In the year 1917
284 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 Château de Vincennes (gunshot wound).
Buffalo Bill
American frontiersman and showman (1846–1917).
Born February 26th, 1846 in Le Claire.
Died January 10th, 1917 at 70 years old in Denver (kidney failure).
Émile Durkheim
French sociologist (1858–1917).
Born April 15th, 1858 in Épinal.
Died November 15th, 1917 at 59 years old in Paris (cerebral hemorrhage).
Edgar Degas
French impressionist artist (1834–1917).
Born July 19th, 1834 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1917 at 83 years old in Paris (stroke, aneurysm). [ref]
Auguste Rodin
French sculptor (1840–1917).
Born November 12th, 1840 in Paris. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1917 at 77 years old in Meudon. [ref]
Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917).
Born November 24th, 1868 in Bowie County, Linden, Texarkana.
Died April 17th, 1917 at 48 years old in New York City (neurosyphilis).
Dadabhai Naoroji
Indian politician leader, scholar and writer (1825–1917).
Born September 4th, 1825 in Mumbai.
Died July 2nd, 1917 at 91 years old in Mumbai.
Liliʻuokalani
Monarch of the hawaiian kingdom (1838–1917).
Born September 2nd, 1838 in Honolulu.
Died November 11th, 1917 at 79 years old in Honolulu (cerebral hemorrhage).
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Italian-american catholic nun, misionary and saint (1850-1917).
Born July 15th, 1850 in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano.
Died December 22nd, 1917 at 67 years old in Chicago.
John William Waterhouse
English painter (1849–1917).
Died February 11th, 1917 at 67 years old in London (cancer).
George Dewey
United states navy admiral (1837–1917).
Born December 26th, 1837 in Montpelier.
Died January 16th, 1917 at 79 years old in Washington, D.C..
Tom Thomson
Canadian artist (1877-1917).
Born August 5th, 1877 in Claremont.
Died July 8th, 1917 at 39 years old in Canada, Canoe Lake (drowning).
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]
Edward Burnett Tylor
English anthropologist (1832–1917).
Born October 2nd, 1832 in Camberwell.
Died January 2nd, 1917 at 84 years old in Wellington.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917).
Born July 8th, 1838 in Constance.
Died March 8th, 1917 at 78 years old in Berlin.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
English physician and feminist (1836-1917).
Born June 9th, 1836 in Whitechapel.
Died December 17th, 1917 at 81 years old in Alde House.
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, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn
Prussian and british royal.
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.
Died November 15th, 1917 at 43 years old in Cairo (appendicitis).
Franz Brentano
German philosopher and psychologist as well as refounder of the theory of intentionality (1838–1917).
Born January 16th, 1838 in Boppard.
Died March 17th, 1917 at 79 years old in Zurich.
Frank Gotch
American professional wrestler (1878–1917).
Born April 27th, 1877 in Humboldt.
Died December 16th, 1917 at 40 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).
Andrew Murray
South african minister (1828-1917).
Born May 9th, 1828 in Graaff-Reinet.
Died January 18th, 1917 at 88 years old in Wellington.
Dragutin Dimitrijević
Serbian military commander (1876–1917).
Born August 17th, 1876 in Belgrade.
Died June 24th, 1917 at 40 years old in Thessaloniki (gunshot wound).
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I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits. Gabriel García Márquez