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November 17th
166 Notable deaths
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Greek politician (1876-1936).
Born July 8th, 1876 in Tripoli.
Died November 17th, 1936 at 60 years old in Athens.
Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov
Russian chess grandmaster (1947-2005).
Born January 8th, 1947 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 17th, 2005 at 58 years old in St. George (cancer).
Walt Davis
American basketball player (1931–2020).
Born January 5th, 1931 in Beaumont.
Died November 17th, 2020 at 89 years old in Port Arthur. [ref]
Eugène Minkowski
French psychiatrist.
Born April 17th, 1885 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1972 at 87 years old in Paris. [ref]
Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault
French psychiatrist.
Born July 2nd, 1872 in Bourges. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1934 at 62 years old in Malakoff (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Aleksandr Gorshkov
Soviet figure skater, olympic champion (1946–2022).
Born October 8th, 1946 in Moscow.
Died November 17th, 2022 at 76 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Cheng Kaijia
Chinese physicist (1918-2018).
Born August 3rd, 1918 in Suzhou.
Died November 17th, 2018 at 100 years old in Beijing (disease).
Patriarch Grigorios VII of Constantinople
Patriarch of constantinople (1850-1924).
Born September 21st, 1850 in Sifnos.
Died November 17th, 1924 at 74 years old in Constantinople (myocardial infarction).
Alexander Ragulin
Russian ice hockey player.
Died November 17th, 2004 at 63 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Lea Gottlieb
Israeli fashion designer and businesswoman (1918–2012).
Born September 17th, 1918 in Sajószentpéter.
Died November 17th, 2012 at 94 years old in Tel Aviv.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 166
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