Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jan 02 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.  

Jan 06 Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jan 10 Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.  

Jan 16 On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17 In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  

Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies in the year 1917.  

Jan 29 On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

Feb 05 On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41  

Feb 06 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 09 Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies in the year 1917.  

Feb 10 On this day in history emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73  

Feb 11 In the year 1917 death of oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)  

Feb 13 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48 in the year 1917.  

Feb 15 Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 in the year 1917.  

Feb 16 Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848) died on this day in history.  

Feb 17 In the year 1917 edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70  

Feb 18 On this day in history charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies  

Mar 06 In the year 1917 jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73  

Mar 08 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 in the year 1917.  

Mar 18 On this day in history william Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies  

Mar 25 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832) died on this day in history.  

Mar 29 On this day in history fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76  

Apr 01 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Apr 07 In the year 1917 spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53  

Apr 09 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I died in the year 1917.  

Apr 14 In the year 1917 lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57  

Apr 18 In the year 1917 moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73  

Apr 24 Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies in the year 1917.  

May 01 On this day in history jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies  

May 03 In the year 1917 norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies  

May 11 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

May 17 In the year 1917 death of charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)  

May 20 Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850) died in the year 1917.  

May 25 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1917.  

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Jan 01 Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

Jan 02 Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 03 Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 03 In the year 1917 birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

Jan 05 Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.