In the year 1917
139 Notable deaths
Mata Hari
Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917).
Born August 7th, 1876 in Leeuwarden.
Died October 15th, 1917 at 41 years old in Vincennes (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Émile Durkheim
French sociologist (1858–1917).
Born April 15th, 1858 in Épinal.
Died November 15th, 1917 at 59 years old in Paris (cerebral hemorrhage).
Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist.
Born March 31st, 1868 in Texarkana, Linden, Bowie County.
Died April 17th, 1917 at 49 years old in New York City (neurosyphilis).
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Italian-american saint (1850-1917).
Born July 15th, 1850 in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano.
Died December 22nd, 1917 at 67 years old in Chicago (malaria).
Tom Thomson
Canadian artist (1877-1917).
Born August 5th, 1877 in Claremont. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1917 at 39 years old in Canada, Canoe Lake (drowning). [ref]
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-jewish physician and inventor of esperanto (1859-1917).
Born December 15th, 1859 in Białystok. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1917 at 57 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Bob Fitzsimmons
British boxer (1863-1917).
Born May 26th, 1863 in Helston.
Died October 22nd, 1917 at 54 years old in Chicago (pneumonia).
Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
British princess.
Born July 25th, 1860 in Potsdam.
Died March 14th, 1917 at 56 years old in Clarence House (influenza).
Oswald Chambers
British missionary (1874-1917).
Born July 24th, 1874 in Aberdeen. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1917 at 43 years old in Cairo (appendicitis).
Frank Gotch
American professional wrestler.
Born April 27th, 1878 in Humboldt.
Died December 16th, 1917 at 39 years old in Humboldt.
Edward Thomas
British poet and journalist (1878–1917).
Born March 3rd, 1878 in Lambeth.
Died April 9th, 1917 at 39 years old in Arras.
Ranavalona III
Last sovereign of the kingdom of madagascar (1861-1917).
Born November 22nd, 1861 in Amparibe.
Died May 23rd, 1917 at 55 years old in Algiers (embolism).
Dragutin Dimitrijević
Serbian military commander.
Born August 17th, 1876 in Belgrade.
Died June 24th, 1917 at 40 years old in Thessaloniki (ballistic trauma).
Emil von Behring
German physiologist who received the first nobel prize in physiology or medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin.
Born March 15th, 1854 in Ławice.
Died March 31st, 1917 at 63 years old in Marburg (pneumonia).
Albert Ball
British aviator killed in wwi.
Born August 14th, 1896 in Nottingham.
Died May 7th, 1917 at 20 years old in Annœullin. [ref]
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
English actor and theatre manager (1852–1917).
Born December 17th, 1852 in London, Kensington.
Died July 2nd, 1917 at 64 years old in Marylebone.
Hussein Kamel of Egypt
Sultan of egypt (1853–1917).
Born October 21st, 1853 in Cairo.
Died October 9th, 1917 at 63 years old in Cairo.
Werner Voß
German flying ace (1897–1917).
Born April 13th, 1897 in Krefeld.
Died September 23rd, 1917 at 20 years old in Second Battle of Ypres.
Leander Starr Jameson
Prime minister of the cape colony (1853-1917).
Born February 9th, 1853 in Stranraer.
Died November 26th, 1917 at 64 years old in London.
Frederick Selous
British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917).
Born December 31st, 1851 in London.
Died January 4th, 1917 at 65 years old in Beho-Beho.
Walther Schwieger
German world war i u-boat commander.
Born April 7th, 1885 in Berlin.
Died September 5th, 1917 at 32 years old in North Sea.
Georges Guynemer
French flying ace (1894–1917).
Born December 24th, 1894 in Paris.
Died September 11th, 1917 at 22 years old in Langemark-Poelkapelle.
Valentine Fleming
British politician.
Born February 17th, 1882 in Newport-on-Tay.
Died May 20th, 1917 at 35 years old in Guillemont.
Hedd Wyn
Welsh poet who was killed on the first day of the battle of passchendaele (1887–1917).
Born January 13th, 1887 in Trawsfynydd.
Died July 31st, 1917 at 30 years old in Ypres.
Thomas Ashe
Irish revolutionary and politician (1885–1917).
Born January 12th, 1885 in Lispole.
Died September 25th, 1917 at 32 years old in Dublin.
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The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain