Famous Deaths In 1917

Jan 02 In the year 1917 edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1917.  

Feb 09 In the year 1917 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 In the year 1917 joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48  

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

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

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

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 in the year 1917.  

Mar 08 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

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 In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.  

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 02 On this day in history 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 Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 05 Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.  

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