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April 17th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on April 17th

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2022

  • Galati, romania -- pianist (enesco 1st prize-1967)

2020

  • Pioneering scientist known for groundbreaking research in the field of genetics.

  • Pioneering scientist who made groundbreaking discoveries in the field of biotechnology.

  • Bennie G. Adkins was a soldier and politician who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Vietnam War.

  • Nigerian businessman and former Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

  • Renowned for contributions to the field of organic chemistry.

  • Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th president of peru (b. 1949)

2018

  • Barbara Bush was the wife of the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, and the mother of the 43rd President, George W. Bush.

  • NPR newscaster and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! announcer.

2016

2015

2014

  • Axiel Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known for his novels such as One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.

  • Gabriel García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known for his novels and short stories, which explored magical realism.

  • Gabrella Marquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known for his novels such as 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' and 'Love in the Time of Cholera'.

  • Gabreal García Márquez was a Colombian writer and journalist, known for his novels and short stories.

  • A Colombian novelist and short story writer, known for his magical realist works, including 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'.

2013

  • Deanna Durbin

    American actress and singer who made her debut film at the age of 14. she was one of hollywood's most prominent singing stars, and she released ten box office hits in the five years that followed. durbin married charles henri david, a 16-year-old french director. they were married on 12/21/1950. she kept her canadian citizenship and declined all interviews.

  • Animator and director known for his work at Disney on films like 'Sleeping Beauty'.

  • São toméan lawyer and politician, prime minister of são tomé and príncipe (d. 2013)

  • Norwegian bass player and songwriter (dance with a stranger), (d. 2013).

  • Indian civil servant and politician, 13th governor of karnataka (d. 2013)

2012

2011

  • Michael Sarrazin

    Michael sarrazin was a canadian actor known for his roles in films such as 'they shoot horses, don't they?' and 'the flim-flam man'.

  • American painter and author (d. 2011)

  • Greek singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)

  • Austrian-australian composer and pianist (d. 2011).

  • Filipino teenager actor (born 1993).

2010

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

  • Venetia Phair was the young girl who suggested the name 'Pluto' for the newly discovered planet in 1930.

2008

  • Gwenneth Dunwoody was a British journalist and Labour Party politician.

  • Aime Cesaire was a renowned poet and politician known for his role in the Negritude movement.

  • Caribbean-french poet and politician (b. 1913)

  • American musician bruce springsteen and the e street band (d. 2008).

  • French martinican poet, politician (born 1913).

2007

  • Kitty Carlisle

    American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist (d. 2007)

  • Renowned for her roles in Marx Brothers films.

  • Renowned engineer and founder of the Electric Power Research Institute.

  • Romanian singer (born 1946)

2006

  • American actor known for his role in the soap opera 'As the World Turns'.

  • American actor known for his role in the soap opera 'As the World Turns'.

  • American television director and producer. (born 1955)

  • French physician and haematologist (b. 1907)

2004

2003

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

  • Deanna Durbin was a renowned journalist known for her investigative reporting.

1998

1997

  • Biju Patnaik was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Odisha for two terms and played a crucial role in the formation of the state.

  • Former President of Israel and a prominent figure in Israeli politics.

  • Israeli soldier, soldier, lawyer, and author who was the sixth president of israel.

  • Irish-born israeli general and politician, 6th president of israel (d. 1997)

1996

1995

1994

  • American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, nobel prize laureate (d. 1994)

  • American actor/journalist (nbc, broadcast news) dies at the age of 69.

1993

  • Turkish engineer and politician, 8th president of turkey (b. 1927)

  • Egyptian scholar and geographer (d. 1993)

  • 8th president of turkey (born 1927).

1992

  • Country music singer dies of heart failure at the age of 73

1990

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

1988

  • American abstract artist and sculptor, ukranian-born. he is a sculptor and an artist who works in many media. his love for geometric shapes together is what makes him unique. charles nevelson, her husband, had one child. she died april 17, 1988, age 90, in new york.

  • Eva Novak

    Actress (medicine man), passes away at 90 from pneumonia

1987

  • American comedian/actor (producers), died on stage after suffering a heart attack at the age of 63 (born 1924).

  • Christian philosopher and theologian known for his work in presuppositional apologetics.

  • English publisher (b. 1901)

  • At 36 years old, jamaican reggae musician (no woman no cry) dies (born 1950).

  • Mirror group newspapers (born in 1901) owner

1986

  • Bessie head was a south african writer known for her novels and short stories that explore themes of race, identity, and social injustice.

  • French aviation industrialist and aviator, known for being an outstanding pilot.

1985

1984

1983

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1978

  • French pianist and composer known for his contributions to classical music.

1977

1976

1975

1974

1973

1971

1970

  • Shakeel Badayuni was a renowned Indian lyricist who wrote songs for numerous Bollywood films in the 1950s and 1960s.

  • At 92, the russian-orthodox church's patriarch dies

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1968

  • After being selected by nasa, an american astronaut became a trainee in january 1978. in 1973, she received her doctorate and was made a surgeon at the va hospital of memphis. she was on the discovery mission's crew, 04/12/1985, and the columbia's crew, 06/05/1991. she is petite and pretty. she is driven and ambitious. she holds her private pilot license.

1967

  • American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)

  • American jazz trumpeter (born 1908)

1963

  • Edith Swan was a British novelist known for her novels exploring social and psychological themes.

1962

  • American actress. she was a leading lady in the mack sennett era. she was a bathing beauty and slapstick comedian, but she became a character actress.

1961

1960

  • American singer, guitarist and vocalist. he is also a good-looking musician. he

  • American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

  • French physicist known for his work on the Brownian motion and the atomic structure of matter.

1954

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1948

1946

1945

1944

1942

  • French-american physicist and chemist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1870)

  • French physicist and nobel prize laureate (born in 1870).

1941

  • Mozambican-english singer-songwriter (d. 1941)

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1937

1936

1933

1932

  • Scottish biologist and sociologist who is considered a pioneer in the field of urban planning and regional development.

1930

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1923

1921

  • Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)

  • Maltese social reformer and philosopher (born in 1860).

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1919

1917

  • Irish novelist, poet, and journalist who wrote about rural Irish life.

  • German painter known for his landscape and genre paintings.

1915

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on April 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1902

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