In the year 1917
284 Notable deaths
Woldemar Kernig
Baltic german neurologist (1840–1917).
Born June 16th, 1840 in Saint Petersburg, Liepāja.
Died April 19th, 1917 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Albert Niemann
German opera singer (1831–1917).
Born January 15th, 1831 in Erxleben.
Died January 13th, 1917 at 85 years old in Berlin.
Boris Stürmer
Prime minister of russia (1848-1917).
Born July 27th, 1848 in Baykovo, Tver Oblast.
Died September 2nd, 1917 at 69 years old in Saint Petersburg (kidney failure).
Ernst Herter
German sculptor (1846-1917).
Born May 14th, 1846 in Berlin.
Died December 21st, 1917 at 71 years old in Berlin.
Serhii Vasylkivsky
Ukrainian artist (1854-1917).
Born October 19th, 1854 in Izium.
Died October 8th, 1917 at 62 years old in Kharkiv.
Pasquale Villari
Italian historian and politician (1827-1917).
Born October 3rd, 1827 in Naples.
Died December 7th, 1917 at 90 years old in Florence. [ref]
Viktor Madarász
Hungarian artist (c.1828-1917).
Born December 14th, 1830 in Štítnik. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1917 at 86 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Christian Christiansen
Danish physicist (1843-1917).
Born October 9th, 1843 in Vostrup.
Died November 28th, 1917 at 74 years old in Frederiksberg.
Emile Pessard
French composer.
Born May 29th, 1843 in place Charles-Dullin.
Died February 10th, 1917 at 73 years old in rue Richer.
Téodor de Wyzewa
French writer, art and music critic, and translator of polish origin (1862–1917).
Born September 12th, 1863 in Kalush. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1917 at 53 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Theodor Leber
German ophtthalmologist (1840–1917).
Born February 29th, 1840 in Karlsruhe.
Died April 17th, 1917 at 77 years old in Heidelberg.
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]
Paul Meyer
French philologist (1840–1917).
Born January 17th, 1840 in Paris.
Died September 7th, 1917 at 77 years old in Paris, Saint-Mandé.
Alexander von Benckendorff
Russian diplomat (1849–1917).
Born August 1st, 1849 in Berlin.
Died January 11th, 1917 at 67 years old in London (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
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 Zurich.
Janez Evangelist Krek
Slovenian politician (1865–1917).
Born November 27th, 1865 in Sveti Gregor.
Died October 8th, 1917 at 51 years old in Šentjanž.
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]
Andreas Bloch
Norwegian artist (1860-1917).
Born July 29th, 1860 in Skedsmo Municipality.
Died May 11th, 1917 at 56 years old in Oslo.
Anna Yevreinova
Russian writer and feminist, editor (1844–1917).
Born June 16th, 1844 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1917 at 72 years old in Gatchina. [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.
Petter Adolf Karsten
Finnish mycologist (1834-1917).
Born February 16th, 1834 in Merimasku.
Died March 22nd, 1917 at 83 years old in Forssa.
Zenas Ferry Moody
American politician (1832-1917).
Born May 27th, 1832 in Granby.
Died March 14th, 1917 at 84 years old in Salem.
Stanisław Tarnowski
Polish politician (1837–1917).
Born November 7th, 1837 in Dzików. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1917 at 80 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz
Polish painter (1861-1917).
Born January 22nd, 1861 in Tarnobrzeg.
Died April 29th, 1917 at 56 years old in Vienna.
Deaths 201 to 225 of 284
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling