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In the year 1917
284 Notable deaths
Mendele Mocher Sforim
Yiddish-hebrew writer (1836-1917).
Born January 2nd, 1836 in Kapyĺ.
Died December 8th, 1917 at 81 years old in Odesa.
Maximilian von Prittwitz
German general (1848-1917).
Born November 27th, 1848 in Bierutów.
Died March 29th, 1917 at 68 years old in Berlin (heart failure).
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).
José Enrique Rodó
Uruguayan writer (1871–1917).
Born July 15th, 1871 in Montevideo.
Died May 1st, 1917 at 45 years old in Palermo.
Hans von Blixen-Finecke
Equestrian (1886–1917).
Born July 25th, 1886 in Skurup.
Died September 26th, 1917 at 31 years old
Francis G. Newlands
American politician (1846-1917).
Born August 28th, 1846 in Natchez.
Died December 24th, 1917 at 71 years old in Washington, D.C..
Arthur Lasenby Liberty
British merchant, founder of liberty & co. (1843–1917).
Born August 13th, 1843 in Chesham.
Died May 11th, 1917 at 73 years old in Buckinghamshire.
Sandy Turnbull
Scottish footballer (1884-1917).
Born July 30th, 1884 in Hurlford.
Died May 3rd, 1917 at 32 years old in Arras.
Matthias Zurbriggen
Swiss mountain climber (1856-1917).
Born May 15th, 1856 in Saas-Fee.
Died June 21st, 1917 at 61 years old in Geneva (hanging to death).
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
German prince and equestrian (1893-1917).
Born April 6th, 1893 in Potsdam.
Died April 6th, 1917 at 24 years old in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.
Eduardo Di Capua
Italian composer, singer and songwriter (1865–1917).
Born May 12th, 1865 in Naples. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1917 at 52 years old in Milan, Naples.
Adolf Reinach
German philosopher (1883-1917).
Born December 23rd, 1883 in Mainz.
Died November 16th, 1917 at 33 years old in Diksmuide.
Justinas Pranaitis
Lithuanian priest (1861–1917).
Born July 27th, 1861 in Griškabūdis.
Died January 28th, 1917 at 55 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Queen Eleonore of Bulgaria
Princess consort (1908-1908), later queen consort of bulgaria (1908-1917).
Born August 22nd, 1860 in Trzebiechów.
Died September 12th, 1917 at 57 years old in Euxinograd.
Adolph Wagner
German economist (1835-1917).
Born March 25th, 1835 in Erlangen.
Died November 8th, 1917 at 82 years old in Berlin.
James Carroll Beckwith
American painter (1852-1917).
Born September 23rd, 1852 in Hannibal.
Died October 24th, 1917 at 65 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Judith Gautier
French poet and historical novelist (1845-1917).
Born August 25th, 1845 in Paris.
Died December 26th, 1917 at 72 years old in Dinard.
Madge Syers
British figure skater (1881-1917).
Born September 16th, 1881 in Kensington.
Died September 9th, 1917 at 35 years old in Weybridge (endocarditis).
Amédée Bollée
French bellfounder and inventor (1844-1917).
Born January 10th, 1844. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1917 at 73 years old in Le Mans.
Patricio Montojo
Spanish admiral (1839–1917).
Born September 7th, 1839 in Ferrol.
Died September 30th, 1917 at 78 years old in Madrid.
James Crafts
American chemist (1839-1917).
Born March 8th, 1839 in Boston.
Died June 20th, 1917 at 78 years old in Ridgefield.
Spyridon Samaras
Greek composer (1861-1917).
Born November 29th, 1861 in Corfu.
Died April 7th, 1917 at 55 years old in Athens.
Octave Lapize
French racing cyclist (1887–1917).
Born October 24th, 1887 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1917 at 29 years old in Toul. [ref]
Philipp von Ferrary
French philatelist, owner of the world's largest stamp collection (1850–1917).
Born January 11th, 1850 in Paris.
Died May 20th, 1917 at 67 years old in Lausanne.
Frederick Stanley Maude
British army general (1864–1917).
Born June 24th, 1864 in Gibraltar.
Died November 18th, 1917 at 53 years old in Baghdad (cholera).
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