Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jan 02 In the year 1917 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 In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16 George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died in the year 1917.  

Jan 17 On this day in history 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 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 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 on this day in history.  

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

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 Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 06 On this day in history jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73  

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

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

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 In the year 1917 scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48  

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

Apr 09 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I died on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1917.  

May 17 In the year 1917 death of charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)  

May 20 Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850) died in the year 1917.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01 Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

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 on this day in history.  

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.