January 17th famous deaths

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2029 - 2020

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

2023

Elisea Demirel
Elisea Demirel was a Turkish politician who served as the First Lady of Turkey from 1993 to 2000.
Lucile Randon
French supercentenarian (b. 1904)

2022

Birju Maharaj
Indian dancer, composer, singer and exponent of the lucknow "kalka-bindadin" gharana of kathak dance (d. 2022)

2021

Rasheed Naz
Pakistani film and television actor (b. 1948)

2020

Derek Fowlds
British actor (b.1937)

2019 - 2010

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

2019

Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver was an American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her work, known for its focus on the natural world.
S. Balakrishnan
Malayalam movie composer (b. 1948)

2017

Brenda Barnes
Former CEO of Sara Lee Corporation.
Tirrel Burton
American football player and coach (b. 1929)
Colo
American western lowland gorilla, first gorilla born in captivity and oldest recorded (b. 1956)[68]

2016

Ajaya Ghosh
Ajaya Ghosh was an Indian mathematician known for his contributions to the field of functional analysis.
Blowfly
American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)
V. Rama Rao
Indian lawyer and politician, 12th governor of sikkim (b. 1935)
Melvin Day
New zealand painter and historian (b. 1923)
Sudhindra Thirtha
Indian religious leader (b. 1926)

2015

Faten Hamama
Faten Hamama was an Egyptian actress who is considered one of the most influential and acclaimed actresses in the history of Egyptian cinema.
Faten Hamama
Egyptian actress and producer (b. 1931)
Don Harron
Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1924)
Ken Furphy
English footballer and manager (b. 1931)

2014

John J. McGinty III
American captain, medal of honor recipient (b. 1940)
Suchitra Sen
Actress from bangladeshi-indian (d. 2014.)
Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin
Indian spiritual leader, 52nd da'i al-mutlaq (b. 1915)
Sunanda Pushkar
Canadian-born indian businesswoman (d. 2014.
Alistair McAlpine
Baron mcalpine of west green, english businessman and politician (b. 1942)

Francine Lalonde

Canadian educator and politician (b. 1940)

2013

Abdulrahim Najjar
Lebanese military leader who played a key role during the Lebanese Civil War.
Yves Debay
Congolese-french journalist and commander (d. 2013).
Mehmet Ali Birand
Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941)
John Nkomo
Zimbabwean politician, vice president of zimbabwe (b. 1934)
Jakob Arjouni
German author (d. 2013)

Lizbeth Webb

English soprano and actress (b. 1926)

2012

Marty Springstead
American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)
Johnny Otis
American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1921)
Julius Meimberg
German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)

2011

Don Kirshner
American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
Don Kirshner
American producer and songwriter (d. 2011).

2010

Gaines Adams
Gaines Adams was an American football player turned politician.
Erich Segal
American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)
Erich Segal
American author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
Michalis Papakonstantinou
Greek journalist and politician, foreign minister of greece (b. 1919)
Jyoti Basu
Indian politician and 9th chief minister of west bengal (b. 1914)

Gaines Adams

American football player (b. 1983)

Michalis Papakonstantinou

Greek author and politician (born 1919).

Daisuke Gouri

Japanese seiyu (born 1952)

Gaines Adams

American football player (born 1983).

Jyoti Basu

Indian politician, 6th chief minister west bengal (d.2010)

2009 - 2000

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

2009

Anders Isaksson
Swedish writer, journalist, and historian (born 1943).

2008

Bobby Fischer
American chess grandmaster, born in the usa as a child prodigy. he began studying chess at 6 years old and started playing in tournaments at 10. at 14 years old, he won his first class a title. he went on to win the 1957-58 us championship later that year. in the middle of the cold war, he defeated boris spassky …
Ernie Holmes
American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948)
Ernie Holmes
American football player (born 1948).
Allan Melvin
American screenwriter and actor (d. 2008).

2007

Art Buchwald
American soldier and journalist (d. 2007)
Art Buchwald
American journalist and author (b. 1925)
Yevhen Kushnaryov
Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1951)
Uwe Nettelbeck
German record producer, journalist and film critic (b. 1940)
Yevhen Kushnaryov
Ukrainian politician (born 1951)

2006

Malyn Ware
Malyn Ware was a British actress who appeared in numerous television shows and films during the mid-20th century.
Pierre Grondin
French canadian cardiac surgeon (born in 1925)

2005

Verginia Mayo
American actress known for her roles in film noir and psychological thrillers.
Virginia Mayo
An American film actress who was a major box office draw in the 1940s and 1950s.
Zhao Ziyang
Chinese politician, 3rd premier of the people's republic of china (b. 1919)
Charlie Bell
Australian fast food executive (born in 1960)
Albert Schatz
American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920)

Zhao Ziyang

Former premier of people's republic of china (born 1919).

2004

Ray Stark
American film producer (b. 1915)
Noble Willingham
American actor, best known for his role in the tv series walker, texas ranger (1993-1999). parker in the tv series walker, texas ranger (1993-1999).
Raymond Bonham Carter
English banker (b. 1929)
Ray Stark
American talent agent and film producer. he produced over 125 films, including "funny girl," the way we were,"and "night of the iguana." after a long battle with cancer, stark passed away in beverly hills on january 17, 2004, after an early morning.
Harry Brecheen
American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)

Czes?aw Niemen

Polish musician (born 1939)

2003

Richard Crenna
American actor. he has been on screen and radio since he was a child. as a child, he was only seen occasionally and he continued to be seen in the later '60s as an actor. he went on to have a long career with both feature and co-starring roles. crenna is best known for his role as walter denton in …
Balint Vazsonyi
Hungarian pianist (born 1936)

2002

Camilo José Cela
Spanish author and politician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1916)
Queenie Leonard
Queenie Leonard was a British actress known for her roles in Hollywood films and on Broadway.
Camilo José Cela
Spanish novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature.
Roman Personov
Russian scientist and academic (d. 2002).
Bishop Karas
American religious leader, sudanese-born (born 1955).

Camilo Jose Cela

Spanish writer and nobel prize laureate (born in 1916).

2001

Gregory Corso
Beat poet (happy birthday of death and long live man)

2000

Philip Jones
English trumpet player and educator (b. 1928)
Ion Rațiu
Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
Philip Jones
British trumpeter (born 1928).

1999 - 1990

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

1999

Robert Eads
American transsexual (born 1945).
Samantha Reid
American girl died from ghb overdose (born in 1984).

1998

Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo was an American film actress who was a popular star during the 1940s and 1950s.
Junior Kimbrough
American bluesman (born 1930).

1997

Clyde Tombaugh
Pluto was discovered by an american astronomer and academic (d. 1997).
Omere Elias
Omere Elias was an Ethiopian poet and playwright who wrote extensively about the experiences of the Oromo people.
Bert Kelly
Australian farmer and politician, 20th australian minister for the navy (b. 1912)
Bert Kelly
Australian politician (born 1912)
Andrea Fisher
Artist dies at 21.

Asfa Wossen [Amha Selassie]

Crown emperor of ethiopia, in exile, is killed.

Clyde William Tombaugh

American astronomer (discovered pluto), aged 90 (born 1906).

1996

Barbara Jordan
Barbara Jordan was an American politician and a leader of the Civil Rights Movement who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas.
Barbara Jordan
American politician, attorney and educator featured on time magazine's cover as one 12 women of the year in 1/05/1976. only two blacks and six other women were able to enroll at texas so. university law school. she graduated 84th out of 250. she was a houston lawyer from 1960 to 1967, but discovered her true passion for politics during the …
Barbara Jordan
American politician, attorney and educator featured on time magazine's cover as one 12 women of the year in 1/05/1976. only two blacks and six other women were able to enroll at texas so. university law school. she graduated 84th out of 250. she was a houston lawyer from 1960 to 1967, but discovered her true passion for politics during the …
Robert Covington
Drummer/singer, dies at age 54.
Sylvia Lawler
English geneticist (d. 1996)

Barbara Charline Jordan

American politician dies at the age of 59 (baptized in 1936).

Amber Hagerman

American amber alert system's namesake (born in 1986).

Giles William Playfair

Writer dies at 85

Charles Henry Madge

At 83 years old, poet/sociologist dies.

John Adrian Hope

Politician/businessman, dies at age 83.

Mostafa Sid Ahmed

Sudanese singer (born 1953)

1995

Oreatha Hudson
Oreatha Hudson was an Olympic gold medalist in track and field.
Mirko Božić
Mirko Božić was a Croatian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels depicting the lives of ordinary people in rural Croatia.
Urias Nooteboom
Dutch journalist/critic (the time) dies at 54
Isador Caplan
Lawyer/aldeburgh festival pioneer, who dies at the age of 82.

1994

Helen Stephens
American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1918)
Yevgeni Ivanov
Soviet spy implicated in the profumo scandal (born 1926)
Klaas Peereboom
Dutch sports reporter het parool dies at 77
Allan G Odell
At 90, burma shave's ad executive dies.
Chung Il Kwon
Died as the prime minister of south korea (1964-1970).

Grady "Fats" Jackson

At 66, a tenor sax player dies.

Noel Chiboust

Trumpeter/saxophonist, dies at age 84.

1993

Gerhart Ladner
Austrian-American historian who specialized in the study of the Middle Ages.
Albert Hourani
English-lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915)
Albert Hourani
English author and historian (d. 1993).
Ger ter Horst
Dutch soccer trainer (sparta), dies.

1992

Dorothy Alison
Actress (maggie, 3rd key, long arm)
Frank Pullen
English businessman and owner of racehorses (born 1915).
Charlie Ventura
Jazz saxophonist (bop for people) dies from cancer at 75.
Bill Walker
Actor (big mo. mask, harlem globetrotters), died at 95

1991

Harlan Smith
Harlan Smith was a renowned physicist who made significant contributions to the field of particle physics.
Olav V of Norway (b. 1903)
Olav AFEC van Sleeswijk-Holstein-S-G V
King of norway (1957).

1990

Charles Hernu
The 1981-1985 french minister of defense who ordered the sabotage and killing of one greenpeace worker. the entire situation was covered up.
Robert Woodward
American painter known for his abstract expressionist works and his involvement in the New York School art movement.

1989 - 1980

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

1989

Sterling A Brown
At 87, a us poet/critic (southern road) dies.

1988

Skeeter Skelton
Famous gun writer and author of numerous articles and books on firearms.
Percy Qoboza
South african journalist and author (b. 1938)

1987

Hugo Fregonese
Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
Hugo Fregonese
Argentinian screenwriter and director (d. 1987).

1984

Kostas Giannidis
Greek composer and conductor of piano (d. 1984).

1983

Doodles Weaver
Actor/comedian, ring of fire, shoots himself at the age of 71.

1981

Loukas Panourgias
Greek footballer and lawyer (b. 1899)

1980

Durand de la Penne
French naval officer known for his role in the attack on the British fleet in Alexandria during World War II.
Barbara Britton
Actress (pamela north-mrs north), dies at the age of 59

1979 - 1970

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

1977

Gary Gilmore
American homicide. he was a "throwaway" child, and his mother abandoned him when he turned four on 12/04/1944. their mom never came home again. they were unable to care for them and their father, who was serving overseas in the navy, returned to take the children to social services. gary was raised in foster homes and had to be moved …
Dougal Haston
He is a minor actor from scotland, writer, and mountaineer. he was clint eastwood’s understudy in "the eiger sanction", and is the author a autobiography.
Gary Gilmore executed by firing squad in Utah
First execution in the united states since 1967.

1976

Ad Verhoeven
Auto accident kills soccer player (xerxes / sparta)

1975

Abdul Rahman Chughtai
Pakistani painter known for his unique style influenced by Mughal art.

1974

Dorsey Shaw
Dorsey Shaw was a politician known for his contributions to civil rights movements.

1973

Fred Essler
Actor (unsinkable molly brown) dies at 77

1972

Betty Smith
Betty Smith was an American author best known for her novel 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.'
Betty Smith
American playwright and author (d. 1972).

1971

Lille Brinchmann
Norwegian politician known for her work in the Labour Party.

1970

Billy Stewart
American rhythm and blues singer and pianist (b. 1937)
Simon Kovar
Russian-american bassoon player and educator (b. 1890)
Billy Stewart
At 32 years old, singer "i do love you" dies in an auto-accident.

1969 - 1960

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

1969

Grazyna Bacewicz
Composer dies at 59

1968

Julis Deutsch
Austria politician/general of the spanish republican army, dies at 83

1967

Evellyn Nesbit
Evellyn Nesbit was an American actress and model, known for her involvement in a high-profile murder trial in the early 20th century.
Barney Ross
Barney Ross was a legendary boxer known for his achievements in the ring.
Evelyn Nesbit
Evelyn Nesbit was a popular American model and actress in the early 20th century.

1964

TH White
British-indian author, best known for his multiple-volume chronicles about king arthur and his court. these include "the sword in the stone," 1938, to "the once and the future king," 1958. this is the basis of the broadway musical camelot. he was a cambridge university professor until 1936.
T.H. White
Best known for his Arthurian fantasy novel series 'The Once and Future King'.
Terence Hanbury White
At 57, a novelist (england have my bones) dies

1962

Gerrit Achterberg
Dutch poet, dead end, dies at the age of 56

1961

Wana Lumumba
Wana Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Amahia Lumumba
Amahia Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Petrice Lumumba
Congolese independence leader and the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Joseth Lumumba
First Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, serving in 1960.
Patrice Lumumba
1. first democratically elected prime minister of the democratic republic of the congo (d.61)

Barton Bassett

Barton Bassett was a politician known for his contributions to public service.

Patrice Lumumba

Congolese politician, 1st prime minister of the democratic republic of the congo (b. 1925)

1959 - 1950

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

1958

Petr Bezruc
Renowned Czech poet and playwright.

1956

Blind Alfred Reed
American country, folk, and old-time music (born 1880).

1955

J A Veraart
Economist dies at 68
Joannes A Veraart
Dutch judge/member, (jews in netherlands), is dead at the age of 68.

1952

Walter Briggs Sr.
American businessman (b. 1877)
Walter Briggs
Sr., american entrepreneur (born 1877).
Walter O "Spike" Briggs
Owner (detroit tigers), passes away at the age of 74.

1951

Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)

1949 - 1940

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

1947

Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve
French archbishop of quebec (born 1883).
Pyotr Krasnov
Russian counter-revolutionary (born 1869)

1946

Gottfried Rudinger
Composer dies at 59

1942

Walther von Reichenau
German field marshal (born 1884)
Frederick Jerome Work
Composer dies at 61

1941

Jose Leite de Vasconcelos
Portuguese scholar (etnografia) dies at 82

1939 - 1930

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

1938

Ante Trumbić
Ante Trumbić was a Croatian politician and diplomat who played a significant role in the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia).
William H Pickering
At 79 years old, an astronomer (predicted pluto), dies.

1936

Mateiu Caragiale
Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)

1933

Louis Comfort Tiffany
American stained glass artist (b. 1848)
Louis Comfort Tiffany
American artist and designer (born in 1848).

1932

Ahmet Derviş
Turkish general (b. 1881)
Albert Jacka
Australian captain, victoria cross recipient (b. 1893)

1931

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia
Grand duke nicholas nikolaevich's son (born 1864).

1930

Gauhar Jaan
One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in india. (b. 1873)

1929 - 1920

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

1929

Jozeph Goldberger
Known for discovering the link between diet and the prevention of pellagra.

1927

Julliette Gordon Low
Founded the Girl Scouts organization in the United States.
Juliette Gordon Low
Juliette Gordon Low was an American who founded the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912.
Juliette Gordon Low
American founder of girl scouts of the usa (born in 1860).

1922

Newell Edmunds
Newell Edmunds was a prominent politician known for his contributions to public service.

1919 - 1910

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

1917

Hendrik Goeman Borgesius Dutch politician
At the age of 70, she dies.

1913

Carl Baermann composer
At the age of 73, he dies.

1911

Francy Galton
Pioneered the concepts of eugenics and heredity, and made significant contributions to the field of statistics.
Francis Galton
British meteorologist and anthropologist, he was the founder of biostatistics. eugenics was a political movement that was important in the first half century. charles darwin was his cousin. he graduated from cambridge with an interest in geography, meteorology, and psychology. he also traveled extensively. his most famous book is "hereditary genius", 1869.
Sir Francis Galton
English polymath, an anthropologist, and eugenicist (born in 1822).
Francis Galton English scholar
At the age of 88, he dies.

1910

Wilhelm F Kohlrausch Germ physicist (Additiviteitsregel)
At the age of 69, he dies.
Thomas Crapper inventor (flush toilet)
Dies.

1909 - 1900

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

1909

Francis Smith
Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th premier of tasmania (b. 1819)
Agathon Meurman
Finnish politician and journalist (b. 1826)
Sir Francis Smith
Premier of tasmania (born 1819).