In the year 1917
284 Notable deaths
Charles Chaillé-Long
American explorer (1842–1917).
Born July 2nd, 1842 in Princess Anne.
Died March 24th, 1917 at 74 years old in Virginia Beach.
José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón
Costa rican politician (2018-2022).
Born January 6th, 1837 in San José. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1917 at 80 years old in San José.
Ernst Sars
Norwegian historian and politician (1835-1917).
Born October 11th, 1835 in Florø.
Died January 27th, 1917 at 81 years old in Christiania.
Katayama Tōkuma
Japanese architect.
Born January 18th, 1854 in Hagi.
Died October 24th, 1917 at 63 years old in Tokyo.
Zaynulla Rasulev
Bashkir religious leader (1833–1917).
Born April 9th, 1833 in Sharipovo.
Died February 15th, 1917 at 83 years old in Troitsk.
Guglielmo Ciardi
Italian painter (1842-1917).
Born September 13th, 1842 in Venice.
Died October 5th, 1917 at 75 years old in Venice.
Herbert William Conn
American bacteriologist and educator (1859-1917).
Born January 10th, 1859 in Fitchburg.
Died April 18th, 1917 at 58 years old in Middletown (myocardial infarction).
Harold Barlow
English tennis player (1860-1917).
Born April 5th, 1860 in Hammersmith.
Died July 16th, 1917 at 57 years old in Kennington.
Félix Le Dantec
French biologist (1869-1917).
Born January 16th, 1869 in Plougastel-Daoulas.
Died June 7th, 1917 at 48 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Nino Oxilia
Italian poet, film director, writer and journalist (1889–1917).
Born November 13th, 1889 in Turin.
Died November 18th, 1917 at 28 years old in Mount Grappa.
Carl Ludwig Jessen
German artist danish artist (1833-1917).
Born February 22nd, 1833 in Deezbüll.
Died January 4th, 1917 at 83 years old in Deezbüll.
Demetrio H. Brid
Politician and de facto president of panama (1859–1917).
Born December 21st, 1859 in Panama City.
Died May 27th, 1917 at 57 years old
Franziskus von Bettinger
Catholic cardinal (1850-1917).
Born September 17th, 1850 in Landstuhl.
Died April 12th, 1917 at 66 years old in Munich (myocardial infarction).
Agnes Sime Baxter
Mathematician (1870–1917).
Born March 18th, 1870 in Halifax.
Died March 9th, 1917 at 46 years old in Columbia.
Diomede Falconio
Catholic cardinal (1842–1917).
Born September 20th, 1842 in Pescocostanzo.
Died February 8th, 1917 at 74 years old in Rome.
Alister Kirby
British rower (1886-1917).
Born April 14th, 1886 in Brompton.
Died March 29th, 1917 at 30 years old in France.
Carlo Oriani
Italian racing cyclist (1888–1917).
Born November 5th, 1888 in Cinisello Balsamo.
Died December 3rd, 1917 at 29 years old in Caserta (pneumonia).
Adrien Bertrand
French writer (1888-1917).
Born August 4th, 1888 in Nyons.
Died November 18th, 1917 at 29 years old in Grasse.
Gustaf Nyström
Finnish architect.
Born January 21st, 1856 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1917 at 61 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Joaquín Dicenta
Spanish writer (1862-1917).
Born February 3rd, 1862 in Calatayud.
Died February 21st, 1917 at 55 years old in Alicante.
Vasily Mate
Russian artist (1856-1917).
Born March 6th, 1856 in Virbalis.
Died April 27th, 1917 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg (cancer).
Oscar Blumenthal
German playwright and drama critic (1852–1917).
Born March 13th, 1852 in Berlin. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1917 at 65 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Fríðrikur Petersen
Faroese politician and bishop (1853-1917).
Born April 22nd, 1853 in Saltnes.
Died April 27th, 1917 at 64 years old in Frederiksberg. [ref]
Duncan Mackinnon
British rower (1887–1917).
Born September 29th, 1887 in Paddington.
Died October 9th, 1917 at 30 years old in Ypres.
Nikolay Dukhonin
Russian general (1876–1917).
Born December 13th, 1876.
Died December 3rd, 1917 at 40 years old in Mogilev.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 284
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon