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In the year 1917
139 Notable deaths
Alfred Einhorn
German chemist (1856-1917).
Born February 27th, 1857 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1917 at 60 years old in Munich.
Enric Prat de la Riba
Spanish politician (1870-1917).
Born November 29th, 1870 in Castellterçol.
Died August 1st, 1917 at 46 years old in Castellterçol.
Alexei Mateevici
Romanian writer (1888-1917).
Born March 27th, 1888 in Căinari.
Died August 24th, 1917 at 29 years old in Chișinău.
Wilhelm Trübner
German artist (1851-1917).
Born February 3rd, 1851 in Heidelberg.
Died December 21st, 1917 at 66 years old in Karlsruhe.
Ben Warren
English footballer (1879-1917).
Born May 7th, 1879 in Derbyshire.
Died January 15th, 1917 at 37 years old in Derbyshire (tuberculosis).
Frano Supilo
Croatian politician and journalist (1870-1917).
Born November 30th, 1870 in Cavtat.
Died September 25th, 1917 at 46 years old in London.
Kikuchi Dairoku
Japanese mathematician and bureaucrat (1855-1917).
Born March 17th, 1855 in Edo.
Died August 19th, 1917 at 62 years old in Chigasaki.
Axel Olrik
Danish folklorist and scholar of mediaeval historiography.
Born July 3rd, 1864 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1917 at 52 years old in Øverød (pneumonia). [ref]
Yi Jun-yong
Korean noble (1870-1917).
Born June 25th, 1870 in Seoul.
Died March 22nd, 1917 at 46 years old in Unhyeongung (disease).
Ludwig Sütterlin
German artist (1865-1917).
Born July 23rd, 1865 in Lahr/Schwarzwald. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1917 at 52 years old in Berlin. [ref]
William Duddell
British physicist.
Born July 1st, 1872 in London.
Died November 4th, 1917 at 45 years old in London.
Walter Flex
German author.
Born July 6th, 1887 in Eisenach. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1917 at 30 years old in Saaremaa. [ref]
Pedro Bonifacio Palacios
Argentine poet (1854–1917).
Born May 13th, 1854 in La Matanza Partido.
Died February 28th, 1917 at 62 years old in La Plata.
Émile Boirac
French philosopher, parapsychologist, promoter of esperanto and writer.
Born August 26th, 1851 in Guelma.
Died September 20th, 1917 at 66 years old in Dijon.
Giuseppe Veronese
Italian mathematician (1854-1917).
Born May 7th, 1854 in Chioggia.
Died July 17th, 1917 at 63 years old in Padua.
Julian Ochorowicz
Polish writer and academic (1850-1917).
Born February 23rd, 1850 in Radzymin. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1917 at 67 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
James Dwight
Us tennis player (1852-1917).
Born July 14th, 1852 in Paris.
Died July 13th, 1917 at 64 years old in Mattapoisett.
Frans Schollaert
1851-1917, former belgian prime minister.
Born August 19th, 1851 in Wilsele.
Died June 29th, 1917 at 65 years old in Sainte-Adresse.
Georges Demenÿ
French photographer.
Born June 12th, 1850 in Douai. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1917 at 67 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Valdemar Psilander
Danish actor (1884-1917).
Born May 9th, 1884 in Copenhagen.
Died March 6th, 1917 at 32 years old in Copenhagen (cardiac arrest).
Serhii Vasylkivsky
Ukrainian artist (1854-1917).
Born October 31st, 1854 in Izium.
Died October 8th, 1917 at 62 years old in Kharkiv.
Téodor de Wyzewa
French writer, art and music critic, and translator of polish origin (1862–1917).
Born September 12th, 1862 in Kalush. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1917 at 54 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Léon Flameng
French racing cyclist.
Born April 30th, 1877 in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1917 at 39 years old in Ève. [ref]
Emil Goeldi
Swiss-brazilian naturalist and zoologist (1859–1917).
Born August 28th, 1859 in Nesslau-Krummenau.
Died July 5th, 1917 at 57 years old in Zürich.
Janez Evangelist Krek
Slovenian politician (1865–1917).
Born November 27th, 1865 in Sveti Gregor.
Died October 8th, 1917 at 51 years old in Šentjanž.
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