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Zooey Deschanel made her film debut in Mumford (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous (2000).
Famous Birthdays on January 17
1980 — Zooey Deschanel
American singer-songwriter and actress
January 17 has 260 recorded notable births across history, from 1342 to 2005. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1992 During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. Source
- 1773 Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle. Source
- 1649 The Second Ormonde Peace creates an alliance between the Irish Royalists and Confederates during the War of the Three Kingdoms. The coalition was then decisively defeated during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Source
- 1873 A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War. Source
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With Debbi Peterson and Vicki Peterson, she founded the Bangles in 1981.
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In 2011, he starred as Larry Harvey in the first season of the FX anthology series American Horror Story, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in 2012.
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Sebastian Junger is the author of The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (1997) which was adapted into a major motion picture and led to a resurgence in adventure creative nonfiction writing.
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Marcel Petiot was convicted of multiple murders of Jews after the discovery of the remains of 23 people in the basement of his home in Paris during World War II.
More major people born on January 17
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1959
Susanna Hoffs
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
Susanna Lee Hoffs is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress. With Debbi Peterson and Vicki Peterson, she founded the Bangles in 1981.
1962
Denis O'Hare
American actor and singer
Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare is an American actor noted for his award-winning performances in the plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity, as well as portraying vampire king Russell Edgington on the HBO fantasy series True…
1962
Sebastian Junger
American journalist and author
Sebastian Junger is an American journalist, author and filmmaker who has reported in-the-field on dirty, dangerous and demanding occupations and the experience of infantry combat.
1897
Marcel Petiot
French physician and serial killer (died 1946)
Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot was a French medical doctor and serial killer.
1937
Alain Badiou
French philosopher and academic
Alain Badiou is a French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure and founder of the faculty of Philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault and…
1926
Clyde Walcott
Barbadian cricketer (died 2006)
Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott OBE KA GCM was a West Indian cricketer.
1871
Nicolae Iorga
Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (died 1940)
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, albanologist, poet and playwright.
1949
Gyude Bryant
Liberian businessman and politician (died 2014)
Charles Gyude Bryant was a Liberian politician and businessman. He served as the Chairman of the Transitional Government of Liberia from 14 October 2003 to 16 January 2006.
1876
Frank Hague
American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Jersey City (died 1956)
Francis Hague, known as Frank Hague, was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, from 1917 to 1947, and vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1924…
1905
Eduard Oja
Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (died 1950)
Eduard Oja was an Estonian composer, conductor, music teacher and critic. His father was a forest warden.
1877
Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková
Czech botanist and zoologist (died 1937)
Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková was the first female Czech botanist and zoologist. Baborová was born in Prague to a school teacher's family and learned many languages at a young age.
1965
Sylvain Turgeon
Canadian ice hockey player
Joseph Sylvain Dorilla Turgeon is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Hartford Whalers, New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens and…
1666
Antonio Maria Valsalva
Italian anatomist and physician (died 1723)
Antonio Maria Valsalva was an Italian anatomist born in Imola. His research focused on the anatomy of the ears.
1858
Tomás Carrasquilla
Colombian author (died 1940)
Tomás Carrasquilla Naranjo (1858 – 1940) was a Colombian writer who lived in the Antioquia region.
1982
Dwyane Wade
American basketball player
Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. is an American basketball executive and former professional player who is a co-owner of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1612
Thomas Fairfax
English general and politician (died 1671)
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron was an English army officer and politician who commanded the New Model Army from 1645 to 1650 during the English Civil War.
1966
Shabba Ranks
Jamaican rapper, musician, and songwriter
Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon , better known by his stage name Shabba Ranks, is a Jamaican dancehall musician. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was one of the most popular Jamaican musicians in the world.
1948
Davíð Oddsson
Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland (died 2026)
Davíð Oddsson was an Icelandic politician, and the longest-serving prime minister of Iceland, in office from 1991 to 2004.
1963
Kai Hansen
German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Kai Michael Hansen is a German musician who is the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray.