Rick Bacon (71)
January 17th, 1955

Canadian volleyball player – Rick Bacon was born in Windsor (Town in Nova Scotia, Canada) on January 17th, 1955 and is 71 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 17

35

Qiu Zihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1991, Xiamen

64

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

74

Muhammad Ali

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

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

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer, actress, and composer (1944–2024)

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris †June 11th, 2024, American Hospital of Paris

62

Michelle Obama

Lawyer and former First Lady of the United States

*January 17th, 1964, Chicago

69

Steve Harvey

American television presenter, comedian, actor, and author

*January 17th, 1957, Welch

83

Jens Bratlie

13th Prime Minister of Norway

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

86

Sonja Sutter

German actress (1931–2017)

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

72

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)

*January 17th, 1954, Washington, D.C.

95

James Earl Jones

American actor (born 1931)

*January 17th, 1931, Arkabutla

62

Jamy Gourmaud

French journalist

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

72

Marina Rossell

Catalan recording artist; folk singer

*January 17th, 1954, Castellet i la Gornal

75

Jeanette Fitzsimons

New Zealand politician (1945-2020)

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

73

Sheree North

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

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

99

Betty White

American actress and comedian (1922–2021)

*January 17th, 1922, Oak Park †December 31st, 2021, Brentwood

84

Benjamin Franklin

American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, diplomat, Founding Father (1706–1790)

*January 17th, 1706, Boston †April 17th, 1790, Philadelphia

66

Louis Armand

French engineer, inventor, administrator, and resistance fighter (1905-1971)

*January 17th, 1905, Cruseilles †August 30th, 1971, Villers-sur-Mer

65

Ángel Petisme

Spanish writer

*January 17th, 1961, Calatayud

72

Antoaneta Tanasescu

Romania writer and teacher

*January 17th, 1941, Bucharest †December 9th, 2013, Bucharest

Also born in 1955

71

Milly Quezada

Dominican Republic singer

*May 21st, 1955, Santo Domingo

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

71

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

70

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

70

Guillermo Lasso

47th president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

71

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

70

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

71

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

71

Nicolas Sarkozy

23rd president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

71

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

71

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

70

Friedrich Merz

German politician, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

*November 11th, 1955, Brilon

71

Jair Bolsonaro

38th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil from 2019 to 2023, Captain of the Brazilian Army, Federal Deputy of Brazil (1991-2019) and Councilman of the City of Rio de Janeiro (1989-1991)

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician (1955–1998)

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

71

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

71

Kevin Costner

American actor

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

70

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

71

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

62

Kid Vinil

Brazilian singer, radio broadcaster, composer and journalist

*March 10th, 1955, Cedral †May 19th, 2017, São Paulo

71

Reba McEntire

American country singer

*March 28th, 1955, McAlester

71

Brendan Gleeson

Irish actor

*March 29th, 1955, Dublin

71

Sven-Erik Österberg

Swedish politician and county governor

*March 10th, 1955, Munktorp

71

Bruce Willis

American actor (born 1955)

*March 19th, 1955, Idar-Oberstein

71

Rowan Atkinson

English actor, comedian, and screenwriter

*January 6th, 1955, Consett

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

*February 28th, 1955, Coney Island †April 12th, 2022, Manhattan

71

Laurie Metcalf

American actress

*June 16th, 1955, Carbondale

70

Mike Huckabee

Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007

*August 24th, 1955, Hope

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