In the year 1917
139 Notable deaths
Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey
British politician and governor general of canada (1851-1917).
Born November 28th, 1851 in St James's Palace.
Died August 29th, 1917 at 65 years old in London.
Dave Gallaher
New zealand rugby union footballer. captained new zealand all blacks in their 1905 northern hemisphere tour..
Born October 30th, 1873 in Ramelton.
Died October 4th, 1917 at 43 years old in Passendale.
Ecaterina Teodoroiu
Romanian soldier (1894–1917).
Born January 14th, 1894 in Târgu Jiu.
Died September 3rd, 1917 at 23 years old in Secui (gunshot wound).
Teresa Carreño
Venezuelan classical pianist.
Born December 22nd, 1853 in Caracas.
Died June 12th, 1917 at 63 years old in New York City.
Bérenger Saunière
French priest (1852-1917).
Born April 11th, 1852 in Montazels.
Died January 22nd, 1917 at 64 years old in Rennes-le-Château.
Eduard Buchner
German chemist (1907 nobel prize).
Born May 20th, 1860 in Munich. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1917 at 57 years old in Focșani. [ref]
Hugo Simberg
Finnish painter (1873-1917).
Born June 24th, 1873 in Hamina. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1917 at 44 years old in Ähtäri. [ref]
Kristian Birkeland
Norwegian scientist (1867–1917).
Born December 13th, 1867 in Christiania.
Died June 15th, 1917 at 49 years old in Tokyo (barbiturate overdose).
Frederick McCubbin
Australian artist (1855-1917).
Born February 25th, 1855 in Melbourne.
Died December 20th, 1917 at 62 years old in Melbourne.
T. E. Hulme
English imagist poet and critic (1883–1917).
Born September 16th, 1883 in Endon.
Died September 28th, 1917 at 34 years old in Oostduinkerke.
William Henry Moody
Us supreme court justice from 1906 to 1910.
Born December 23rd, 1853 in Newbury.
Died July 2nd, 1917 at 63 years old in Haverhill.
Sarah Aaronsohn
Jewish spy working for the british in world war i (1890–1917).
Born January 6th, 1890 in Zichron Yaakov. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1917 at 27 years old in Zichron Yaakov (gunshot wound). [ref]
Francis Ledwidge
Irish poet (1887-1917).
Born August 19th, 1887 in Slane.
Died July 31st, 1917 at 29 years old in Boezinge.
Ivan Aguéli
Sufi master and nationally recognized contemporary painter in sweden (1869-1917).
Born May 24th, 1869 in Sala parish, Sweden. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1917 at 48 years old in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (railway accident). [ref]
Florence La Badie
Actress (1888-1917).
Born April 27th, 1888 in New York City. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1917 at 29 years old in Ossining (sepsis). [ref]
Eric Campbell
British actor (1880-1917).
Born April 26th, 1880 in Sale. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1917 at 37 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision). [ref]
Ber Borochov
Founder of the labor zionist movement (1881-1917).
Born July 3rd, 1881 in Zolotonosha.
Died December 17th, 1917 at 36 years old in Kyiv (sepsis). [ref]
Marian Smoluchowski
Polish physicist.
Born May 28th, 1872 in Vienna, Mödling, Vorderbrühl.
Died September 5th, 1917 at 45 years old in Kraków (dysentery).
Kurt Wolff
German flying ace (1895–1917).
Born February 6th, 1895 in Greifswald.
Died September 15th, 1917 at 22 years old in Wervik.
José Enrique Rodó
Uruguayan writer.
Born July 15th, 1871 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1917 at 45 years old in Palermo. [ref]
Oswaldo Cruz
Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (1872-1917).
Born August 5th, 1872 in São Luiz do Paraitinga.
Died January 11th, 1917 at 44 years old in Petrópolis (kidney failure).
Sandy Turnbull
Scottish footballer (1884-1917).
Born July 30th, 1884 in Hurlford.
Died May 3rd, 1917 at 32 years old in Arras.
Hans von Blixen-Finecke
Equestrian.
Born July 25th, 1886 in Skurup.
Died September 26th, 1917 at 31 years old in Penzance.
Matthias Zurbriggen
Swiss mountain climber (1856-1917).
Born May 15th, 1856 in Saas-Fee.
Died July 21st, 1917 at 61 years old in Geneva (hanging).
Eduardo Di Capua
Italian singer-songwriter.
Born May 12th, 1865 in Naples. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1917 at 52 years old in Milan, Naples.
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The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead. Albert Einstein