Famous Deaths In 1917

Jan 02 On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84

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

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

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

Jan 29 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 in the year 1917.

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

Feb 06 On this day in history edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72

Feb 09 Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies on this day in history.

Feb 10 Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

Feb 11 Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872) died in the year 1917.

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 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 on this day in history.

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

Mar 18 William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies in the year 1917.

Mar 25 In the year 1917 death of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832)

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

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

Apr 07 Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1917.

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 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 In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.

May 17 Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) died in the year 1917.

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

May 25 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.

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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 in the year 1917.

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 on this day in history.

Jan 03 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.

Jan 04 Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.