In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Anton Vratuša
Prime minister of slovenia (1915-2017).
Born February 21st, 1915 in Dolnji Slaveči.
Died July 30th, 2017 at 102 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]
Yury Drozdov
Belarusian military personnel (1925–2017).
Born September 19th, 1925 in Minsk.
Died June 21st, 2017 at 91 years old in Moscow.
Alexei Abrikosov
Soviet, russian and american theoretical physicist.
Born June 25th, 1928 in Moscow.
Died March 29th, 2017 at 88 years old in Palo Alto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John Deely
American philosopher and semiotician (1942-2017).
Born April 26th, 1942 in Chicago.
Died January 7th, 2017 at 74 years old in Greensburg (cancer). [ref]
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
Nicaraguan-american catholic priest and diplomat (1933–2017).
Born February 5th, 1933 in Los Angeles.
Died June 8th, 2017 at 84 years old in Managua. [ref]
Cécile DeWitt-Morette
French mathematician and physicist (1922-2017).
Born December 21st, 1922 in Paris, 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 8th, 2017 at 94 years old in Austin.
Bengt Gustavsson
Swedish footballer (1928-2017).
Born January 13th, 1928 in Ringarum.
Died February 16th, 2017 at 89 years old in Norrköping.
Inge Keller
German actress (1923-2017).
Born December 15th, 1923 in Berlin.
Died February 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in Berlin.
Marita Lindahl
Miss world 1957 (1938–2017).
Born October 17th, 1938 in Helsinki.
Died March 21st, 2017 at 78 years old in Oxford.
Nikos Koundouros
Greek film director (1926–2017).
Born December 15th, 1926 in Agios Nikolaos.
Died February 22nd, 2017 at 90 years old in Athens. [ref]
Andrey Zaliznyak
Russian linguist (1935-2017).
Born April 29th, 1935 in Moscow.
Died December 24th, 2017 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Arif Dirlik
Turkish-american historian (1940–2017).
Born November 23rd, 1940 in Mersin.
Died December 1st, 2017 at 77 years old in Eugene.
Juan Luis Buñuel
French director (1934–2017).
Born November 9th, 1934 in 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 6th, 2017 at 83 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Benjamin Massing
Cameroonian footballer (1962-2017).
Died December 10th, 2017 at 55 years old in Edéa. [ref]
Harry Huskey
American computer design pioneer (1916–2017).
Born January 19th, 1916 in Whittier. [ref]
Died April 9th, 2017 at 101 years old in Santa Cruz. [ref]
Carlos Alberto Silva
Brazilian football manager (1939-2017).
Born August 14th, 1939 in Bom Jardim de Minas.
Died January 20th, 2017 at 77 years old in Belo Horizonte. [ref]
Danuta Szaflarska
Polish actress (1915–2017).
Born February 6th, 1915 in Piwniczna-Zdrój.
Died February 19th, 2017 at 102 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Suh Yun-bok
South korean distance runner (1923–2017).
Born January 9th, 1923 in Seoul.
Died June 27th, 2017 at 94 years old in Seoul. [ref]
Derek Ibbotson
Athletics competitor (1932–2017).
Born June 17th, 1932 in Huddersfield.
Died February 23rd, 2017 at 84 years old in Wakefield. [ref]
Mervyn Rose
Australian tennis player (1930–2017).
Born January 23rd, 1930 in Coffs Harbour. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 2017 at 87 years old in Coffs Harbour. [ref]
Slavko Goldstein
Croatian writer and publisher (1928–2017).
Born August 22nd, 1928 in Sarajevo. [ref]
Died September 13th, 2017 at 89 years old in Zagreb (pneumonia). [ref]
Dorothy Morrison
American actress (1919-2017).
Born January 3rd, 1919 in Los Angeles.
Died October 18th, 2017 at 98 years old
Wojciech Młynarski
Polish singer (1941–2017).
Born March 26th, 1941 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died March 15th, 2017 at 75 years old in Warsaw (cancer). [ref]
Seiji Yokoyama
Japanese musician (1935–2017).
Born March 17th, 1935 in Hiroshima.
Died July 8th, 2017 at 82 years old in Sera (pneumonia). [ref]
Deaths 726 to 750 of 1383
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi