In the year 1917
284 Notable deaths
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).
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
German prince (1831-1917).
Born January 22nd, 1831 in Augustenborg Palace.
Died October 28th, 1917 at 86 years old in London.
Albert Ball
British aviator killed in wwi.
Born August 14th, 1896 in Lenton. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1917 at 20 years old in Annœullin.
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.
Adolf von Baeyer
German chemist (1835-1917).
Born October 31st, 1835 in Berlin.
Died August 20th, 1917 at 81 years old in Munich, Starnberg.
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.
Andrew Taylor Still
American physician and politician (1828–1917); founder of osteopathic medicine.
Born August 6th, 1828 in Jonesboro. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1917 at 89 years old in Kirksville.
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.
William Knox D'Arcy
Oil entrepreneur magnate, one of the founders of british oil (1849–1917).
Born October 11th, 1849 in Newton Abbot.
Died May 1st, 1917 at 67 years old in Middlesex.
Mackenzie Bowell
5th prime minister of canada (1823-1917).
Born December 27th, 1823 in Rickinghall.
Died December 10th, 1917 at 93 years old in Belleville (pneumonia).
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.
Anne Blunt
British musician and horse breeder (1837–1917).
Born September 22nd, 1837 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Died December 15th, 1917 at 80 years old in Cairo.
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator (1841-1917).
Born February 26th, 1841 in Cromer.
Died January 29th, 1917 at 75 years old in London.
Mary Arthur McElroy
First lady of the united states (1841-1917).
Born July 5th, 1841 in Greenwich.
Died January 8th, 1917 at 75 years old in Albany.
Belva Ann Lockwood
Suffragist (1830–1917).
Born October 24th, 1830 in Royalton. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1917 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
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.
Charles Brooke
White rajah of sarawak (1829–1917).
Born July 3rd, 1829 in Burnham-on-Sea.
Died May 17th, 1917 at 87 years old in Gloucestershire.
Georges Guynemer
French flying ace (1894–1917).
Born December 24th, 1894 in Paris.
Died September 11th, 1917 at 22 years old in Langemark-Poelkapelle.
Léon Bloy
French writer, poet and essayist (1846–1917).
Born July 11th, 1846 in Périgueux. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1917 at 71 years old in rue André Theuriet. [ref]
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.
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.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot