Famous Deaths on July 17, Who Died on July 17
Here is a list who died on July 17. Famous deaths for the 17th of July. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on July 17. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1070 | Baldwin VI, count of Flanders (b. 1030) |
| 1085 | Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer |
| 1119 | Baldwin VII, count of Flanders (b. 1093) |
| 1210 | Sverker II, king of Sweden (b. 1210) |
| 1304 | Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer (b. 1251) |
| 1399 | Jadwiga, queen of Poland (b. 1374) |
| 1453 | Dmitry Shemyaka, Grand Prince of Moscow |
| 1531 | Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese commander (b. 1484) |
| 1571 | Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516) |
| 1588 | Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque (b. 1489) |
| 1603 | Mózes Székely, Hungarian noble (b. 1553) |
| 1642 | William, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count, field marshal of the Dutch State Army (b. 1592) |
| 1645 | Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, English-Scottish politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1587) |
| 1704 | Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657) |
| 1709 | Robert Bolling, English planter and merchant (b. 1646) |
| 1725 | Thomas King, English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?). |
| 1762 | Peter III of Russia (b. 1728) |
| 1790 | Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723) |
| 1791 | Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian missionary and author (b. 1717) |
| 1793 | Charlotte Corday, French murderer (b. 1768) |
| 1794 | John Roebuck, English chemist and businessman (b. 1718) |
| 1845 | Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764) |
| 1871 | Karl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841) |
| 1878 | Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812) |
| 1879 | Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856) |
| 1881 | Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804) |
| 1883 | Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829) |
| 1885 | Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811) |
| 1893 | Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833) |
| 1894 | Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818) |
| 1900 | Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835) |
| 1907 | Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830) |
| 1912 | Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854) |
| 1918 | Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family |
| 1925 | Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858) |
| 1928 | Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842) |
| 1932 | Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862) |
| 1935 | George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867) |
| 1942 | Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861) |
| 1944 | William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898) |
| 1945 | Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885) |
| 1946 | Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867) |
| 1950 | Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865) |
| 1959 | Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915) |
| 1960 | Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879) |
| 1961 | Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886) |
| 1967 | John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926) |
| 1974 | Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910) |
| 1975 | Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893) |
| 1980 | Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912) |
| 1988 | Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (b. 1946) |
| 1989 | Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922) |
| 1991 | John Patrick Spiegel, American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911) |
| 1994 | Jean Borotra, French tennis player (b. 1898) |
| 1995 | Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911) |
| 1996 | Victims of TWA Flight 800 |
| 1998 | Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (b. 1925) |
| 2001 | Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917) |
| 2002 | Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911) |
| 2003 | David Kelly, Welsh weapons inspector (b. 1944) |
| 2005 | Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (b. 1913) |
| 2006 | Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936) |
| 2007 | Grant Forsberg, American actor and businessman (b. 1959) |
| 2009 | Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (b. 1916) |
| 2010 | Larry Keith, American actor (b. 1931) |
| 2011 | David Ngoombujarra, Australian actor (b. 1967) |
| 2012 | Richard Evatt, English boxer (b. 1973) |
| 2013 | Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (b. 1921) |
| 2014 | Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: |
| 2015 | Bill Arnsparger, American football player and coach (b. 1926) |
| 2020 | John Lewis, American Politician and Civil Rights Leader. (b. 1940) |
| 521 | Magnus Felix Ennodius, Gallo-Roman bishop |
| 855 | Leo IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 790) |
| 952 | Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman (b. 913) |
| 961 | Du, empress dowager of the Song Dynasty |
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