Famous Deaths In 1917

Jan 02 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.

Jan 06 Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 in the year 1917.

Jan 10 Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.

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

Jan 17 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.

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 In the year 1917 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 On this day in history francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies

Feb 10 In the year 1917 emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73

Feb 11 On this day in history death of oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)

Feb 13 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.

Feb 15 On this day in history charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60

Feb 16 In the year 1917 death of octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)

Feb 17 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70 in the year 1917.

Feb 18 In the year 1917 charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies

Mar 06 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73 on this day in history.

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

Mar 18 In the year 1917 william Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies

Mar 25 On this day in history death of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832)

Mar 29 Fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.

Apr 01 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 in the year 1917.

Apr 07 On this day in history spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53

Apr 09 On this day in history death of edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I

Apr 14 Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57 on this day in history.

Apr 18 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73 on this day in history.

Apr 24 On this day in history oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies

May 01 Jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies in the year 1917.

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

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

May 17 Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) died on this day in history.

May 20 In the year 1917 death of philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850)

May 25 In the year 1917 leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72

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

Jan 01 In the year 1917 birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)

Jan 02 In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)

Jan 03 In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN

Jan 03 On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.

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