In the year 1917
284 Notable deaths
José Manuel Pando
President of bolivia (1849-1917).
Born December 27th, 1849 in Luribay.
Died June 17th, 1917 at 67 years old in El Alto.
Moritz von Bissing
German general (1844-1917).
Born January 30th, 1844 in Radzimów.
Died April 18th, 1917 at 73 years old in Vilvoorde.
Fred Mace
Actor (1878-1917).
Born August 22nd, 1878 in Philadelphia.
Died February 21st, 1917 at 38 years old in New York City (stroke).
Alfred Einhorn
German chemist (1856-1917).
Born February 27th, 1857 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1917 at 60 years old in Munich.
Federico Zandomeneghi
Italian painter (1841-1917).
Born June 2nd, 1841 in Venice. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1917 at 76 years old in Paris. [ref]
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.
Léon Benett
French painter and illustrator (1839–1916).
Born March 2nd, 1839 in Orange.
Died December 7th, 1917 at 78 years old in Toulon.
Agustín Stahl
Puerto rican medical doctor, and scientist (1842–1917).
Born January 21st, 1842 in Aguadilla.
Died July 12th, 1917 at 75 years old in Bayamón.
Teoberto Maler
German mesoamericanist (1842–1917).
Born January 12th, 1842 in Rome.
Died November 22nd, 1917 at 75 years old in Mérida.
Pavel Gerdt
Russian ballet dancer (1844–1917).
Born December 4th, 1844. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1917 at 72 years old in Vyborgsky Uyezd. [ref]
Philipp Scharwenka
German composer, editor and teacher (1847–1917).
Born February 16th, 1847 in Szamotuły.
Died July 16th, 1917 at 70 years old in Bad Nauheim.
Marijan Varešanin
Austrian noble (1847-1917).
Born February 1st, 1847 in Gunja.
Died April 22nd, 1917 at 70 years old in Vienna.
Alexei Mateevici
Romanian writer (1888-1917).
Born March 27th, 1888 in Căinari.
Died August 24th, 1917 at 29 years old in Chișinău.
Karl Allmenröder
German world war i flying ace (1896–1917).
Born May 3rd, 1896 in Solingen.
Died June 27th, 1917 at 21 years old in Zillebeke.
Wilhelm Trübner
German artist (1851-1917).
Born February 3rd, 1851 in Heidelberg.
Died December 21st, 1917 at 66 years old in Karlsruhe.
Giulio Monteverde
Italian sculptor (1837–1917).
Born October 8th, 1837 in Bistagno.
Died October 3rd, 1917 at 79 years old in Rome.
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.
Joseph Jules Dejerine
French neurologist (1849–1917).
Born August 3rd, 1849 in Geneva.
Died February 26th, 1917 at 67 years old in Paris.
Axel Olrik
Danish folklorist and scholar of mediaeval historiography (1864–1917).
Born July 3rd, 1864 in Copenhagen.
Died February 18th, 1917 at 52 years old in Øverød (pneumonia).
Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern
Dutch linguist and orientalist (1833-1917).
Born April 6th, 1833 in Purworejo.
Died July 4th, 1917 at 84 years old in Utrecht.
Yi Jun-yong
Korean noble (1870-1917).
Born June 25th, 1870 in Seoul.
Died March 22nd, 1917 at 46 years old in Unhyeongung (disease).
Rayna Knyaginya
Bulgarian teacher and revolutionary (1856-1917).
Born January 18th, 1856 in Panagyurishte.
Died July 29th, 1917 at 61 years old in Sofia.
Matthijs Maris
Dutch painter (1839-1917).
Born August 17th, 1839 in The Hague.
Died August 22nd, 1917 at 78 years old in London.
Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch
German explorer and biologist (1839-1917).
Born August 8th, 1839 in Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój.
Died January 31st, 1917 at 77 years old in Brunswick.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 284
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer