Famous Deaths In 1917

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

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 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 on this day in history.

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

Feb 05 In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41

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 In the year 1917 emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73

Feb 11 In the year 1917 death of oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)

Feb 13 On this day in history joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48

Feb 15 Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 on this day in history.

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

Feb 17 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70 on this day in history.

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

Mar 06 In the year 1917 jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73

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 on this day in history.

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 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 on this day in history.

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

Apr 09 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I died in the year 1917.

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

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

Apr 24 In the year 1917 oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies

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 On this day in history otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66

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

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

May 25 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1917.

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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 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 in the year 1917.

Jan 05 In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer

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