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In the year 1917
139 Notable deaths
Ricardo de Madrazo
Spanish painter (1852-1917).
Born February 7th, 1852 in Madrid.
Died August 18th, 1917 at 65 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Wilhelm Morgner
German painter (1891-1917).
Born January 27th, 1891 in Soest.
Died August 16th, 1917 at 26 years old in Langemark. [ref]
Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon
Norwegian historian and linguist (1854–1917).
Born September 9th, 1854 in Trondheim.
Died January 7th, 1917 at 62 years old in Oslo.
Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz
Polish painter (1861-1917).
Born January 22nd, 1861 in Tarnobrzeg.
Died April 29th, 1917 at 56 years old in Vienna.
Katayama Tōkuma
Japanese architect.
Born January 18th, 1854 in Hagi.
Died October 24th, 1917 at 63 years old in Tokyo.
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 Monte Grappa.
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.
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. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1917 at 29 years old in Grasse. [ref]
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]
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.
Isaac Bentham
British water polo player (1886–1917).
Born October 27th, 1886 in Wigan.
Died May 5th, 1917 at 30 years old in Arras.
Gaston Alibert
Fencer (1878–1917).
Born February 22nd, 1878 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 26th, 1917 at 39 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis).
Waldemar Tietgens
German rower (1879-1917).
Born March 26th, 1879 in Hamburg.
Died July 28th, 1917 at 38 years old in Langemark-Poelkapelle.
Sarah Martha Baker
British botanist and phycologist (1887-1917).
Born June 4th, 1887 in London.
Died May 29th, 1917 at 29 years old
Deaths 101 to 125 of 139
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