Famous Deaths 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 Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.

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

Feb 09 On this day in history francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies

Feb 10 Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1917.

Feb 11 On this day in history death of oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)

Feb 13 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48 in the year 1917.

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 In the year 1917 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 On this day in history jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73

Mar 08 On this day in history 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 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832) died in the year 1917.

Mar 29 Fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.

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

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

May 17 Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) died on this day in history.

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 in the year 1917.

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Jan 01 In the year 1917 birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)

Jan 02 In the year 1917 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 In the year 1917 birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)

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

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.