Top 10 January 17 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 17, 1732: Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski . Stanislaus II Augustus was the last King of Poland before the Partitions of the 1790s. Honorable Mention: January 17, 1820: Anne Brontë . The least-accomplished of the 3 literary sisters, she is still renowned for writing Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall . Somewhat Honorable Mention: January 17, 1876: Frank Hague. Mayor of Jersey City from 1917 to 1947, he was an old-time political boss, doing a lot of good thanks to voter fraud and graft, but also holding a lot of reforms back. He became known as "Frank 'I Am the Law' Hague," and New Jersey's current State Constitution, ratified in 1947, was specifically designed to take power away from local bosses. Honorable Mention: January 17, 1928: Vidal Sassoon. The 20th Century's leading producer of hair care products: "If you don't look good, we don't look good." Probably the reason the 1979 New York Rangers sang, ...