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 In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody

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 in the year 1917.

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

Jan 29 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 on this day in history.

Feb 05 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.

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 on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

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

Feb 16 On this day in history death of octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)

Feb 17 On this day in history edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70

Feb 18 Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies on this day in history.

Mar 06 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73 in the year 1917.

Mar 08 In the year 1917 ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78

Mar 18 On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.

Apr 01 On this day in history scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48

Apr 07 Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.

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 On this day in history moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73

Apr 24 Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on this day in history.

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

May 03 Norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies on this day in history.

May 11 In the year 1917 otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66

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

May 20 On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.

Jan 01 Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)

Jan 03 Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.

Jan 03 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.

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 On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director