October 17th
148 Notable deaths
Leonas Bistras
Lithuanian politician (1890-1971).
Born October 20th, 1890 in Liepāja. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1971 at 80 years old in Kaunas.
Vladimír Hrivnák
Slovak footballer (1945-2014).
Born April 23rd, 1945 in Hnúšťa.
Died October 17th, 2014 at 69 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
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.
Otakar Kubín
Czech painter and sculptor (1883-1969).
Born October 22nd, 1883 in Boskovice. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1969 at 85 years old in Marseille, Malesice. [ref]
Ernest Vessiot
French mathematician.
Born March 8th, 1865 in Marseille. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1952 at 87 years old in La Bauche. [ref]
August Adler
Czech astronomist, surveyor and mathematician.
Born January 24th, 1863 in Opava.
Died October 17th, 1923 at 60 years old in Vienna.
László Szabados
Swimmer (1911-1992).
Born April 11th, 1911 in Subotica.
Died October 17th, 1997 at 86 years old
Maurice Grammont
French linguist.
Born April 15th, 1866 in Damprichard. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1946 at 80 years old in Montpellier. [ref]
Zenon Przesmycki
Polish poet, translator and art critic of the literary period of młoda polska.
Born December 22nd, 1861 in Radzyń Podlaski. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1944 at 82 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Peder Møller
Gymnast.
Born February 28th, 1897 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1984 at 87 years old [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 148
That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis