October 17th
179 Notable deaths
Anders Henrikson
Actor, film director.
Born June 13th, 1896 in Klara Church Parish. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1965 at 69 years old in Västerled. [ref]
G. Arthur Cooper
American paleobiologist (1902–2000).
Born February 9th, 1902 in College Point.
Died October 17th, 2000 at 98 years old in Raleigh.
Sebastião da Silveira Cintra
Catholic cardinal (1882-1942).
Born January 20th, 1882 in Espírito Santo do Pinhal.
Died October 17th, 1942 at 60 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Vladimír Hrivnák
Slovak footballer (1945-2014).
Born April 23rd, 1945 in Hnúšťa.
Died October 17th, 2014 at 69 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
William Harris Ashmead
American entomologist (1855–1908).
Born September 19th, 1855 in Philadelphia.
Died October 17th, 1908 at 53 years old in Washington, D.C..
Rémy Vogel
French footballer (1960-2016).
Born November 26th, 1960 in Strasbourg.
Died October 17th, 2016 at 55 years old in Strasbourg. [ref]
Ángel Uribe
Peruvian footballer (1943-2008).
Born November 25th, 1938 in Ancón District.
Died October 17th, 2008 at 69 years old in Lima (bone cancer).
Otakar Kubín
Czech painter and sculptor (1883-1969).
Born October 22nd, 1883 in Boskovice. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1969 at 85 years old in Malesice, Marseille. [ref]
Ernest Vessiot
French mathematician (1865–1952).
Born March 8th, 1865 in Marseille.
Died October 17th, 1952 at 87 years old in La Bauche.
August Adler
Czech astronomist, surveyor and mathematician (1863–1923).
Born January 24th, 1863 in Opava.
Died October 17th, 1923 at 60 years old in Vienna.
Deaths 151 to 160 of 179
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk