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In the year 1917
284 Notable deaths
Édouard Drumont
French journalist and writer (1844–1917).
Born May 3rd, 1844 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1917 at 72 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
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).
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk
British politician (1847-1917).
Born December 27th, 1847 in London.
Died February 11th, 1917 at 69 years old in Arundel.
Teresa Carreño
Venezuelan classical pianist.
Born December 22nd, 1853 in Caracas.
Died June 12th, 1917 at 63 years old in New York City.
Radomir Putnik
Serbian field marshal (1847-1917).
Born January 24th, 1847 in Kragujevac.
Died May 17th, 1917 at 70 years old in Nice (pulmonary emphysema).
Albert Pinkham Ryder
American painter (1847–1917).
Born March 19th, 1847 in New Bedford.
Died March 28th, 1917 at 70 years old in New York City.
Emil Theodor Kocher
Surgeon, laureate of the 1909 nobel prize in medicine (1841-1917).
Born August 25th, 1841 in Bern.
Died July 27th, 1917 at 75 years old in Bern.
Ludwig Minkus
Austrian composer and violinist (1826–1917).
Born March 23rd, 1826 in Vienna.
Died December 7th, 1917 at 91 years old in Vienna (pneumonia).
Joseph B. Foraker
American politician from ohio (1846-1917).
Born July 5th, 1846 in Highland County.
Died May 10th, 1917 at 70 years old in Cincinnati.
Bérenger Saunière
French priest (1852-1917).
Born April 11th, 1852 in Montazels.
Died January 22nd, 1917 at 64 years old in Rennes-le-Château.
Elsie Inglis
Scottish doctor.
Born August 16th, 1864 in Nainital.
Died November 26th, 1917 at 53 years old in Newcastle upon Tyne (colorectal cancer).
Eduard Buchner
German chemist (1907 nobel prize).
Born May 20th, 1860 in Munich.
Died August 13th, 1917 at 57 years old in Focșani.
Octave Mirbeau
French writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917).
Born February 16th, 1848 in Trévières. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1917 at 69 years old in rue Beaujon. [ref]
Hugo Simberg
Finnish painter (1873-1917).
Born June 24th, 1873 in Hamina.
Died July 12th, 1917 at 44 years old in Ähtäri. [ref]
Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
British nobleman and politician (1849–1917).
Born May 16th, 1849 in Montreal.
Died January 18th, 1917 at 67 years old in Dunfermline.
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius
German mathematician (1849–1917).
Born October 26th, 1849 in Charlottenburg.
Died August 3rd, 1917 at 67 years old in Berlin.
John Watson Foster
American lawyer, politician and diplomat (1836-1917).
Born March 2nd, 1836 in Petersburg.
Died November 15th, 1917 at 81 years old in Washington, D.C.. [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).
Carolus-Duran
French portrait painter (1837-1917).
Died February 18th, 1917 at 79 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Ivan Goremykin
Russian politician (1839-1917).
Born November 8th, 1839 in Veliky Novgorod. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1917 at 77 years old in Sochi. [ref]
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.
Liu Yongfu
Chinese general (1837-1917).
Born October 10th, 1837 in Qinzhou.
Died January 9th, 1917 at 79 years old in Qinzhou.
William De Morgan
British potter and tile designer (1839-1917).
Born November 16th, 1839 in London.
Died January 15th, 1917 at 77 years old in Chelsea.
Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev
Imperial russian navy admiral (1843-1917).
Born May 13th, 1843 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 27th, 1917 at 74 years old in Yalta.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 284
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