Famous people and celebrities who died in July 1917

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in July 1917. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• July 2 Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  English actor/director (hamlet).

• July 4 Johan H C Kern

  Dutch linguist (sanskreet), dies at 84

• July 8 Tom Thomson

  Canadian painter (born in 1877).

• July 12 Fournier

  Swiss / french postage stamp merchant / forger

• July 14 Octave Lapize

  French road cycling racer, known as "le frisa(c)," or "tatave", won the "tour de france", 1910.

• July 16 Philipp Scharwenka

  Polish-german composer and educator (d. 1917).

• July 20 Ignaz Sowinski

  Galician architect (b. 1858)

• July 21 Christopher J Forster

  British raf-pilot / capt., dies in combat

• July 27 Emil Theodor Kocher

  MED - Swiss physician and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1841)

• July 31 Francis Ledwidge

  Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)

• July 31 Hedd Wyn

  Welsh language poet (b. 1887)