Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

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

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

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

Jan 16 George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17 On this day in history hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  

Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 29 In the year 1917 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 In the year 1917 edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72  

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 Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 16 On this day in history 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 Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies in the year 1917.  

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

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

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

Mar 25 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832) died in the year 1917.  

Mar 29 In the year 1917 fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76  

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

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

Apr 09 In the year 1917 death of edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I  

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

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

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

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

May 03 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history 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 Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 04 In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

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

Jan 05 In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director