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October 17th
167 Notable deaths
Rémy Vogel
French footballer (1960-2016).
Born November 26th, 1960 in Strasbourg.
Died October 17th, 2016 at 55 years old in Strasbourg. [ref]
William Jackson Pope
British chemist (1870-1939).
Born October 31st, 1870 in London.
Died October 17th, 1939 at 68 years old in Cambridge.
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.
Dita Kraus
Israeli teacher born in czechoslovakia, holocaust survivor.
Born July 12th, 1929 in Prague. [ref]
Died October 17th, 2025 at 96 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
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]
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..
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).
Ernest Vessiot
French mathematician.
Born March 8th, 1865 in Marseille. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1952 at 87 years old in La Bauche. [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 167
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid