkabutla

62

Denis O'Hare

American actor

*January 17th, 1962, Kansas City

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Katalin Karikó

Hungarian biochemist

*January 17th, 1955, Szolnok

95

Elisabeth Gesche

German nurse and honorary consul

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

79

Javed Akhtar

Indian writer, poet and lyricist

*January 17th, 1945, Khairabad

37

Jenny Wallwork

British badminton player

*January 17th, 1987, Bolton

66

Eveline Peterson

Badminton player

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

33

Yao Xue

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1991, Jingzhou

30

Shen Yaying

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1994, Zhangzhou

67

Steve Harvey

American television presenter, comedian, actor, and author

*January 17th, 1957, Welch

32

Sarah Milne

Badminton player

*January 17th, 1992, Bardsey

73

Sheree North

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

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

71

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Japanese composer (1952–2023)

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

77

Anne Cutler

Psycholinguist and educator

*January 17th, 1945, Armadale †June 7th, 2022, Nijmegen

80

Tabaré Vázquez

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

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

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Eartha Kitt

American singer (1927–2008)

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

Also born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

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Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

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Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

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Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

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Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Betondorp †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

76

Anne Archer

American actress

*August 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

77

Elton John

English singer and pianist

*March 25th, 1947, Pinner

76

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

76

Sam Neill

New Zealand actor

*September 14th, 1947, Omagh

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, East Los Angeles

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

77

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

77

Andrea Martin

American-Canadian actress, singer and comedian

*January 15th, 1947, Portland

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Salman Rushdie

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

*June 19th, 1947, Mumbai

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Robert Englund

American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director

*June 6th, 1947, Glendale

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