Celebrities born on 17 January

The zodiac sign for 17 January is Capricorn. The Sun is in Capricorn on this date in every year from 1900 to 2026, in every time zone, between 24° and 29° of the sign, which puts 17 January in the third decan of Capricorn. Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign.

Muhammad Ali, Jim Carrey and Betty White were born on 17 January. StarMap has birth charts for 27 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

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Signs are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata. A sign is shown beside a name only when it holds for the whole of the birth date; where it does not, both possibilities are given. How to read a birth chart.

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