Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 17 January today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for January 17
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on January 17
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 395 | Theodosius I, Roman emperor (b. 347) |
| 644 | Sulpitius the Pious, French bishop and saint |
| 764 | Joseph of Freising, German bishop |
| 1156 | André de Montbard, fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar |
| 1168 | Thierry, Count of Flanders (b. 1099) |
| 1229 | Albert of Riga, German bishop (b. 1165) |
| 1329 | Saint Roseline, Carthusian nun (b. 1263) |
| 1334 | John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond (b. 1266) |
| 1345 | Henry of Asti, Greek patriarch |
| 1369 | Peter I of Cyprus (b. 1328) |
| 1456 | Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont, French translator (b. 1395) |
| 1468 | Skanderbeg, Albanian soldier and politician (b. 1405) |
| 1588 | Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528) |
| 1598 | Feodor I of Russia (b. 1557) |
| 1617 | Fausto Veranzio, Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551) |
| 1705 | John Ray, English botanist and historian (b. 1627) |
| 1718 | Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639) |
| 1737 | Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662) |
| 1738 | Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (b. 1682) |
| 1751 | Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671) |
| 1826 | Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806) |
| 1834 | Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762) |
| 1850 | Elizabeth Simcoe, English-Canadian painter and author (b. 1762) |
| 1861 | Lola Montez, Irish actress and dancer (b. 1821) |
| 1863 | Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789) |
| 1869 | Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813) |
| 1878 | Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812) |
| 1884 | Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804) |
| 1887 | William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) |
| 1888 | Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825) |
| 1891 | George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800) |
| 1893 | Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822) |
| 1896 | Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover, Welsh writer and patron of the arts (b. 1802) |
| 1903 | Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828) |
| 1908 | Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835) |
| 1909 | Agathon Meurman, Finnish politician and journalist (b. 1826) |
| 1911 | Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822) |
| 1927 | Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860) |
| 1930 | Gauhar Jaan, One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873) |
| 1931 | Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864) |
| 1932 | Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881) |
| 1933 | Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848) |
| 1936 | Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885) |
| 1942 | Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884) |
| 1947 | Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869) |
| 1951 | Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903) |
| 1952 | Walter Briggs Sr., American businessman (b. 1877) |
| 1961 | Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925) |
| 1970 | Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoon player and educator (b. 1890) |
| 1972 | Betty Smith, American author and playwright (b. 1896) |
| 1977 | Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940) |
| 1981 | Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer and lawyer (b. 1899) |
| 1984 | Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903) |
| 1987 | Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908) |
| 1988 | Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (b. 1938) |
| 1991 | Olav V of Norway (b. 1903) |
| 1992 | Frank Pullen, English soldier and businessman (b. 1915) |
| 1993 | Albert Hourani, English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915) |
| 1994 | Yevgeni Ivanov, Russian spy (b. 1926) |
| 1996 | Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936) |
| 1997 | Bert Kelly, Australian farmer and politician, 20th Australian Minister for the Navy (b. 1912) |
| 2000 | Philip Jones, English trumpet player and educator (b. 1928) |
| 2002 | Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) |
| 2003 | Richard Crenna, American actor and director (b. 1926) |
| 2004 | Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929) |
| 2005 | Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (b. 1960) |
| 2006 | Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (b. 1925) |
| 2007 | Art Buchwald, American journalist and author (b. 1925) |
| 2008 | Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943) |
| 2009 | Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943) |
| 2010 | Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983) |
| 2011 | Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934) |
| 2012 | Julius Meimberg, German soldier and pilot (b. 1917) |
| 2013 | Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941) |
| 2014 | Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1940) |
| 2015 | Ken Furphy, English footballer and manager (b. 1931) |
| 2016 | Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939) |
| 2017 | Tirrel Burton, American football player and coach (b. 1929) |
| 2018 | Jessica Falkholt, Australian actress (b. 1988) |
| 2019 | S. Balakrishnan, Malayalam movie composer (b. 1948) |
| 2020 | Derek Fowlds, British actor (b.1937) |
| 2021 | Rasheed Naz, Pakistani film and television actor (b. 1948) |
| 2022 | Birju Maharaj, Indian dancer (b. 1937) |
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